By: Rinku Khumukcham
Imphal, 29 June, 2012
Passing
of motion of thanks to the governor’s address delivered on the first sitting of
10th Manipur Legislative Assembly session by the members of the
house on June 28, 2012, without much debate between the treasury and opposition
benches shows clear message about the credibility of the Okram Ibobi Singh’s
administrations. The award conferred on
to his government by India Today group as the best ‘improved state’ no more creates doubt to the credibility of the
largest media organization of the nation.
The
symbiotic characteristic of both the treasury and opposition benches in the 10th
Manipur Legislative Assembly deserves credit for upholding the accountability
of the Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh who rules the state for 3 consecutive
terms.
It
is indeed a fact that the decade long conflict which was the outcome of the
differences between government and the rebel groups had been somewhat put to a
complete calm, though many civilian lives were lost during the process. Various
armed rebel groups of the region has been tamed and accumulated at safety zone
to restore peace in the region. The changes brought about in the state of
Manipur both in terms of improvement in law and order system as well as the
constructions of infrastructures need to be appreciated.
But are we convinced
to conceive the level of appreciation.
Converting ‘lie’
to ‘truth’ is no more a taught job for anybody with majority in number in the legislator’s
house to the practice of democracy. A matter of majority and a matter of
creating mutual understanding with the opposition is what they required.
Are we ready to
applause for the lies that have been converted to truth?
How far is it
correct to say that the Assembly secretariat at capitol project has been handed
over to the public when it is not even handed over to the Assembly secretariat
authority by the Simplex Construction Company? How people could accept when one
say that the MTDC or the city convention center has been completed and handed
over to the public when both the structures still remain as a body without
soul. Do any of us find any room for appreciation to the present condition of
Roads connectivity, drinking water and electricity supply?
The present
government under the leadership of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has left no
stone unturned in term of shutting off every sort of oppositions.
The legislators
at both the treasury bench and the opposition bench had tied a knot of close
relationships. Even the state media, which has been considered as the fourth estate
has not even been left off.
Dirty tricks of
the peoples’ representatives often perform to fool the public, had been taking
center-stage at almost all newspapers and news channels of the state in the
last couple of decades. Promises, assurances and false pretenses to befool the
general public by responsible heads of the state are the common menace that
slur on the mind of the middle class public by the members belonging to the
fourth estate. It is not the integrity of the journalist that compelled them to
slur on with the phenomenon, but it is rather the society’s responses which
prompt them to dance on the tune of the existing government.
To talk about
the roles being taken by the judiciary and executive would be, perhaps ‘a waste of time’. The symbiotic
existence of the treasury and opposition bench in the legislators’ house had
converted the judiciary as toothless component of the government while an
unpleasant gesture to comfort the near and dear one of the chief minister
becomes a part of life for executives in this little state called Manipur.
The academicians, civil rights activists,
pressure groups, etc. have been drug to join the chorus at any tune played by
the government.
Manipur today
enters to a golden phase as according to the resolution passed by the august
house of the 10th Manipur Legislative session on 28th
June 2012. But only few are able to realize that the state is really entering
to a gold tinted phase.
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