FIRST THE PRELUDE

 

this is my 1^st attempt at anything like this ,I have always been on the other side…..yeah you guessed it right reading others creation.. And from my rich past experience I very well know that ‘short is indeed sweet’ so I have tried to keep this within reading proportions.I wont brand myself as one who is  political but considering the recent sequence of events..its politics that has been hogging the imagination of public besides of course occupying unilmited space in all forms of media….so  its more like flowing with the tide.

 

NOW THE ISSUE

four phases of polls have elapsed and only the last phase ,to be held on 13^th May, is remaining. Over the past few months politics has covered the imagination of one and all and I surely don’t see myself as an exception. The people of India have voted their choice and the verdict would be out on 16^th May, till then we can only make speculations.If you ask my views I would say the Congress party is going to be the single largest party again but considering the result of the exit polls of various newspapers and channels BJP is also not far behind. The UPA government has succeeded in holding people’s belief in them and the latest trends show that UPA will have more seats than NDA. What worked against BJP is the lack of a solid agenda. They have only one major agenda ‘ Hindutva’ and I believe too much of Hindutva is dividing the society. New leaders like Varun Gandhi preferred being inducted into the Indian political scene by heralding themselves as the ‘Champion’ or ‘Messiah’ of Hindutva forces rather than opting for something like ‘Obama-esque’ call for change.

May be I am expecting too much.!!!! The Hindutva agenda which brought BJP into the power in 1999 is no longer relevant today rather it is dividing society which is already reeling under the apprehension and fear caused by twin factors of terrorism and economic crisis.At a time when confidence amongst citizen is at an all time low propagating such agenda would not do much good for the country. As compared to BJP, Congress has kept its campaign simple and sticked to the agenda of development. I do have a soft corner for the Congress and I hope the ‘Real’ Gandhi power again propel Congress ( UPA ) to the power – ‘JAI HO’.