Dear Friend, What Do You Intend Doing?

                  

By CV Wigneswarwn -October 15, 2013

C.V Wigneswaran

Guru Thothiram, in silent mode

Chairman, fellow members of the Northern Provincial Council, persons of learning and of standing seated on the dais, my dear brothers and sisters,

Some of us gathered here, were earlier candidates. Today we are meeting as members of the Council. A majority of the candidates changed into members. Yet a few are left out. But it does not imply that in the service of the people they are not wanted. On this occasion I only want to say that their services are needed.

Those of us who are selected are today entering an important phase.

All of us who have taken the oath today, will perform our duties and do our work with commitment. We cannot forget our pledge to the people that we will faithfully execute them. Now we have to redeem that pledge and confirm our obligations. Our duties and our services should have the people at the core of our thinking. For more than 25 years the people were suffering, unable to express what they desired and what they rejected. At the recent elections they have made their likes and dislikes very clear for the village and town, country and the world to become aware of. On account of that, we have taken our oath today. Our obligations are towards the people. They cannot lean towards anybody else. Recently Narendra Modi made an important statement “Good governance alone is not sufficient. That governance should be people oriented. All measures have to advance their cause.“

Good governance should be people centered when development activities are promoted.

This statement by a leader who had won the hearts of Gujarat many years ago is appropriate to us too. On this occasion I wish to declare that we have to discharge our duties with a full knowledge of the people’s needs and their wishes. We have to do them with partiality to none.

All this while, politicians performed their work with selfishness at the core of their lives. I want to  recount an anecdote which will reflect their frame of mind. There was a Sinhalese friend of mine. Both of us studied together at the Law College. At the parliamentary elections of 1977,he was elected. He was appointed a Deputy Minister by JR Jayewardena. Soon after, I got in touch with him over the phone, conveyed my felicitations and inquired, dear friend, what do you intend doing? Oh! why, how much money have I spent to win at the elections. Should I not recover all that money? He said his objective was to amass wealth. It’s a different story, that later he was killed by the JVP. Therefore the philosophy of entering politics to make money and for a display of power and pelf has to change.                                                       Read More