Today, the last phase of The General Elections 2009 will come to an end. The verdict of our nation will be known on 16th May. These were the longest running elections with five polling phases. The real government process will be starting after the results of the electoral with the two major (now, not national) political parties, the BJP and the Congress entering into the negotiating with the regional parties. The Left Front is also trying to have a non Congress, non BJP Third Front Government . But the possibility of a Third Front government is now ruled out with its allies now more likely to go with the NDA or the BJP. But these are all speculations as the Indian Politics is full of surprises.
The Exit Polls are out and all are pointing towards the slight edge that the UPA will have on the NDA. But the Exit Polls in this country have always been on the wrong side. So, lets wait for the 16th of May when the judgment of the people will be out. Bur, there were two interesting things in this elections that needs to be told.
The Key Issues of this election should have been - Development(mainly, economic.... we all know the dirty reservation policies on the name of social development) and Internal Security(after a series of bomb blasts and attacks on the key locations). But these two core issues were nowhere to be seen in the speeches of the so called star campaigners - SRP (Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka), Narendra Modi, Varun Gandhi, Prakash Karat etc. And in Tamil Nadu, the Civil War of Sri Lanka became the key issue. The Left, Samajwadi Party and the RJD concentrated on the so called issue of Secularism vs Communalism. Varun Gandhi, just 29 years old, is following the wrong lines of Communalism to woo the voters. Instead, he should have concentrated on development of his constituency. In Uttar Pradesh, sister Mayawati promised to fight against the Gundaaraaj in the Assembly elections. But, in these elections she has given tickets to 12 Bahubalis in UP. This will definintely have a negative impact on her non- lower class vote bank. Lal Krishna Advani, the NDA Prime Minister Candidate, was the sole exception who spoke about these two core issues in his rallies and Jansabha.
This time it was well expected that the matters of Internal Security will be crucial in pushing out the urban citizens to utilize their right to vote. But the lower urban voter turnout was surprising in the cities like Mumbai ( which was shook by the terrorist attacks and bomb blasts), Jaipur Delhi etc. Even, the vote percentage in Bihar was 50 %. This lower voter turn out is not a characteristic of a mature democracy.
Anyways, the result will be out on 16 th May. Whether its the Congress or the BJP that comes to power, but we as the citizens of this diverse country need good governance and inclusive growth, not communalism, pseudo-secularism, and vote bank politics.
The Exit Polls are out and all are pointing towards the slight edge that the UPA will have on the NDA. But the Exit Polls in this country have always been on the wrong side. So, lets wait for the 16th of May when the judgment of the people will be out. Bur, there were two interesting things in this elections that needs to be told.
The Key Issues of this election should have been - Development(mainly, economic.... we all know the dirty reservation policies on the name of social development) and Internal Security(after a series of bomb blasts and attacks on the key locations). But these two core issues were nowhere to be seen in the speeches of the so called star campaigners - SRP (Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka), Narendra Modi, Varun Gandhi, Prakash Karat etc. And in Tamil Nadu, the Civil War of Sri Lanka became the key issue. The Left, Samajwadi Party and the RJD concentrated on the so called issue of Secularism vs Communalism. Varun Gandhi, just 29 years old, is following the wrong lines of Communalism to woo the voters. Instead, he should have concentrated on development of his constituency. In Uttar Pradesh, sister Mayawati promised to fight against the Gundaaraaj in the Assembly elections. But, in these elections she has given tickets to 12 Bahubalis in UP. This will definintely have a negative impact on her non- lower class vote bank. Lal Krishna Advani, the NDA Prime Minister Candidate, was the sole exception who spoke about these two core issues in his rallies and Jansabha.
This time it was well expected that the matters of Internal Security will be crucial in pushing out the urban citizens to utilize their right to vote. But the lower urban voter turnout was surprising in the cities like Mumbai ( which was shook by the terrorist attacks and bomb blasts), Jaipur Delhi etc. Even, the vote percentage in Bihar was 50 %. This lower voter turn out is not a characteristic of a mature democracy.
Anyways, the result will be out on 16 th May. Whether its the Congress or the BJP that comes to power, but we as the citizens of this diverse country need good governance and inclusive growth, not communalism, pseudo-secularism, and vote bank politics.
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