Mahatma Gandhi would have been most disappointed if he was alive: N Santosh Hegde
Bengaluru, Oct 1: The no-holds-barred scenario on the administrative and political fronts would have made Mahatma Gandhi one of the most disappointed persons if he was still alive today, says retired Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde.
The 79-year-old former Solicitor General of India also regretted that society as a whole, people in prominent positions in particular, have forgotten Gandhi's values.
"Today, the situation is such that the present day politics is no-holds-barred; truth has no value", the former Karnataka Lokayukta told PTI on Tuesday, sharing his thoughts on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of the father of the nation.
"That's what I am exactly seeing now...how you criticise your opponents, berate and belittle people who are not in conformity with your thinking, these are all things totally opposed to Mahatma Gandhi's policies.
He is a person who respected his opponents. We don't see that today", he said.
Gandhi would have been one of the most disappointed persons having seen what has really happened, particularly the "no-holds-barred" political and administrative scenarios, if he was still alive today, according to him.
Mahatma Gandhi's thinking should be included in the educational curriculum, he said.
"We give so much importance to information and make youth very intelligent, but that intelligence should be somewhat founded on values Mahatma Gandhi propagated and practiced", Hegde said.
He said administration and politics have a very big say in everyday life and "it sort of moulds our thinking".
"This no-holds-barred system that is prevailing today in these fields -- administration and politics -- is creating some sort of a mad race for acquiring power and money.
That is exactly what Gandhi was against", Hegde said.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
