Did Sadhguru Support re-opening of Sterlite?

NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT!

The whole confusion started when the twisted media of TamilNadu picked just one Tweet out of his Twitter Thread and created confusion around that. 

Here is a shameless plagiarism from a Facebook post that explains the whole sequence beautifully! (Some of the content below is in Tamil but mostly has the English equivalent along...)


https://www.facebook.com/saravanan.jayakumar.98/posts/10215027797501927

"என்னது!!! சத்குரு ஸ்டெர்லைட் பத்தி பேசிட்டாரா. அவர் என்ன பேசினாரோ கொஞ்சம் வெச்சுக்கிட்டு மக்கள் உணர்ச்சி தூண்டுற மாதிரி மீதி நம்ம எழுதிக்கலாம். மக்கள் என்ன அவர் பேசியதை முழுவதையும் தெரிந்து கொள்வார்களா என்ன!!! மிஞ்சி மிஞ்சி போனால் செய்தி தலைப்பு தான் படிப்பார்கள்" - சில ஊடகங்களின் இன்றைய செயல்.

#SterliteIssue அரசாங்கம் ஸ்டெர்லைட் தொழிற்சாலையை மூடியதற்கு எவரும் சுட்டிக்காட்டாத விஷயம் ஆலைகள் மூடுவதுதான் நிலையான தீர்வா என்பது. அதை சத்குரு அவர்கள் CNN NEWS18 எடுத்த நேர்காணலில் மிகவும் தெளிவாக இந்த அரசின் நிலையற்ற தீர்வை சுட்டிக்காட்டி, கடுமையான சட்டங்கள் மூலமாக மாசு ஏற்படுத்தும் ஆலைகளை கட்டுக்குள் கொண்டு வருவது தான் நிலையான தீர்வாக இருக்க முடியுமே தவிர மூடிவிடுவது தீர்வாகிவிடாது என்றார். வழக்கம் போல ஊடகங்கள் தங்கள் வேலையை பலவிதமாக திரித்து கூற தொடங்கினர். உண்மையிலேயே சத்குரு கூறியதென்ன என தெரிந்து கொள்ள ஆர்வமிருந்தால் படித்து அறிவீர்👍

"Now you close down an industry because of political pressure, this is not right. You compel the industry to make sure pollution doesn't happen. I'm sure there are ways to do it, everywhere in the world people are doing it, isn't it? If they have by passed some laws and done something, penalise them for that. You close down business after business like this,where will you take this country" என பதிலளித்துள்ளார்.

CNN NEWS18 முழு நேர்காணல்: https://youtu.be/65ysUicdfuM

திமுக வை சேர்ந்த திரு. இளங்கோவன் அவரின் அரசியல் ரீதியான சாடலுக்கும் Twitterல் பதிலளித்தார்👇

Yes I do not know all the facts on ground regarding #Sterlite fiasco. But if we continue to close down industries & businesses , what is the future of this Nation? Address #pollution violations but let us not extinguish young lives & kill commerce. -Sg @Elangovantks @Zakka_Jacob https://t.co/5wNGpAO19s

https://twitter.com/SadhguruJV/status/1010752900505559040

பின்னர் தன்னுடைய கருத்தை Twitterல் மறுபடியும் தமிழக அரசுக்கும் இந்திய அரசுக்கும் சுட்டிக்காட்டினார்👇

Am not an expert on copper smelting but I know India has immense use for copper. If we don't produce our own, of course we will buy from China. Ecological violations can be addressed legally. Lynching large businesses is economic suicide.-Sg
@Zakka_Jacob @CMOTamilNadu
@PMOIndia

https://twitter.com/SadhguruJV/status/1011815554305253376

Mirror Now என்ற தொலைக்காட்சி Twitterல்

#ReporterLive: After @yogrishiramdev, now @SadhguruJV defends Sterlite. Says, 'lynching large businesses is economic suicide'. https://t.co/WESiB8bAtf

என சித்தரிக்கப்பட்ட தலைப்புடன் பதிவிட அதற்கும் பதிலளித்தார்👇

I am not in support of #Sterlite or any other industry or political party. Address environmental violations legally. Burning public property or closing down businesses is not in national interest. Do not politicise, LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST. -Sg @MirrorNow https://t.co/Xx54ixUC7a
https://twitter.com/SadhguruJV/status/1012018106909188096

பின்னர் தமிழக அமைச்சர் திரு. ஜெயகுமார் கூறியதாக NDTV Twitterல் வெளியிட்ட செய்தியில், "Sterlite plant won't be reopened, we don't care about views of Ramdev and Sadhguru": Tamil Nadu minister என பதிவிட அதற்கு தனது பதிலாக👇

Dear Minister, I did not recommend reopening of any industry. First of all it is for the govt to ensure there are no violations, if any dispute legal recourse.... Getting citizens on the street and getting them killed when out of control is not the way. I know there is lot of emotion but sense should not hurt.This is our Bharat in 21st century. Not pre-1947. -Sg @djayakumarfans @ndtv @IndianExpress @Actor_Siddharth
https://twitter.com/SadhguruJV/status/1012252208165867520
https://twitter.com/SadhguruJV/status/1012252210690850816

என தனது நிலைப்பாட்டை திட்ட வட்டமாக பதிவிட்டார்.

