[Reader-list] If we are to believe Mr. Modi ... (Translated from Gujarati) Rohit Prajapati and Trupti Shah 16 February 2014

[Asit Das]

Date: 20 February 2014
Subject: Poem: If we are to believe Mr. Modi ...Rohit Prajapati and Trupti
Shah




 *If we are to believe Mr. Modi ...*

*(Translated from Gujarati)*

*Rohit Prajapati and Trupti Shah*

*16 February 2014*

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much so
that it would do if Gujarat's development goes dieting for months together.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has "*developed**"* so much that
Gujaratis can do without Food Security Act.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much that
Gujaratis can do without government hospital, medicines and doctors.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much that
Gujaratis don't mind closure of government schools and colleges.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much that
Gujaratis don't mind exorbitant fees of private schools and colleges.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much that
it is ok if only tuition classes teach instead schools and colleges.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much that
it is ok to appoint only *'sahayak'* (assistant) on all key government
permanent posts.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, in Gujarat it is ok for industries to go for
wage cuts as wages in state are very high.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, wages are so high that it does not matter if
inflation does not decrease.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, employment rate is so high in Gujarat, it is
ok to have VRS i.e. compulsory retire those in mid forties.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much that
Gujarati girls prefer dieting to eating nutritiously.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, women in Gujarat are so secure that it is ok
not to worry about skewed sex ratio.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, tribals have *"**developed**"* so much that
is it ok not to implement Forest Rights Act, 2006.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"developed"* so much that it is
ok not to talk about law and order, justice or 2002 carnage.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has developed so much, it is ok not
to have an ombudsman (Lokayukta) in the state.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, that
it is ok for Dalits to give up their rights.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, there are so many shopping malls now in
Gujarat, that is ok to finish-to do away with the street vendors, pushcarts
and handcarts.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, there are so many houses in Gujarat, that it
is ok if all slums are demolished.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has so smooth roads that it is ok if
one goes all boneless.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it is
ok to turn rivers into canals.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it is
ok to dump poisonous industrial waste in her rivers.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it is
ok to have ground water contamination.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed"* so much, it is
ok for her fisher people to starve as polluted river and seawaters abound.

 If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it
is ok to consider pollution irrelevant for development's sake.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it is
ok to sell off farmland cheaply to the industries.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it is
ok not to give any subsidies or welfare schemes to the ordinary people.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, it is imperative to subsidize big mega
industries to ensure Gujarat's development.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it is
ok not to account for the chief minister and ministers' spending.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much it is
ok not to be accountable when people seek information under the RTI Act.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it is
ok for government to take key decisions in Vibrant Gujarat industrial fests
instead of State Assembly.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it is
ok if state government only have department of industry and shuts the rest
down.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it is
ok if Gujarat government organises only festivals, jamboree events and
makes merry with song n dance.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it is
ok if Gujarat chief minister is away from state for months together.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has *"**developed**"* so much, it is
ok not to have any minister other than chief minister.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, it is ok not to have any one else in
government if Mr. Modi becomes prime minister.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi, it is ok to do away with Parliament if Mr.
Modi becomes prime minister.

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