I was appalled listening to a Rajya Sabha MP from Tamilnad making a pitch for liberal financial assistance from the Centre for flood relief. In his lecture he:: :
decried the lack of swift response from the central organisations while the people struggled helplessly
condemned the cosmetic nature of whatever relief operations wer carried out
condemned the delayed and inadequate service of the three defence services
declared that while all three services had a presence in Chennai with all heavy equipment required relief work started only days later after more men and equipment came from outside.
The MP with academic honorifics adorning his name should have known that the three services were in action within 24 hours which was many a day before his ilk deigned to get their toes wet. There is enough TV footage to show the elected representatives shutting their car doors on TV reporters or duckng for cover in the safety of their homes when approached by the media. . The public joined the Services in a show of solidarity to work ceaselessly to handle the emergencies.The MP’s, particularly the Congress ones, were, of course, busy stalling parliament He should also have known that the presence of the three services in Chennai is not really for compensating for the inadequacies of the local administration but for other legitimate duties from which, they are constantly diverted to b
bolster the civil administration –which, incidentally is turning out to be a thankless job.
I hope the Raksha Mantri will raise his voice against this kind of callous, uninformed remarks devoid of grace and gratitude.
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