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Crossing a line: On the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra roadshow, the implications

The government should desist from (refrain from, stop oneself, abstain, hold back) politicising the bureaucracy (नौकरशाही)

The Centre has asked all departments to deploy (तैनात करना) officers to showcase its achievements across the country down to (including even the smallest or least important part of something) the village level, through a roadshow (a travelling political campaign) titled Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, which will run (organize, implement, carry out, perform, do) from November 20 to January 25, 2024. To be sure (निश्चित रूप से), the outreach (the level of reaching out/activity/effort; involvement) is only about achievements of the last nine years that corresponds to (के अनुरूप) the two terms of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that began in 2014. The campaign (अभियान) is conveniently (सुविधानुसार) timed for the Lok Sabha election which is expected in April-May 2024. Joint Secretaries, Directors, and Deputy Secretaries will be appointed Rath Prabharis (chariots in-charge) for the roadshow. Separately, the Ministry of Defence is setting up 822 ‘selfie points’ where citizens can click themselves with a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Guidelines issued by the Ministry go into great details on how to promote the work of the last nine years. It has been directed that these selfie points “should be set up at prominent locations, which have maximum footfall (the number of people entering an area in a given time) and the potential (संभावना) of attracting public attention (ध्यान, देखरेख)”. War memorials, defence museums, railway and metro stations, bus stations, airports, malls and market places, schools and colleges, tourist destinations and festival gatherings are places where these points are coming up. Opposition parties led by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge have called out the government for this brazen (blatant/flagrant; bold and shameless; unashamed, unembarrassed) politicisation (राजनीतिकरण) of the bureaucracy and the military.

India’s constitutional scheme of governance (शासन की संवैधानिक योजना) envisages (परिकल्पना करना) the separation of power among the three arms of the state (राज्य) — the executive (कार्यकारी), the judiciary (न्यायपालिका) and the legislature (a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state. India follows a bicameral (two chambers/parts) system at both the centre and state level) — and also a line of separation between the bureaucracy and the military from the political executive. While both the bureaucracy and the military are strictly under the control of the political executive, they are insulated (protect, save, safeguard, shield, defend, secure) from partisan (biased, prejudiced, one-sided, discriminatory, preferential, unfair, nequitable) politics. In fact (actually, really, truly, indeed), the extensive (comprehensive, exhaustive, all-inclusive, all-encompassing, all-embracing, thorough, sweeping, far-reaching, widespread, broad-based) election process in India has largely (mostly, mainly, generally) retained its credibility (trustworthiness, reliability, integrity) because of the bureaucratic (relating to a bureaucracy; administrative, official, procedural, red-tape, governmental) impartiality (fairness, justness, neutrality, lack of bias, equity) demanded by the system. The military’s involvement in any kind (in any way) of domestic politics is considered anathema (someone or something that you strongly dislike/hate/oppose; abhorrence, abomination, detestation, aversion, antipathy, disgrace, bane, outrage; (anathema literally means a strong curse)). Civil and military officials are expected to remain loyal (faithful, trustworthy, devoted, dutiful) to the government elected by the citizens, regardless of (despite, notwithstanding, in spite of, nevertheless, in any case) their personal ideological (relating to a system of ideas (ideology)) inclination (disposition, liking, penchant, partiality, interest, preference, affection). Instant directives (order, law, regulation, ordinance) force them into partisan roles in furtherance (promotion, advancement, development, furthering/forwarding) of the interests (common concerns (in politics/business)) of the ruling party. The BJP’s strategy (plan of action (in order to achieve a more expansive set of political, economic, and security interests)) of disregarding (reject, deny, ignore, dismiss, spurn, repudiate, shrug off, brush aside) norms (standard, convention, regulation) in pursuit of (in order to achieve/accomplish/attain something) electoral gains has been successful, but the trail (series, sequence, aftermath) of damage it leaves behind (to cause a situation to exist after you have left; abandon) will fester ((of a problem) to become worse or more intense due to long time negligence). If institutions are undermined (weaken, subvert, sabotage, damage), the damage may well be irreversible (irreparable, unrectifiable, unchangeable, irrecoverable, irretrievable). It is time the ruling party kept the interests of the nation before itself, and practised what it preaches.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.bureaucracy (noun)

Hindi Meaning - नौकरशाही
English Meaning - authorities, officials, officialdom, the people in charge, the administration, the establishment, the bureaucracy, the system, corridors of power.

2.deploy (verb)

Hindi Meaning - तैनात करना
English Meaning - employ/bring into effective action; bring into service; have recourse to; use, utilize, employ, exploit, make use of, take advantage of.

3.to be sure (phrase)

Hindi Meaning - निश्चित रूप से
English Meaning - certainly, undoubtedly, of course.

4.correspond to (verb)

Hindi Meaning - के अनुरूप
English Meaning - relate to, equate to, coincide with, match up with, be consistent with.

