Deccan Despatch (January - April 2010) - CII

our Constitution.” “Should they alwayshave this victimisation and reservation?”he wondered, and added: “People needto give up this feeling of victim-hood andstop perpetually looking for sops andconcessions as a matter of right.”“You must constantly change yourwords, thought and action to match yourgrandest vision. Our existing practicesdo not keep pace with the expectationsof the people of India. There is a needfor greater transparency in government.Parliamentary democracy should bemore reflective of people’s needs andaspirations. Inclusive growth meanswe move together as one. The Planning20The politician, according to Mr Bagchi,wanted to succeed at all cost. “Thenyou lose a sense of appropriateness.Politicians are emperors whom CIIcannot reform; only the emperormust choose to be reformed by selfregulation.”Businessmen, Mr Bagchisaid, could trivialise issues. As far as thebureaucracy was concerned, this was histake: “The right to govern in any societyis a moral right. When scores of peoplehave to flee places in Orissa, North Eastand Assam and they have to fear theterrorist or the uniformed services, onwhat ground are you going to talk aboutinclusion here? The government’s rightto govern has to come back before youcan talk about inclusion.” And society?“Does society have a sense of purpose?Because society breeds the politician, thebusinessman and government servant.”Mr Bagchi was clear that inclusivenesswas not about caste, jobs and reservation.“It simply means that you create value forpeople twice removed from you withouta sense of quid pro quo. Society needs tounderstand that our future generationsneed to be secure, then we will dowhat it takes to shift from this narrowconversation to building a developedcountry, which for the first time is staringat you in the face, desperate to be taken,created. We have 10-15 years to make ithappen and for the first time there is noforeign hand to be blamed. It’s a neverbeforetime. India’s time has come… theclock is ticking.”Mr N Vittal, former Central VigilanceCommissioner, said that politics was allabout managing contradictions, and yetpoliticians talked about inclusion all thetime. Business was based on a win-winsituation, he added, giving the exampleof how corporate Japan adapted toAmerican labour laws after World WarII and how a problem was convertedinto an opportunity. “We should applythe win-win principle and spread thebenefit of prosperity to all sections ofsociety,” he said. Reservation, Mr Vittalsaid, seemed to be “a perpetual part ofCommission does not plan for only oneman,” said Mr J K Dutt, former DirectorGeneral, National Security Guards, whileoutlining the various security challengesof the times. Mr Dutt mentioned howhe had “lived a lifetime” during 26/11when he led the NSG operations againstthe terrorists holed up in various hotelsand buildings in Mumbai. “Police as astate subject needs to be reviewed,” hestressed, highlighting the difficulties heunderwent in getting simple things likea forklift or an aircraft to carry the NSGteam to Mumbai during 26/11 whenspeed was of the essence.