With 16th the General Elections two months from
now, a churning process has already begun in the largest democracy ie India.
Churning process per se is common with elections getting closer and
closer, our nation is infested with a huge number of political chameleons, a
species mushrooming across India.
Enemies turn friends, friends turn enemies, many of them
fence-sitters who never bother about ideologies, ethics, values and genuine
democratic credentials and what all they are after is power and pelf. When the
party which gains a larger number of seats is invited by the President
inquiring if it is planning to form a govt. the Party which in all probability
is inclined to buy time at least one or two weeks to canvas the fence-sitters
and for cobbling together the much needed number of seats and parade them
before the President and ensure that the coalition do have a majority in the
Lok Sabha and the President gets satisfied and waves green signal to form the
govt. If the main party single-handedly emerges victorious – it need not run
after the fence-sitters and avoid horse-trading to form a govt, a stable
government which with the flow of years is turning immaterial and impossible with
regional parties mushrooming across the nation. There was a time Indian National
Congress could provide stable government from its very inception until the 80’s
and it gradually lost its power to form a single party govt. The one and only
way left is to approach regional parties to extend a helping hand. These
parties are promised plum posts in the govt and are provided huge packages they
demand, for the growth and prosperity of their respective States.
These are times of regional chauvinism and they are sure to
widen their influence with the approach of each election.
Be it Indian National Congress or Bharatiya Janata Party,
both are unlikely to form a govt without the support of regional parties which
are bothered about the welfare of their respective States and by aligning with
INC or BJP, try to extract maximum from the govt of the day by arm-twisting it.
Without bowing down to their demands, a govt can’t run its full course.
Recently the Left Front which do not deviate from their
ideologies have brought under its banner Janata Dal (S), AIADMK, Janata Dal
(U), Samajwadi Party(SP), Biju Janata Dal (BJD) etc to fight it out in the
General Elections by taking great pains. Except Left parties, all other parties,
all regional outfits, need not be with the Left Front since what all they aspire
for are plum posts in the corridors of power such parties – political chameleons
- all of them without an iota of guilt or conscience switch their loyalties, either
UPA or NDA, whichever emerge with the large number of seats but are far short
of the required 272 + seats.
But for a number of positives our democracy has evolved into
an accursed one with the political chameleons ruling the roost in the Indian political
scene especially after the elections. This curse is a blot on our democracy and
is likely to tarnish the image of the nation among other democratic nations
across the world.
The political churning is in full swing and a clear picture
is likely to emerge within two or three months.
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