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Amid rising prices and rampant corruption,
India goes to Parliamentary poll
-DR. ABDUL RUFF
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Money dominated polls are being used
by many terrocracies to legitimize their corruption based misrule against
humanity.
Indian polls, from local to
parliament is money game and the Parliamentary polls,
underway now , and the outcome is determined by money in
billions.
Excessive price rises, rampant corruption and inflation
are the highlights of Indian life.
Both ruling
and opposition parties seem to have a secret
misunderstanding against common people.
Coin
India, claiming to be largest
democracy, has begun voting for the 14th parliament, with the
ruling Congress party pitted against the ultra fanatic Hindu nationalist BJP
opposition. None of them is expected to get a clear
majority in the polls, though, and the ruling Congress party is like to lose
power.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a bank
official hired by the Congress s party to run the show as Indian PM,
has already said he is stepping down and the Congress is being led by
Rahul Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru the first PM of newly freed
India , the latest member of India's influential Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
Rahul is son of UPA chief Ms. Sonia
Gandhi who could not become Indian PM due to the opposition and threat from
BJP.
The BJP is being led by the
controversial Hindutva leader Narendra Modi, now the CM of Gujarat, homeland of
Mahatma Gandhi who fought and got freedom from UK. Modi, who is ahead in
all the pre-election surveys.
Gujarat state witnessed one of
India's worst anti-Muslim riots in 2002, targeting and killing Muslims to widen
the Hindu vote bank. In fact attack on Muslims and Islam is the mainstay policy
of Hindutva parties.
Today, unfortunately, all political
parties, except AAP, are images of the same coin, skilfully playing a
joint political exercise focusing on the welfare of the billionaires and
corporate class. The incumbent parliament is full of anti-people and
pro-corruption elements
Common people
The nine-phase ballot begins today
the 07th April and concludes on 12 May. Votes will be counted
on 16 May to decide the fate of Indian people, especially the common people who
form the majority of the voters. .
Some 814 million
voters - 100 million more than at the last elections in 2009 - are eligible to
vote at 930,000 polling stations, up from 830,000 polling stations in 2009.
Electronic voting
machines will be used and will, for the first time, contain a None of the Above
(Nota) button - an option for voters who do not want to cast their ballot for
any of the candidates.
On the first day of
voting, polling is taking place in six constituencies in two states in the
north-east - five in Assam and one in Tripura. Assam
is dotted with plantations growing the world-famous Assam tea and has more than
six million eligible voters. Assam is a Congress party stronghold but the
opposition
The anti-corruption party, the AAP
(Aam Aadmi, or Common Man's Party), targeting corrupt politicians and deceptive
corporates is also contesting the elections after a spectacular result in local
polls.
Indian politicians use the common
people to win polls but use the mandate to promote the rich and corporates,
apart from themselves and their kith and kin. For the first time in
political history of India, the Aam Aadmi (Common man’s) Party came to power last
year in Delhi state, trouncing all national heavy weights with strongest
infrastructures, and genuinely representing common people and fighting
corruption.
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More than 800 million Indians are
eligible to vote in a poll dominated by rampant corruption, price rises and
high inflation. The Lok Sabha (lower house of
parliament) has 543 elected seats and any party or a coalition needs a minimum
of 272 MPs to form a government.
The AAP made a strong showing at the
state assembly polls in the capital, Delhi, and is standing for all the seats
in the parliament, hoping to wins some important seats all over India, apart
from Delhi seats.
Several smaller regional parties are
also in the fray and if no single party wins a clear majority, they could play
a crucial role in government formation.
Difference
The Congress party,
which along with BJP, has made India one of most corrupt nations around
the world and seeking to promote corruption and corporates, has
also “promised: inclusive growth if it returns to power. In its election
manifesto, the BJP has promised a raft of welfare schemes, including a right to
healthcare for all and pensions for the aged and disabled. BJP, on the other,
focussing on Hindu votes, promises to build a temple structure on the
Mosque site of historic Babri Masjid, though, Modi, claiming to be a of
development , has also promised economic development, jobs for the youth
and a corruption-free government.
Congress party or BJP will make no
difference to Indian common people as both stand for the rich and billionaires
and multinational companies. Both promote illegal mining and shield the corrupt
elements that really harm real progress.
Muslims fear if BJP comes to power it
would target Muslims and so they might still prefer to vote for Congress party,
thereby committing the mistake, rather intentional crime, yet again, if they
still decide to prefer the Congress party to AAP.
While a hung
parliament is a clear prophesy, both Congress and its secret Hindutva
ally have lost the right to rule India and its states.
A new party alone can
save India and people.
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