More Chaos in making

As election process is getting it in to the last phase, hung parliament has already become a certainty. Indian democracy is going through the era of confusion quite some time and it’s going to continue further… While the fractured mandate is a clear indicator of a balanced democracy, it’s also aggravating the deeply divided political topography. We all understand accumulation of power is never a solution, but the chaos of multiple power centers is worse. Most of the regional and sectarian political outfits are putting forth their divisive agenda much more aggressive. It’s really disturbing to see the so called national parties trying to catch fish from the troubled waters, just to get the equations right to get their pound of flesh. It’s becoming very important to discover and raise a nationalistic agenda – above regional, sectarian, communal, caste based, considerations.

I have been casually browsing through the manifestos of leading political parties (Congress, BJP and CPM), and unfortunately there is hardly any reason to cheer. “Development and Welfare” – though namesake have featured in every election manifesto’s, has never been considered as the basic building blocks of agenda. Most of our leaders are prisoners of various compulsions (either governed by the “ideological alignment” or the sole motive of “gaining and retaining power”) and the current situation is throwing up hardly an answer. Again it’s a different matter that manifesto is document of no importance, whatsoever. For that matter all the manifestos are cook books of contradictions, which shows the shallow vision of the leading political think thank. I think the only thing, they are good at is poll arithmetic.

Why Should I?

Among the urban youth, raising the index finger with the ink spot is quickly catching up as the latest fad.. Without any knowledge about the politics, politicians, their manifestos, policies, background, track record we exercise our franchise.. Being a techie or a successful business man or a film star or spouse of a slain leader or endorsements from popular celebrities is not the reason enough for someone to claim for our precious vote. The need of the hour is not keeping on giving mandate to the same bunch of worthless politicians to relax for another five year term at parliament and enjoy the benefits of power. We need to cleanse the system. For that casting vote is not the first step… it’s the last step. The first step is gain awareness about the political system, step into it and initiate a cleansing drive. A vote will only be meaningful if one can give the nod for the right candidate. Without even a single candidate who deserves our vote, what is the point of exercising it? First let us have deserving candidates standing elections. Until you have one candidate in your constituency who worth your vote, there is no point. I haven’t come across any so far… How many of us have the willingness to sacrifice our family lives, risk our careers, and spare the life time to enter politics? … Talking “secularism” is not reason enough for someone to gain mandate and indulge in filling his coffers with wealth amassed through corruption. Is there any leader in any political party who has guts to stand up and talk about wrong doings from the political party he belongs? Are all political parties are blemish-less and corruption free, so that we never hear any accusation from their leaders and cadres on their own party. … A point to ponder…