Indian
politics had always been one of my interests but last few years were quite a
roller coaster for a common man. Gone are the days where synonym of politics
was Congress. India has seen a lot .. BJP ripping off Congress from head to toe
and winning the Lok Sabha Elections, BJP changing the face of politics. But we
must admit BJP ran their elections with a marketing strategy and let’s face it,
we all knew that Congress had done enough bad to the country and it was time
for a change. BJP did make some smart choices. My favorite once was to
side-line the seniors, come-on it’s time to retire. Regardless of the
controversies around our prime minister which personally never affected me (as
if we have never seen our ministers doing anything wrong/controversial); I am
very impressed by Modiji’s profile. His stand on Economic Development in
Gujarat was splendid and his efforts made Gujarat one of the investment
platform. I have never come across any leader who has guts to order demolishing
temples. All in all Narendraji as a Chief Minister of Gujarat is something
every state needs.
I am sure
most of us might have thought this about our Prime Minister and hence the
thought of being lead by such a powerful man is truly in parallel to their
slogan “Ache Din Aayenge”. And we
already have started seeing many global initiatives taken which are
commendable. But I cannot resist thinking about some of the national “quick”
changes that BJP government tried and failed miserably and later became “lost
news.” I do agree we need to see the “big picture” and this is too early to
raise a red flag but for a common man, especially for youth don’t we need some
national level changes which will inspire them and not run out of India the
first chance they get?
I remember
during their campaign, the focus was on speeding government decision-making. The
“Swachh Bharat Campaign” was a good thought, half-baked, poorly organized
campaign. At the end, garbage was thrown
purposely on the street for celebrities to clean it. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Garbage-spread-on-street-purposely-before-Delhi-BJP-chief-and-Shazia-Ilmi-participate-in-Clean-India-campaign/articleshow/45058960.cms
We all know
we need a proper garbage disposal system. Why there wasn’t an effort on those
front, or was this just something done on the side by our government to keep us
happy?
Still I don’t see any efforts on making that
damn Aadhar Card work. Promise was made to bring back the money from Swiss
account within certain days. This was the first time ever that an effort was
made to reach out to the government by creating a website where we could send
any information/complains/suggestions. Are they even read or it was just a
strategy to make all of us subscribe to it just to show the count and later
send “Festival Greetings”.
I am not
saying all of this is possible with a blink and having BJP government in power
means finding a genie. All I am
saying is are we again going the route of making promises to common man to keep
them happy? We can easily be up-front and start something constructive rather
than just showing off.
I remember
I had this discussion with few of my friends before BJP won and was of a strong
opinion that AAP needs time, it is not a matured party and Congress should just
die and hence only hope and good hope we got is BJP. AAP have their own share
of disasters. The perfect way to describe them is bunch of young kids getting
together to make a difference without knowing anything about politics. Politics
is not something one should take for granted. You need to be in the system to
change it and can’t just go on a spree thrashing people and expecting them to
later help.
Just when I
thought that now we have to wait and watch what our government does for us , to
my surprise “Kejriwal became the CM of Delhi”.
Both are two different things, but I am sure BJP is shaken and now we
can hope, their again won’t be a monopoly in politics and hence no one can sit
on their asses until next elections. It’s always nice to have a strong
opposition and I can see that in AAP. Kejriwal had become the joke of the town,
but he did apologize and toned down his rebellious image. So if BJP’s
controversies don’t bother me, it’s just fair to say that we should always give
a second chance. Things that I use to dislike about AAP, constant nagging,
complaining, and thrashing opponents are much toned down now.
I hope with
this new role AAP realizes that it is at the end politics and an appreciation
to the chair is needed to be taken seriously. And being a part of the system
you need to believe in it.
It would be
very interesting to see where this goes and how (if ever) BJP reacts to this.
But glad to know we have one strong government in the center and a hope for a
better one in state.
