The Trend Of Freebies Before Elections

Of course, India is a socialist and secular country, but this can never mean that the governments pay its citizens in cash in the name of free facilities before the elections. In doing so, we turn a large section of our citizens into parasites. Any country is made up of its people and it is only by their strength that the country becomes strong or strong, so in this case, the assessment of the highest court of the country that by distributing free rewaris before the elections, we are only creating a 'parasite' class in the society, is completely timely. In fact, the Supreme Court has used a very cultured word called "parasite." Whereas in the Chaltau dialect we can also call people who get paid (parasites) without doing any work as beggars.

In this context, we should remember the story of India's development after independence, how this country, looted by the British, moved towards self-reliance. Of course, Mahatma Gandhi considered it a duty by the government to fulfill the basic needs of the citizens in a democracy and wrote many times in his newspaper 'Harijan' that the government which cannot fulfill these needs of the citizens will be called a group of anarchic elements, but he never told the way to end poverty by distributing money to poor citizens. Gandhi was in favor of creating a socio-economic structure in which every citizen could become self-reliant. In favor of the dignity of man and his self-respect, Gandhi laid the foundation of the entire freedom movement. His theory of trusteeship shows us this way. Gandhi wanted the villages of India to become self-sufficient in such a way that the importance of labour is always paramount in them. It is sad that despite being Gandhi's country, we are forgetting Gandhi's principles, while other democratic countries of the world have taken a big lesson from it.

The basic needs include education, health, food and shelter, and employment. Other developed democracies in the world adopt a socialist stance in these areas. From Finland to Switzerland and Sweden, democratic governments provide free education to their citizens to school and free health services to all citizens. In these Scandinavian countries, education up to high school is given free to everyone. In a country like the US, various insurance schemes are made to provide health services. Various government schemes are being run in India to provide education to the people. India spends a little over 1.5 per cent of its gross product growth on this account. Despite this, if we add up the amount spent on all the education programs at the state and central level, then we can provide free education to every child till class eight. Similar is the case with health services. We have copied the US in this regard, but we have forgotten that there is a huge difference between the socio-economic composition of American society and Indian society.

The kind of decay that has taken place in the Government hospitals in India after the introduction of a market-oriented economy and the way we have left this sector to the corporate world, the poor man is unable to take care of his health and medical services. In a democracy, governments cannot run away from this responsibility because investment in the health sector is a long-term investment that keeps citizens healthy and contributes to the development of the country. Therefore, democratic governments should make public investment in the field of education and health so that the hands of citizens working in the country are strengthened. Since India is a country of sages and mystics, we also have to understand the social consciousness that pervades its roots. Sikh Gurus contributed a lot in ending superstitions and stereotypes in India and said that,

'Tu Samrath Bada Meri Mati Thoda Ram

Main paa lio krit kada puran sab mere kam'

However, in Indian society, this saying is also said in the villages that,

'Python does not work, bird does not work.

Das Maluka said, 'Rama, the giver of all'

But with the advent of Sikhism, this saying also changed and said,

"Don't worry, don't worry.

Jal mein jant upayan, tina bhi 'rozi' pay'

The word 'Rosie' is important here. Maluk Das gave legitimacy to indolence by using the word 'roti' while Guru Nanak Dev Ji considered rosy i.e. work as primary. The basic difference between bread and bread is that even Ram will not help while he is empty or unemployed. In Sikhism, 'Kada' is a symbol of the importance of karma i.e. labor. However, Tulsidas, the poet of Hinduism, also gave primacy to karma i.e. work or laboriousness and wrote that

'Karma Pradhan Vishwa Rachi Rakha Jo Jis Kare Tass Fruit Hai'

In India, the right to education up to the eighth standard was given by the then Education Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal during the Manmohan Singh government, but the problem with this is that government schools are not enough in the country and the ones that are there are gradually closing down and there is a flood of private and expensive schools. Similarly, if we look at the health sector, the situation does not look any better. Of course, we are running the Ayushman Bharat scheme at the national level, but its dependence is on private sector hospitals. If we create a strong infrastructure of government hospitals in this area, then we will also be able to provide a large number of jobs. The Supreme Court's observation is an idea to give importance to labour. By renovating the old schemes like 'Food for Work', we will take a step forward on the front of providing employment and establish the importance of labour. V.P. Nayak did. Therefore, the observations of the Justices of the Supreme Court in totality should be taken into account.