[Assam] We Need Your Help

[umesh sharma]

C-da,
   
  One doesn't have to be Harvard trained for knowing why we elect people for public offices. Those who study in high school have to study that in India as Civics (and I believe in US also -as Government). 
   
  Anyway I am not an expert on what exactly can the elcted officials can/not do and how they must go about it --- I am not a constitutional expert - I gave my thought as a citizen --just like u asked. If the populace doesn't like the new name the citizens do have every right to raise their voice - and later create enough din that a new govt is elected which reverts back to the original name. Democracy depends upon public opinion of the majority --just like based on public pressure Leningrad has again become St Petersburg. 
   
  Umesh

Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
  Umesh:

> > However, I also believe that the elected members of the state 
>have been awarded the authority to make decisions on behalf of 
>people living in the state.




*** Hmm --- interesting! Perhaps you can educate us in WHAT other 
AREAS the elected reps. have been 'awarded' the 'authority' by the 
fact of their election?

BTW, would you also care to educate Netters about what EXACTLY the 
powers of a legislators are and WHERE they are enumerated? I just 
hope they are not made up as they go.

Why I ask, is because, you a Harvard trained educator, must have 
special insights with which you came to hold the above mentioned 
view, while many of the rest of us were obviously ignorant of. I am 
looking forward to be farther enlightened.

c-da






At 9:36 PM +0000 12/28/06, umesh sharma wrote:
>C-da,
>
>I do believe that each one of has every right to support a petition 
>about anything -esp. if it relates to the name of where we hail from 
>- and also that perhaps it could become a rallying cry to fuel 
>community efforts in improvement in other areas.
>
> However, I also believe that the elected members of the state have 
>been awarded the authority to make decisions on behalf of people 
>living in the state.
>
>I do not know whether the sought public opinion or not before 
>deciding to change the name of the state to Asom (from Assam) --but 
>seeing the trend across the world - next door Burma 
>becoming Myaanmar, Bangalore became Bangalooroo , Madagascar became 
>Malagasi (?) , Great Britain became United Kingdom, Rajputana became 
>Rajasthan, Vatican becoming Holy See etc ----- it seems unlikely 
>that the decision would be reversed anytime soon . Ofcourse, St. 
>Petersburg became Stalingrad and then again St Petersburg (in 
>Russia).
>
>Has Assam Rifles become Asom Rifles?
>
>Umesh



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