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.

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:

OF Medicine,A dying mother and PREJUDICE

The Case

“Two investigations are under way into the death of a woman who was 17 weeks pregnant, at University Hospital Galway last month. Savita Halappanavar (31), a dentist, presented with back pain at the hospital on October 21st, was found to be miscarrying, and died of septicemia a week later… Ms Halappanavar asked for a medical termination. This was refused, he (Praveen Halappanavar, her husband) says, because the fetal heartbeat was still present and they were told, ‘this is a Catholic country’.” Despite knowing that,“the cervix was fully dilated, amniotic fluid was leaking and unfortunately the baby wouldn't survive.”,  The Irish Times  reports. In short, as it appears in The Telegraph, “A woman died after she was refused an abortion at an Irish hospital whilst undergoing a miscarriage”.

The Great Indian English Medium Drama

“It must be an English Medium one”

“Of course, it is”

“Umm….why not a Bengali Medium school?” I intruded into the discussion about picking out a school for our cousin and the rest of the lot unanimously threw me out of the boundary with the simple words, “Because we are sane.”

Well, it did hurt me. I handed them a few logic, fought my cause but was frankly outnumbered. Even my parents, who sent me to a school with a very much vernacular atmosphere, raised voice against me. I was subdued, and thought to allow all my ideas a second chance and tried to make comradeship with the trend.

Let us have a glimpse of their points:

Our Own Prince

“For the hereditary prince has less cause and less necessity to offend; hence it happens that he will be more loved; and unless extraordinary vices cause him to be hated, it is reasonable to expect that his subjects will be naturally well disposed towards him; and in the antiquity and duration of his rule the memories and motives that make for change are lost…”

Niccolò Machiavelli? 

Of course it is; Il Principe, chapter-II, De principatibushereditariis. (The Prince, of hereditary princedoms).

Why digging the Old Hat out of his graves? 

Because nothing explains so perfectly the current Indian mentality about our most eligible bachelor, Prince Rahul Gandhi. Everybody is wanting to him to see him as the Prime Minister of India. List doesn’t end at Digvijay the old-faithful…..Ashok Gehlot, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, wants Rahul to be a PM. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna wants Rahul Gandhi as a PM in 2014. Even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has openly expressed his desire to induct Rahul into the Cabinet. Even media houses  doing yearly or half yearly roundups of the public mood in ‘favour’ of Rahul Gandhi occupying the top chair of India.Everybody is wanting to him to see him as the Prime Minister of India. Let us see, what are the political peaks our Prince has achieved…

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