A Confused Indian Voter

Vote for Narendra Modi! Oh! I am not convincing you to vote for one of the most successful chief ministers so far but many social media campaigns are running for Narendra Modi. I am not denying that he is one of the best. But does he really have solutions for all your problems? Shall we get rid of current situation if we ‘vote for Modi’? Such common question are coming in my mind.

When you read articles in newspapers, discuss local politics in trains and buses and try to become a responsible voter, you have to consider only one factor and that is ‘who is going to develop and maintain your electoral area’ without concentrating on national politics. But if we vote according to this criterion, the results can be different. Obviously there are voters belonging to minority groups and election candidates spend upto crores to distract them. But still your vote matters. Considering scams and various weird economical decisions, people seek a change in government. At least BJP core thinks like that. But what if people would have forgotten Suresh Kalmadi or A. Raja, we have to suffer one more term under these fake leaders where decisions are taken by one and they are represented by others.

So If I choose not to vote UPA and their allies, what options I have. I can vote for either NDA or third front or independent candidates. The major problem creators in congress or BJP government are their allies. All the allies have their specific group of voters and they only think for their development which is not wrong in a sense but it is affecting the growth of India. Again coming to the subject, if I really choose to vote for Modi then I have to vote for their ally in Mumbai, Maharashtra which is like hanging sword on my head. I really have spoken for this political party from my childhood, seeing their efforts for people of Maharashtra but when I think in broader way I see many faults and setbacks in development. Mumbai could be much better and maintained till now which is not. Considering first point of this discussion I can’t vote either UPA or NDA now.

We also have got a considerably   good option of abstain which can be chosen if you feel that no candidate is good for the betterment of your area. If you see the statistics, maximum 100 people go for this option and don’t get any results at the end. Electoral commission may not even consider these votes in front of thousands which are surely enough to win one of the not so eligible candidates. Again I cannot go for this option. So now I can vote for either third front or independent candidates. Very few, say 1 percent, independent candidates are really ready to wok and trustworthy. Others simply take their share to join the government, obviously if they manage to win. I am happy that I have reached at single option that is third front. Third front is very weird as it sounds. There is no bonding or construction of their alliance in third front. So If I consider that third front is going to win which is as impossible as the end of this world on 21^st December, 2012; I doubt they can manage to run their government for even six months. There is one more option which I did not include in the discussion knowingly, the rising Aam Aadmi party. Many months have passed since their formation but there is not a declaration of any strategy towards 2014. I consider that all these parties will come forward and will give a good reason to choose one of them next year.

India Against(?) Corruption

From last few weeks Indian media is very busy in newly found business called sting operations. Every news channel is finding a ‘bakra’ (target) and making his each and every action public. I doubt if they are getting contracts from rival political parties. It all started with Arvind Kejriwal, Julian Assange of India. IAC took a lion’s entry in politics by blaming congress and BJP high commission directly. When I was watching a sting operation on BJP president I wondered how many people in India use the same techniques to grow their business. But I should admit that it was a smart technique to convert the black money into white.

This ‘India Against Corruption’ wave was formed by Anna Hazare last year. Many people came on the grounds to protest against corruption in government of India. Many Indians really think that their condition would be better if all the black money in Swiss bank comes to India. Do you really think this insect of corruption will die after ministers stop to do scams and lokpal bill gets passed? Removing corruption is nothing but a revolution. There was a very good advertisement by ‘Jago re’ campaign some years ago saying first you should stop to pay the bribes. Corruption is like a habit whether it’s at low scale or high. When you don’t want to follow the traffic rules, you just pay to traffic police and can easily run away. When you asked for some hundreds of rupees at the time of passport verification, you don’t bother to give it not to spoil your foreign dreams. If you are not getting an appointment or your work is being delayed purposively in government offices then just pay some 10-20 bucks to peon. This small scale corruption is like a catalyst to fasten the process. There are chains in government offices from minister, HOD to clerks at two ends who get their dividend regularly.

And when Anna Hazare or Ramdev baba calls a protest both the receiver and donor in small scale corruption come on the grounds to yell against the big fishes called ministers. According to me, these sparks have no capability to turn into fire. After few days everyone realize that if this corruption ends then who will buy costly toys or sweets to our children. And hence Hazare was failed to attract the crowd at Mumbai. There is just one hope that there will be a revolution in our thinking process. But it will take time. I am not up to any solution. But I can feel the warm air and it will bring us the change one day!