Home



News

"If we take the full meaning of the term society into consideration, it will be seen that till now human beings have not been able to form a real society. If India builds a society for only Indians, Pakistan for only Pakistanis, and England for only the English, then these three separate societies will exist, but we cannot look upon them as the society of humanity. Because humanity is divided into groups, one society will naturally try to thrive by exploiting the vitality of others. �You will notice that efforts are being made to establish so-called societies in some particular part of the world, for some particular section of the people, and based on some particular 'ism" or faith. A social consciousness based on such divisions lies latent in the minds of the people, whether they are Indian, Pakistani or English, so they remain absorbed in thoughts of their smaller groups." - Shrii Prabhat R. Sarkar


Subscribe to WPANews

"Human beings have still not been able to form a human society, and have still not learned to move with the spirit of a pilgrim. Although many small groups, motivated by self-interest, work together in particular situations, not even a small fraction of their work is done with a broader social motive. By strict definition, shall we have to declare that each small family unit is a society in itself? If going ahead in mutual adjustment only out of narrow self-interest or momentary self-seeking is called society, then in such a society, no provision can be made for the disabled, the diseased or the helpless, because in most cases nobody can benefit from them in any way... in that case there always remains the possibility of some people getting isolated from the collective. All human beings must attach themselves to others by the common bond of love and march forward hand in hand; then only will I proclaim it a society." - Shrii Prabhat R. Sarkar

"Power concedes nothing without a demand.' The struggle for justice must never be adjourned. The forces of injustice do not take vacations. Societies are not static in this regard. They await the political and civic energies of individuals who engage the arenas of power, multiply their numbers and emblazon in deeds and institutions the immortal principle that "Here the People Rule." - Ralph Nader

Modi pits tribals against Muslims in votebank battle


In an endeavour to pit the tribal votebank against Muslims in the ensuing Assembly polls, Chief Minister Narendra Modi has accused the Congress-led Central government of appeasing minorities at the expense of tribal rights and interests.

Chief Minister says tribals should oppose religion-based reservations
Express News Service

Gandhinagar, September 2:“Tribals should oppose religion-based reservations for Muslims,” said Modi while addressing the first of a string of rallies, which would popularise his Rs 15,000-crore Van Bandhu package to uplift tribals, in Khedbrahma here on Sunday.

Attempting to show that Muslim rights came at the expense of tribals’, the Chief Minister said he was the “brother of tribals” and would fight “shoulder to shoulder” for their rights.

“By extending reservations to converts, the central government wants to encourage conversions and harm the constitutional rights of tribals and Dalits. The Centre is playing a dangerous game by talking of giving first right on resources to Muslims and providing religion-based reservations to the minority community,” said Modi.

The post-Godhra riots had seen concentration in the north and central tribal belts, with the tribal populace attacking minority community for the first time in the history of the state. The subsequent mobilisation had also brought tribal voters to the BJP fold, resulting in the party cornering 15 of the 26 reserved ST constituencies in December 2002.

Repeating his threat to start a Satyagraha from October 2 if tilled lands were not delivered to tribals, Modi claimed his government had provided tilling rights over forestlands to 43,000 tribals.

“Another 3,500 applications are pending with the Centre,” he said to an audience of predominantly tribals.

The Van Bandhu package is a 10-point tribal area development project with Rs 15,000 crore to be spent over next five years on schemes that build infrastructure, human resource, health, education, and employment opportunities in the eastern tribal belt of the state.

Modi also said that his government would take action against those who were fooling the poor tribals and collecting money in the name of getting the lands allotted.

“Reports has been received that some people were collecting money from tribals for getting the lands allotted, and Rs 40 lakh has been collected from Sabarkantha. We would take action in this regard,” he said.

As part of the Van Bandhu package – a variety of number of existing state and central government schemes – Modi announced setting up dairy projects for Sabarkantha (Khedbrahma-Vijaynagar) and Banaskantha (Danta-Amirgadh). He also dedicated the newly-constructed Bhiloda-Shamlaji state road, 64 new ST buses on rural routes in the backward districts of north Gujarat.


Last Updated September 6, 2007 9:13 PM

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author and
do not necessarily reflect those of the World Prout Assembly.

The World Prout Assembly is a non-profit organization affiliated with
Proutist Universal Global Headquarters, Kolkata, India.