PRIME SPENDING MUST STOP FIRST BY WAY OF PRIMARY EXAMPLE

PRIME SPENDING MUST STOP FIRST BY WAY OF PRIMARY EXAMPLE

PM calls for austerity drive. Let it begin with the PM himself. His extravagant ways are not laudable at all nor exemplary in following his doubtlessly well-intentioned directive. The public exchequer is not for wasteful use that the PM since 2014 has in cases put it to in terms of giant statue-building (Sardar Patel), huge pūja celebrations (Ram Mandir/Somnath Mandir/Kashi Vishvanath) where the PM's personal presence and show business has cost unduly, and open-air oath-taking (West Bengal, 2026) et al. Lead from the front, Mr. Prime Minister, by living a frugal life like Lal Bahadur Shastri and the people will follow. At any rate they are too poor to any further lead frugal lives. It is time for you instead to learn from them how to relive your boyhood days and youth, and instruct the rich industrialists who are your friends to follow suit. Remember hard your hard days in childhood and as Sangha Prachārak, and by living likewise inspire the country in frugal means and modes. One more thing and a personal one. Your wardrobe is also a trifle too costly for you to inspire frugal habits in your countrymen. Here as well they have got to go to Shastriji, Morarjiji and the like for inspiration and emulation, and reject your exclusive band comprising Nehruji, Indiraji and Youji that teaches through dandy living lessons to the contrary.

Written by Sugata Bose