[Reader-list] FDI-Gurgaon Take off

[Rakesh]

Good Investment Climate  Rakhe ka chahi !

 

According to reports coming in, a visibly rattled China ordered the immediate execution of a hundred dissenting trade union leaders in the Shanghai region to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). South Africa ordered the immediate suspension of the right to organise, while Tanzania went a step further and suspended all fundamental rights. Russia declared that agreements of foreign companies with mafiosi to prevent the formation of trade unions were valid legal contracts and no civil or criminal liability could be attached to the parties.

 

These extreme, but necessary in national interest steps were precipitated by events in Gurgaon or Jaggery-Village in far-off India. In a dramatic U-turn the Japanese Ambassador claiming that he had been misquoted clarified that infact Japanese investment was rushing in tsunami-like waves for Destination India. Given the clamour of the English, German and French companies at Gateway of India to get in, the King from Nepal pointing out that all rights had already been suspended in the country, personally conveyed a message seeking 'most-favoured' treatment for investment from the Royal Treasury.

 

A visibly pleased World Bank President declared that the events in Gurgaon have sent a very clear message to investors. Elaborating he stated that the fact that the entire administration from the humble constable to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Chief Minister (CM) took a clear and unequivocal stand in favour of the management in the industrial dispute has been very reassuring. 

 

The Chairman of the International Chamber of Trade and Commerce confessed that frankly due to certain clauses in the Constitution of India pertaining to anti-social activities like organsising and right to speech and expression, there had been doubts in certain quarters as to the advisability of investing in the land of Budha and Gandhi. However, the visual images of the police-worker engagement in Gurgaon have removed all doubt and demonstrated the commitment of the Government to creating favourable conditions for investment. 

 

A beaming Commerce and Home Minister appeared hand in hand and proclaimed that the two ministries worked in tandem. Regardless of  low wages, severe harassment and harsh working conditions, drawing inspiration from the spirit of self-sacrifice of this sacred land, the policy of channelising the grievances of workers against management into anger and protest against the police and administration has been a time-tested one and will continue to be followed.

 

Meanwhile, Padmashri KPS Gill, recently convicted for offences of moral turpitude by the apex court, seeking appointment as Advisor to Haryana Governement said his 'boys' in Punjab were more adept and faster at throwing back grenades lobbed by terrorists than the Gurgaon 'boys' were at hurling simple stones at ordinary workers. 

 

A Bhartiya Janta Party spokesperson said that these problems had arisen due to repeal of POTA. The hurling back of stones by the Gurgaon boys amounted to supply of arms and ammunition to anti-nationals and constituted a security threat. The proper course of action would have been to collect the stones so that they could be used for the construction of a grand temple at Ayodhya which would solve the nations problems. Similarly, the grenades should have been collected for use in demolition of the mosque at the birthplace of Krishna in Mathura.

 

The Government received unexpected support, as striking a positive note and pulling up the BJP for raising pseudo-secular issues, the Sangh declared "Athiti devo bhav" - Guests are God and Bharat has a rich cultural tradition of welcoming, honouring and protecting the interests of guests like Mitsubishi, Honda and Posco. 

 

 

Rakesh Shukla

Advocate Supreme Court

66, Lawyers Chambers 

Supreme Court

New Delhi 110 001.
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