From: gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu (Gopal Agrawal)
Subject: Re: Samit's posting; DE-STABILIZE CPI(M) NOW !!!
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 17:45:36 GMT

In article <28JUL199211373673@vax2.concordia.ca> debchat@vax2.concordia.ca (DEB CHATTERJEE) writes:
>     This can be done by pressurizing the government CONSTANTLY. So, this is
>
> (b) Aside the political pressure NRI's can write directly to The Telegraph
>
> (c) On the Doordarshan display the atrocities of the CPI(M) repeatedly. (Just
>
> The NRI's must demand that if CPI(M) is not destabilized, then all foreign
> investments will be withdrawn. CPI(M) MUST GO !!!! RIGHT NOW !!!
>


HEAR THEE GREAT POLITICAL CONSULTANT.

	NRI's do not hold the entire purse strings of GOI. Just saying that
NRI's will withdraw their money is not going to be very effective in coercing 
the GOI to overthrow CPI(M). Besides, all NRI's (no matter how patriotic) 
would be guided by their economic sense first. I doubt if NRIs from other 
states would feel so strongly about the situation in Bengal as you do. Unless
there is something for them to gain, they wouldn't join in. That's a fact.
Call it unpatriotic/sin/cowardly/stingy whatever but this fact remains. 

GOI is as corrupt as any party and if you want to deal with a bunch of 
self serving politicians, then you will first have to serve them to get 
them to take action. Assuming you can get the NRIs together, 
 some additional methods to the one you propose might be:

1) Bribe every goddamned politician to lobby against the CPI(M) more 
   viciously than ever. The Doordarshan might come in handy at this 
   point. 

2) Threaten congress politicians that if they do not oust CPI(M), then
   all NRIs will support candidates from the opposition parties like 
   BJP/Janta Dal etc. 

3) And if you are a really an extremist, then you can take a hint from 
   what the NRI Sardars are doing for the extremists in Punjab. (God 
   forbid the situation coming to that). 

Now we must think of the incentives that NRI's can get if CPI(M) is 
ousted (without that there is no way you could band them together. 
NRIs are also self serving humans after all). 

1) Keep a track of the donations made by the NRIs towards this 
   movement. If the CPI(M) is ousted, let the NRIs be granted 
   benefits in terms of investment oppurtunities in India. This 
   should be proportional to the donations that they had earlier 
   made. The benefits may be in terms of relaxing the import/export 
   obligations, tax benefits etc. for some long term. 

2) Provide political incentives for the returning NRIs. Don't know 
   what they could be but I am sure they could be figured out. 

Deb, if NRIs here want to change the political situation, then you 
have to first become a politican yourself and fight fire with fire.
If you want support from people, then offer them incentives first.
Whether those incentives are fulfilled later on is a different matter
of course ;-).  

The cheapest and easiest way to gather support is to use 
religion (like BJP) against the godless commies. (That won't 
rope in atheists like me naturally). IMO, thats the only purpose 
religion has served so far. Perhaps you should don on a saffron
suit or something already :-).

regards,
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