இது தெரிந்து கொள்ளாமல் நம்மில் சிலர் அறியாமையில் அவர் கூறியதை குறை கூறுகின்றோம்.

சற்று யோசியுங்கள், ஸ்டெர்லைட் போன்ற ஆலைகள் எத்தனையோ இருக்கலாம் தமிழகத்தில்,அவற்றிலிருந்து முற்றிலுமாக ஒரு நல்ல தீர்வு நமக்கு வேண்டாமா?

மூடுவது வேண்டுமானால் அரசியல் செய்ய ஆதாயமாக இருக்கலாம், ஆனால் சட்டப்பூர்வமாக தொழிற்சாலைகளை நெறிப்படுத்தி மாசு இல்லாமல் செயலாற்ற செய்வதே நிலையான தீர்வாக இருக்கும், நம் அனைவருக்கும் நன்மையும் கொடுக்கும்🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

Embed This

Protests, Politics and Growth - Are they mutually incompatible?

How has 2017-18 been for Tamilnadu?

It is well-known (by June 2018) that Tamilnadu is the state to be, if running protests and riots is your primary business. 

Oh, we have started to specialize in protests for specific industries and I would not be surprised if there are courses in arts colleges in TN teaching domain-specific protesting techniques.

My concerns mainly

So it was with fear and concern for my state, I discovered and shared a media report recently with friends.

This is from a popular TV channel in June 2018 and I have not seen anyone contesting these numbers so far. 

It basically says the following about the year that saw the heaviest political turmoil and the peak of protests in TN's history:

(1) The industry investment into Tamilnadu has gone down by 11,000 crores within last 1 year

(2) About 50,000 industrial establishments have been closed down in Tamilnadu

(3) Small and Medium Enterprise sector has seen a job loss of over 5,00,000 people.

Here is another well-researched answer by someone in Quora who shares similar thoughts that TN will become a terrible place to live if the same kind of protests continue: http://qr.ae/TUp22v

So, it confirmed my suspicion that we are staring at darker days of the state and a strong political and industrial leadership seems missing.

Is there light at the end of the dark tunnel?

Looking at an alternate perspective, there was a silent news that I do not know how many people caught on to! 

https://swarajyamag.com/economy/how-tamil-nadu-is-silently-mopping-up-big-investments

Ironically, this was from Swarajya which is a magazine many in India credit to be a right wing major. Going by their reputation, they should be kind of against what is happening in Tamilnadu. But this article astonishingly supports TN and highlights its growth! 

The key points from the article are:

(1) In January 2018, the ruling AIADMK government passed the Business Facilitation Act that allows single point of receipt of allocation to get clearances required to set up or expand a company. Under this act, so far 10 approvals for pre-establishment of an industry have been integrated in the Tamil Nadu Industrial Guidance and Exports portal. Though the act is for all industries, including large, medium, small and micro scale, initially it is for large-scale units.

(2) The ease of doing business in Tamil Nadu has improved also with accessibility to bureaucrats improving. Earlier, during the rule of J Jayalalithaa, entrepreneurs had to wait to meet her. They couldn’t directly meet any bureaucrat. Now, things have changed and businessmen are allowed to meet bureaucrats. This is true from my own personal experience also in the state.

(3) Tamil Nadu offers incentives to investors based on the employment opportunity they create or offer. Take Hyundai, for instance. It has 703 vendors supplying components and 115 of them from South Korea. Nearly 85 per cent of the automobile maker’s components are made in Tamil Nadu by these vendors, most of who operate around the company’s vicinity in clusters.

So, what does 2018 entail for Tamilnadu? 

Going by the current trend of protests, am cautiously pessimistic. But the recent strong steps by the government of Tamilnadu have done a bit in restoring my confidence towards taking a cautiously optimistic vision for the state in 2018.

(1) Plastic ban by TN Government is seen as a welcome move

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/tamil-nadu-to-ban-use-of-plastic-items-from-2019/article24086413.ece

(2) TN Chief Minister gives a strong statement out to protestors of the Chennai-Salem highway

https://deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/120618/chennai-salem-hway-to-boost-economy-tamil-nadu-cm.html

(3) TN Chief Minister talking about the police shoot-out at Sterlite protest

https://swarajyamag.com/politics/tamil-nadu-fringe-groups-on-the-defensive-as-eps-turns-the-corner-after-thoothukudi-violence

I am sincerely hoping that my fears about the state losing its industrial advantage will be proven wrong by end of 2018 ... will do some fact-finding on some of these protests in my future blogs.

Embed This