5.campaign (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अभियान
English Meaning - canvassing, electioneering, an act of soliciting (asking for/requesting) votes; an organized effort that seeks to influence the decision-making progress within a specific group.

6.conveniently (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - सुविधानुसार
English Meaning - effectively, practically, sensibly, timely, desirably; applicably, appropriately.

7.potential (noun)

Hindi Meaning - संभावना
English Meaning - possibility, prospect, ability, capability (of becoming successful/useful).

8.attention (noun)

Hindi Meaning - ध्यान, देखरेख
English Meaning - notice, regard, recognition, heed (as interesting or important).

9.politicisation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - राजनीतिकरण
English Meaning - a state/condition/situation of something which is influenced/controlled by politics.

10.constitutional scheme of governance (noun)

Hindi Meaning - शासन की संवैधानिक योजना
English Meaning - it lays down a set of guidelines & fundamental principles to be followed while governing the country.

11.governance (noun)

Hindi Meaning - शासन
English Meaning - the act of governing something; administration.

12.envisage (verb)

Hindi Meaning - परिकल्पना करना
English Meaning - conceive, imagine, envision, think, perceive, apprehend.

13.the state (noun)

Hindi Meaning - राज्य
English Meaning - the government.

14.the executive (noun)

Hindi Meaning - कार्यकारी
English Meaning - the executive is a branch of government which enforces the law as written by the legislature and interpreted by the judiciary.

15.the judiciary (noun)

Hindi Meaning - न्यायपालिका
English Meaning - a branch of government in which judicial power is vested.

16.cross the line (phrase)

English Meaning - do something unacceptable; to overstep a limit/rule/boundary.

17.Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (noun)

English Meaning - The Yatra was proposed by the Union government to be organised across the country for “disseminating information, awareness and extending services at Gram Panchayat level. The government has decided to deploy Joint Secretaries, Directors, and Deputy Secretaries as Rath Prabharis (chariots in-charge) to showcase the achievements. It will run from November 20, 2023 to January 25, 2024.

18.roadshow (noun)

English Meaning - a travelling political campaign.

19.implications (noun)

English Meaning - consequence, result, effect, ramification, repercussion, reverberation.

20.desist from (verb)

English Meaning - refrain from, stop oneself, abstain, hold back.

21.politicise (verb)

English Meaning - to make something into a political issue.

22.down to (phrase)

English Meaning - including even the smallest or least important part of something.

23.run (verb)

English Meaning - organize, implement, carry out, perform, do.

24.outreach (noun)

English Meaning - the level of reaching out/activity/effort; involvement.

25.time for (verb)

English Meaning - schedule, plan, set up, organize, arrange.

26.Rath Prabharis (noun)

English Meaning - chariots in-charge.

27.go into detail (phrase)

English Meaning - to give a full explanation of something.

28.footfall (noun)

English Meaning - the number of people entering an area in a given time.

29.come up (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - occur, happen, come about, transpire.

30.call out (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - criticize publicly, outcry, draw critical attention to, to say something loudly.

31.brazen (adjective)

English Meaning - blatant/flagrant; bold and shameless; unashamed, unembarrassed.

32.arm (noun)

English Meaning - branch, section, division.

33.the legislature (noun)

English Meaning - a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state. India follows a bicameral (two chambers/parts) system at both the centre and state level.

34.insulate (verb)

English Meaning - protect, save, safeguard, shield, defend, secure.

35.partisan (adjective)

English Meaning - biased, prejudiced, one-sided, discriminatory, preferential, unfair, nequitable.

36.in fact (phrase)

English Meaning - actually, really, truly, indeed

37.extensive (adjective)

English Meaning - comprehensive, exhaustive, all-inclusive, all-encompassing, all-embracing, thorough, sweeping, far-reaching, widespread, broad-based.

38.largely (adverb)

English Meaning - mostly, mainly, generally.

39.credibility (noun)

English Meaning - trustworthiness, reliability, integrity.

40.bureaucratic (adjective)

English Meaning - relating to a bureaucracy; administrative, official, procedural, red-tape, governmental.

41.impartiality (noun)

English Meaning - fairness, justness, neutrality, lack of bias, equity.

42.in any kind (phrase)

English Meaning - in any way.

43.anathema (noun)

English Meaning - someone or something that you strongly dislike/hate/oppose; abhorrence, abomination, detestation, aversion, antipathy, disgrace, bane, outrage; (anathema literally means a strong curse)

44.loyal (adjective)

English Meaning - faithful, trustworthy, devoted, dutiful.

45.regardless of (phrase)

English Meaning - despite, notwithstanding, in spite of, nevertheless, in any case.

46.ideological (adjective)

English Meaning - relating to a system of ideas (ideology).

47.inclination (noun)

English Meaning - disposition, liking, penchant, partiality, interest, preference, affection.

48.directive (noun)

English Meaning - order, law, regulation, ordinance.

49.furtherance (noun)

English Meaning - promotion, advancement, development, furthering/forwarding.