Whispers Forum — 9 Dec 2019
DEBATE (3)
Saroj Pandey is very nice politician and a member of Rajya Sabha. She was appointed as the national president of BJP Mahila Morcha.
Brijesh Kumar
DEBATE (4)
Meekashi Lekhi comes first in both the categories
Anjali
Colonies not illegal, mal-governance is
Too much is being made of regularization of illegal colonies in Delhi and every party is rushing to get the credit for it. The adjective “illegal” is somewhat misplaced. These colonies are not illegal. They were developed by individuals who took the initiative to build their houses as the Delhi Development Authority had failed miserably in delivering the required number of housing units regularly in sufficient numbers. The DDA is the sole land-owning authority. That power monopoly was enough for the Neta-Babu-Land Mafia nexus to create artificial scarcity by failing to perform their duty in time. Had the DDA delivered the houses required, no “illegal” colonies would have come up. After decades the government is now promoting private developers and giving clearances on line, which means these colonies came up because of lack of these laws and facilities. Were these available to them their colonies too would have been perfectly “legal”. Today banks finance housing. What DDA has done in Delhi has also happened in most of the states where the Housing Boards failed to discharge their obligations. The owners deserve an iota of commiseration for having put up with all kinds of inconveniences. Who would apologise for the suffering of 40 Lakh people living in these colonies? Empires have apologised for past misdeeds.
M L Gupta
Saroj Pandey is very nice politician and a member of Rajya Sabha. She was appointed as the national president of BJP Mahila Morcha.
Brijesh Kumar
DEBATE (4)
Meekashi Lekhi comes first in both the categories
Anjali
Colonies not illegal, mal-governance is
Too much is being made of regularization of illegal colonies in Delhi and every party is rushing to get the credit for it. The adjective “illegal” is somewhat misplaced. These colonies are not illegal. They were developed by individuals who took the initiative to build their houses as the Delhi Development Authority had failed miserably in delivering the required number of housing units regularly in sufficient numbers. The DDA is the sole land-owning authority. That power monopoly was enough for the Neta-Babu-Land Mafia nexus to create artificial scarcity by failing to perform their duty in time. Had the DDA delivered the houses required, no “illegal” colonies would have come up. After decades the government is now promoting private developers and giving clearances on line, which means these colonies came up because of lack of these laws and facilities. Were these available to them their colonies too would have been perfectly “legal”. Today banks finance housing. What DDA has done in Delhi has also happened in most of the states where the Housing Boards failed to discharge their obligations. The owners deserve an iota of commiseration for having put up with all kinds of inconveniences. Who would apologise for the suffering of 40 Lakh people living in these colonies? Empires have apologised for past misdeeds.
M L Gupta