Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan......

Today is 15 August 2012, India’s Independence Day. It’s hard to believe that its 66 years that we got our Independence ( for most of the part of those 66 years I was missing)

We are a relatively young country, we are as restless as we could be. Angry with the system, angry with the political class. We want things done quickly.

Unfortunately our political class does not understand the nerve of people.

 

 

Congress:

Lack of alternatives is the problem of our generation. Congress which has ruled our country legally (directly or indirectly) for more than 60 years

and is not only corrupt but has also become arrogant. The tainted ministers don’t step down even when pressurized and proved. Many of the MLA’s

have criminal record right from Rapes to Murder

 

Even though deep-down I believe that Manmohan Singh is not corrupt but obvious evidence is pointing towards him.

Keeping quiet when you see a crime happening is not  honest man’s trait. I don’t believe that he did not know of the scams going on in his own government.

Charisma is something that is lacking form our PM. He is not a good orator, Nor a good leader.(although we had a host of PM’s lacking personality e.g. H.D. Devegowda. He is the worst)

I feel sad that such an intelligent human being is being misused.

I am sure he does not want to continue as PM especially not as puppet PM.

He has not only failed to curb corrupt practices but also ruined the economy. He surely is “under achiever” (Not that we need it pointed by lobbyist) .

 

Politics behind making Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, President of India is obvious.

This is a ploy to clear the way for Mr. Rahul Gandhi to become PM , even though Rahul failed miserably in UP elections.

What gives him a right to become a PM of our country of 1.2 Billion people? Just having diluted genes does not entitle him to be one. 

Worst thing that could happen to us is Mr. R Gandhi becoming a PM, without proving his mettle in anything.

 

Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP): It is the only actual alternative to congress at national level. But the party is apparently in shreds.

Elections are close and they do not have enough maturity to portrait a leader!

Narendra Modi is a guy which one cannot ignore. It is really hard to look away from the way he has developed the state of Gujarat.

But personally I am not very comfortable with a guy who has dictatorial attitudes and was involved in communal violence.

(Imagine, how would you feel if your family members were burnt alive in front of you!)

But to be fair, even congress is not impartial from communalism (1984 riots: Sikhs were targeted in Delhi. Media remains mum)

The only reason that they will fail is infighting. This is their best chance to win the elections. Anti-incumbency is in the air and they must take advantage of it.

They should soon come up with a leader.

 

Team Anna (disbanded):  He is  for sure a social worker and now a politician.

I felt the campaign for which he gartered large support mostly came from “educated middle class” like me. I whole heartedly support Anna.

But just being honest is not important. The biggest challenge for Anna is to garner support from masses not just “educated youth” influenced by social media.

The immaturity shown by this team really makes me think are they good enough to run our country? Surely, I don’t doubt their honesty, but calling on and off

hunger strikes at ones need will not help their cause. With Mr. Hazare coming up with a political alternative is probably the best thing to happen to our politics.

in recent times. But will they get the support they need? 2014 is just 2 years away! Time will tell, but most likely they will fail the elections for 2014.

 

Why do we need a change?

The consequences congress coming to power again will be enormous. They will be more arrogant, more corrupt.

I know that BJP is equally corrupt  or perhaps more corrupt. But we need cyclical changes between the governments.

 

 

What do people want?

To live a  life with self-respect and dignity. This can happen only with creation of wealth, Jobs and Education.

Our country was growing at a miraculous pace and I hope it would continue.

I am a firm believer in progress but if a class of people like our farmers, gets left out where is the progress?

We need to learn from our neighborhood giant lot of things, especially social equality . Yes we have progressed but whom do we compare our progress to? Pakistan?

We need to have a holistic approach to progress and not just follow a standard western definition of progress.

We don’t want our governments to run useless behemoths like Air India, but provide us with infrastructure, Healthcare and Law and order. 

We want our government to control inflation. I don’t want to spend more than I earn.

The growth should be inclusive of everyone the disparities should be less. At one end we have Mukesh Ambani living in his $1 Billion Attila and at other

end we have poor farmers who eat mud to fill their stomachs and commit suicide. This is so shameful.  At least we should not feel ashamed to say “ Jai Jawan! Jai Kisan!”