Last week, I bemoaned the fact that the well-intentioned NEP had gone awry because of the rentier model of economics which thrives under the public policy of purchasing and opportunity management promoted by the finance ministry today.

Let me build a more complete thesis on this issue which I have been concerned about for more than 15 years now. I have even registered a full-fledged complaint to the Parliamentary Committee on Integrity, but from which I have heard nothing to date.

The main objectives of the NEP were related to the equitable distribution of the fruits of growth and development so as to address rural poverty and socio-economic considerations, thereby strengthening national unity. I believed in the NEP then, but not anymore because of the way it has been implemented.