Key to growth

Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Keep it real” (July 31). It is now a well-recognised fact that the world, as it stands today, is because of rapid industrialisation. It is in this light that it is not understood how our leaders, who aspire to lead the country, do not realise that industrialisation is the key to progress and it is also one of the greatest means for employment generation. A glance at countries around the world, will make it clear that prosperous and rich countries are those where industries are thriving, such is the case with the United States and also other countries worldwide. Industries, industrialists and workers are, therefore, co-terminus and one cannot be divorced from the other.

Such talks are, therefore, only good for the sake of rhetoric and vote-catching of the innocent workers and the peasants but the reality is something different. Do the shrill voices of Congress leaders against giving any facilities to the industrialist, therefore, mean that the party wants to take back the country to the miserable state enterprise monopoly and quota/permit raj era, from which the country was very silently and invisibly but effectively rescued by Narasimha Rao for bringing back the Indian economy on rails? In case it is so, the Congress would do a great harm to the country for the sake of gaining power.