[ Sajith M ] » Politics http://blog.sajithm.com Random Thoughts Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:11:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Competition for Mr. Bush http://blog.sajithm.com/post/344/2007/06/26/thoughts/politics/competition-for-mr-bush/ http://blog.sajithm.com/post/344/2007/06/26/thoughts/politics/competition-for-mr-bush/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:26:47 +0000 Sajith M http://blog.sajithm.com/index.php?p=344&article=thoughts/politics/competition-for-mr-bush We all thought that the foot-in-the-mouth disease is limited to the President of United States. But looks like India is not lagging behind…

First the purdah controversy, and now the statement “We are also thinking of forcible sterilisation for people with hereditary diseases.”

Wow, this lady (Pratibha Patil) sure knows what she is talking about. Maybe foot in the mouth disease will soon spread to Rashtrapathi Bhavan too…

Update: She can talk to dead people as well.

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AIIMS Director Dr P Venugopal was ousted from his post at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on charges of violating the code of conduct after a meeting chaired by Union Health Minister A Ramadoss passed the resolution for his removal.

This is an unfortunate incident – unfortunate for Dr Venugopal and unfortunate for AIIMS as well. A power hungry minister has (mis)used his political power for his vested interests. This was perhaps his answer to a petition filed seeking his removal from the AIIMS governing body. A little background might be in order here:

  • Students at AIIMS go on strike following the government decision to bring in the quota raj
  • Soon resident doctors at AIIMS also join the stir
  • Doctors all over the nation join in, and AIIMS becomes the focal point and the planning ground for anti-quota protestors
  • Dr Venugopal who heads AIIMS refuses to adopt draconian methods to quell the protest [This is not liked by Dr Ramadoss whose party supports reservations]
  • Dr Ramadoss threatens to bring in 200 OBC doctors from Tamil Nadu to restore normalcy at AIIMS [Note the casteist and regionalist hints here]
  • Anyway, the strike gets over after supreme court intervention
  • PMK (the party Dr Ramadoss belongs to) demands ouster of Dr Venugopal for having supported the anti-reservation strike.
  • Dr Ramadoss says that the AIIMS administration has failed.
  • Dr Venugopal is ousted by the AIIMS general body meeting chaired by Dr Ramadoss

It is a humiliation to a person of Venugopal’s repute. It is a shame that he is being meted out this treatment after having spent almost 50 years of his life serving AIIMS and the patients there.

Is the minister acting in the interests of AIIMS or is he pursuing the casteist agenda that his party is following?

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