Exploitation of poor continues even in democracy

Dalip Singh Wasan, Advocate.

In spite of establishing democracy, we could not free our poor people from exploitation. They are not fully employed and if they get work for some days in a month, they are not given adequate wages which could run the family administration for full month and that is the reason some families remain starving for some days in a month. We cannot expect that such people shall ever be able to establish themselves in life. We cannot expect that such people shall be giving proper education to their children, nor they would be able to train their children for some occupation in life. Most of the children from these poor families are just beggars and nothing more.

When we see wage-structure in countries like India, these people in the lower jobs are not given wages with which they could run the family administration. The state itself is appointing people on daily wages where they could provide job to the workers only for a limited period in a month and for wages, the workers had to visit the office for so many days and then they are paid wages and sometime even the state is deploying people through contractors and these contractors are deducting a handsome amount from the wages before actual payments are made ot the workers. The state may be fixing minimum wages for the workers, but even the state finance minister shall not be able to prepare a budget of the family to whom they are paying these wages. That is the reason the poor people are being reduced to more poverty and that is the reason more and more people are on the road as beggars and in rags. We are noticing that in each village, in each town and in each city the number of poor people is on the higher side and no one seems interested in their welfare. These are the people who are real voters and with their votes people win and rule us, but they too never care for these poor people

We have noted that the government has got no right type of employment policy in the country and that is the reason most of the people who are able to work and earn for the family remain unemployed and that is the reason instead of earning for the family they are dependant upon the earning member of the family. These unemployed people from the poor people are creating more and more problems for the country because they can indulge in drug addiction, in opium eating, in drinking and then committing crimes, sins and misconducts and the people who are rich shall not have a peaceful life while living around these people. The state knows and we have seen such people can be deployed as terrorists and as rioters and then we face more problems and it is on record we had been killing our own people and since 1947 about 2,00,000 people had been killed.

All measures taken update have failed because those had not been taken with wisdom. The politicians had been getting votes with false and attractive promises and slogans and similarly they are planning and executing measures which are not in tune with the needs of these poor people. Had we been taking right decisions, we could have convert the lot of these people because we must bear in mind that all this poverty is our own creation and it seems the people in power are conniving with the rich and that is the reason they are maintaining all this poverty for the last six decades. India is a rich country and had there been right actions, we could have turned a golden sparrow once again. But it had not been so because the people in power had been interested in their own welfare and they have risen up and everyone who had been holding seat of power has grown more rich and he has collected money for a few generations.

The poor people must sit together and they must decide their own course of action and since they are in majority, they should decide about their vote and they must choose people who should be asked to stand in election and they should be supported. The present lot politicians would not do justice with the poor because the people of India have already seen their mind during the last six decades. Let the poor realize that all this poverty is not the gift of God nor they are suffering these bad days because of their bad conduct in some past such life. They are poor because their share is being snatched away by those who are in power.

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