When talents are not recognised and awarded chaos will be the order of the day. This is happening in Manipur. Posts are purchased, ministerial post sought on the basis of ethnic background. The real minorities will always be forsaken in this kind of appointment of ministers. When ministerial posts are distributed when considering eastern sector, MPs from bigger states like Assam will be benefitted. Likewise smaller groups including talented people who do not belong to bigger ethnic group will always be neglected. It reflects the failure of the ministers in the past to think for the welfare of the people. As most of them think only about their constituencies the citizens expect their representatives to be in the government. That is why opposition has been belittled. For every matter the members have to approach the Chief Minister or concerned minister. One will be shocked to learn that ministers, MLAs wait for hours to request from the Chief Minister to sanction a transformer. The members of the council of ministers are appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister while in the states by the Governor on the advice of the Chief minister. The Prime Minister along with his council of ministers is directly responsible to the Lok Sabha for all acts of commission and omission. A note of no confidence against even one member can bring down the whole government. The Prime Minister and his council of minister thus sink and swim together. They are collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. We have to start thinking on the matter seriously otherwise we can not fulfill the aspirations of the elected membes and the people. People’s needs can not be sidelined in the name of pleasing the leaders of the various ethnic groups. Manipur has more than 30 ethnic groups settled in it. The ministry size can not exceed 12. The centre of discussions revolve around the ethnic background of the elected members and their constituencies. It has ingrained into core of power politics in vogue today. As long as we are trap in this system we can only expect poor development and corrupt practices will overpower all other forces and agencies.
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