Friday, 18 December 2015

Freebees culture of Tamil Nadu



The article, "public policy and private gain" by Pulapre Balakrishnan in the Hindu (16.12.15)clearly explains how the distribution policy of the Dravidian parties has restricted the space for public goods in Tamil Nadu.. The youth of  Tamil Nadu particularly, of Chennai who were rendering humanitarian service of high order during the recent flood would have witnessed directly for the first time in their life, the futility of distributivism policy pursued vigorously   at the expense of  the  provision of  physical infrastructure like roads, bridges, sewage, drainage system etc., and shocked beyond limits. But the question is , have   the political parties of Tamil Nadu  wanting a  clear mandate to govern this State after the election of2016 learnt any lessons? Have the voters who vote repeatedly on the basis of free bee culture learnt any lessons ? Only the recent flood exposed fully the quality of governance of the Dradvidan parties which has ruled Tamil Nadu for most of the decades. In a away the flood has exposed  the mismanagement of the disaster and  has  awakened the collective consciousness of the voters of Tamil Nadu and made them feel guilty about blind use of their votes 

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