How Vote Bank Politics Is Harming India

Gujarat elections are over and the results are out for everybody to see. Detractors of Modi have taken a beating but this clan has shifted the goal posts now. Modi fell short of his previous tally of 117 seats, you see! In the process of undermining his tremendous achievement, they are even maligning the electorate of Gujarat. Some lesser known leaders from BJP's "secular" ally JD(U) started their same rant on TV channels - "There is no change in our stand that PM candidate should have secular credentials". However, deep within their hearts, all these "secular" entities know that this election was a watershed and Modi is an unstoppable force now. Gujarat is not separate from India and just like Gujaratis, people across India, want quality governance and not false promises which commoditize communities in the shape of vote bank. This blatantly vitriolic and abrasive misinformed propaganda campaign again highlights an increasingly growing problem we are facing - vote bank politics.

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The Three Mistakes of Arvind Kejriwal

 So, as you have guessed, this piece is on Arvind Kejriwal. Before going through the rest, please think on your own for once (so that you can’t blame me for making you biased).

Who is Arvind Kejriwal, in your eyes?  An IIT Kharagpur graduate who dares to be different? An ex-IRS officer, who didn’t care about his lucrative job? A genuine crusader against corruption who is to be supported blindly given the fact that India is regularly ranked as one of the world’s most corrupt countries? A mere nitpicker who would be suited better as a journo? A super-ambitious politician? Or an over-hyped guy who is misled by Indian media?  Or simply a person who is best-fitted under the tag “Mr. Super-clean”?

 Well, I know this question is difficult to answer in one-line. His character has so many shades that it’s next to impossible to depict him in a single sentence. So, we’ll not try to do that. We are going to do an in-depth analysis on him.

First of all, though it may seem from the title of the post, it’s not the fact that I am dead against of IAC or AAP and going to slam Arvind in the rest of my post (if you are an Arvind-maniac, relax dear). I have to agree that Arvind has the courage to be different and he has already done some significant ground-work. As a social-activist, he indeed has appreciable achievement under his belt. Let’s look into his life(as a social worker) briefly:

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