SC strictures motivate government to crack whip

SC strictures against the agitating doctors have motivated the government to come down heavily on the strikers. Health minister says that he has been authorized by Manmohan Singh to start terminating the services of doctors. He also says that doctors have insulted the PM by meeting him twice and not calling off strike as he wanted them to. Now they should be punished for insulting the PM. Is it the real human face of Manmohan Singh or he is being painted as an in-human being by Ramodass?

If strike has not been called off so far it is because of government's lack of credibility with the people. These concerns are evident in what doctors have said after SC strictures. They now want the government to give an undetaking to the court that it would implement the apex court's decision and not resort to a constitutional amendment to bypass an inconvenient ruling, as had been the case on past four occasions. Mr. PM, it is a stricture against you and your credibility.

The strikers made it clear that while they had the higest regard for the court, their concern w3as driven by fears that political compulsions would see government protect the 27% OBC reservation irrespective of what the apoex court ruled on the matter. And the government of Manmohan Singh has already set a record in two years itself of bulldozing court rulings through constitutional amemndments or by passing self-benefit bills.