The drama of hate-politics and regionalism has been played on our T.V screens for the last few weeks now. Mumbai witnessed a near shut down fearing trouble. The Mumbai Police force has a near-sleepless festival of light with all the terror plaguing the country and now all this politics.
A lot of my friends, family and acquaintances have disagreed with his view, some say he should be arrested and kept in Jail. I disagree with all of them.
But well here’s my view on the whole episode, on the politics and the question of sons of the soil.
Mumbai is what it is due to its cosmopolitan nature, its one place in India where you can meet all kinds of people, people from every continent. For example at my workplace my CEO is a American, my direct head is a Goan, my marketing person is a north Indian, and our Chairman is a Punjabi !
Where else in India would you find such diversity?
But the difference is this, south Indians have made somewhat built this city, they have started restaurants that cater low cost and hygienic food. A udipi restaurant is your best bet in Mumbai if your looking for clean and great tasting food.
The Gujarati’s have made Mumbai the Financial capital, its their acumen thru which our stock exchange is one of the leading in the world.
The Parsee’s have literally built this city, the seven islands were joined to make this city with funding from Parsee philanthropist’s funding. Parsee’s built numerous hospital’s, schools, and residential complexes though the latter is reserved for their community.
The Parsee’s gave India and more specially Mumbai a world class Centre for Performing Arts ! Where else in India do you find such a magnificient and well built centre that’s par with World Standards?
I can go on about the Parsee’s.
Then lets talk about the Punjabi’s. They are kind, large hearted and have again given the city educational institutes, built companies like Ranbaxy and made Mumbai thier home without disturbing the social fabric instead gelling in with it. And to this Punjab is the actual north Indian state.
But the Bihari’s and the UPite’s, what do they give the city?
They work in Mumbai but almost all thier salary is sent back to thier village, they live in squalour and make Mumbai a breeding ground for diseases.Look at most of Mumbai’s gangster’s for example Abu Salem, all from UP.
They use Mumbai as a Whore, milking her for all its worth but not paying any attention to the city! UP and Bihar are some of India’s most backward states. Thier cities would look like distant suburbs of Mumbai.
These people come in and take up some of the prized jobs that should be reserved for Maharastrians.
Take the railways for instance, most of Mumbai’s Ticket-checkers, clerks, railway police, guards are from UP. These jobs are rarely given to Maharastrians. And I can bet big that Maharastrians would love to work here.
Since Independence India’s States were formed on the Basis of the Local Languages. Logical.
Since 1976, The employment criteria of the Central Recruitment Board was divided into
zones as per the General People of India. This division was based on the Local Language of the States.
Zone-A Bihar, Haryana, HP, MP, Rajasthan, UP, Andaman, Delhi formed the Hindi Speaking Zone.
Zone-B Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Punjab & Chandigad, the Non Hindi Speaking Zone.
Zone-C Southern India States like Kerala, Karnataka, etc. & North Eastern States like
Assam, Mizoram, Bengal etc.
The Central Employment Rule said that ‘All Exams for Employment’s in the respective Zones shall
be Held in the Respective States Only.’ So that the Local People may get the Jobs in their Home Town.
Very Logical. For 30 Years everything was going Fine.
But since 1987, there was a Minor Change in the Rule 9 Part 9.2.2, for Zone -B Jobs. And this was made a Rule since 1988. This change was that ‘As an optional Language of employment, People of Zone-A
can Apply for Jobs in Zone-B.’ This opened up doors of Employment for All Zone-A aspirants in Zone-B areas.
But with this Clause there was a Sub-Clause, stating ‘ The Notice of Jobs in Zone-B areas for Zone-A
aspirants, May be given in Zone-A Areas only.’ Because of this, Recruitment Notices for Jobs in Maharashtra, etc.
are Displayed Only in states like UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, etc. But these Notices are Seldom displayed in Newspapers
of Maharashtra, etc.
So this time, for the 3000 Railway Posts in Maharashtra, 12000 Aspirants came from Zone-A areas.The Result of this is that, the Unemployed of Maharashtra is Remaining Unemployed.
For the last few years people like Nitish Kumar, Ram vilas Paswan and Lalu Prasad have become railway ministers. Notice all Bihari’s !
This is my personal opinion, if you think I am wrong anywhere do leave a comment I truly feel Raj is right, and his politic ideology will find a large base in Mumbai and Maharastra.
