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| Vote for those who can better peoples' lot | | | Not only in the Centre but in various states there is going to be coalition Governments. Gone are those days when almost all the states besides the Centre had one-party rule. And ever since the rise of regional parties India has become a home for coalition Governments.
And what is disappointing is the way these coalition Governments are the result of either compulsions or convenience and not the outcome of conviction.In most of these cases there does not seem any proximity in the ideology and political principles of parties that are keen to share power in the Centre or in the states.
It is in the light of series of minus points of coalition Governments that the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has cautioned people against voting in favour of the third front that is being given final shape by the leftists, and other political groups. Modi has downplayed talk of the emergence of a third front, saying the "experiment" will prove "costly" for the country which needed a government that could take decisions and come up to the peoples' expectations.
"It is my firm belief that the country is at a decisive stage where such an experiment (of a third front) would prove costly. The country needs a government that can take decisions and come up to the expectations of the people," according to Modi.
Modi is right when he explains that some constituents of a third front or those who have been supporting any such front ultimately have been forced to join hands with the Congress owing to their political opportunism. It is really strange that some of the parties that have been supporting a third front later side with the Congress simply to enjoy pelf and power. Before siding with the Congress these political groups used to follow an anti-Congress path and all this was the result of their eagerness to taste power. Modi is again right when he says that those trying to form the third front were simply helping the Congress to retain power when the overall mood of people was totally opposed to the Congress. Though the political situation in India has started favouring coalition Governments in the states and at the Centre, the experiment has inherent dangers. In such political and administrative setup the ruling coalition fails to take timely decisions. It is all the time procrastination while people expect firm decisions on issues that have link with people and their welfare.
Narendra Modi is of the opinion that India needs a leadership that can curb corruption.But can a coalition Government be able to curb or end corruption ? Possibilities seem to be quite bleak as is evident from the 10-year coalition Government led by the Congress in the centre. These years have been a period of scams, scandals, price rise, misgovernance, waste of public money, retarded growth in the sector of industry, hike in militancy-related activities and violence. It is in this context that Modi wants people to vote for a party that can curb corruption. And for ending corruption what is need is that the top political leadership should be "credible". And the Congress led UPA Government lacked this credibility with the result the level of corruption and corrupt practices went up during the last 10 years. Another reason for rise in the level of corruption besides scams involving several thousand crores of rupees and for other economic ills was the failure of the Congress led Government to take firm decision.
The case of drift and indecision is quite evident in those states,including Jammu and Kashmir, where there are coalition Governments. You cannot expect a coalition of five to six parties to have unanimous views on vital issues.It breeds conflict. Conflict breeds contradictions.Work suffers.
Hence people have to think twice before they walk to the polling booths for casting their vote.Let them vote for the party or for a group that can deliver justice, that can promote industrial growth,that can end poverty unemployment, that can curb corruption and that can deal firmly with militants, Naxals and Maoists. |
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