The Blackmail Politics.. India Today

The generation next of Indian politics began after the defeat of Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the elections held post emergency. A coalition led by Jana Sangh came to power in 1977 unveiling a new era of coalition governments in Indian political scenario. The sway of congress over the nation was brought to an end giving opportunities to new parties in regional interests in various states. The communists taking over Kerala and Bengal, the rise of DMK in Tamil Nadu and TDP in AP in later times battered the chances of a single party rule in centre. The regional parties laid emphasis on development of the states they represented and started out in building a new India.

The opportunists in various states succeed in creating a wave against existing congress through destructive means that endangered the unity and integrity of the country. The Tamil Nationalism started by DMK and the self respect issue raised by NTR in Andhra Pradesh. These parties which formed in opposition to existing congress lacked in principles and ideology. The issues raised by them brought a divide in the existing society. To keep the hold on the state after gaining the power, the regional parties looked towards news ways of development and there by gained the confidence of people and society.

It was by 1995 the regional parties occupied the greater part of the stage. The regional parties gaining countable power to make and break governments in national scenario started a new trend of black mail politics to meet more than the needs of their states. CB Naidu of Andhra Pradesh was the first to play this with AB Vajpayee government later followed by DMK and finally now it’s the turn of honorable rail mister Mamtha Didi. The regional parties started an exploitation of the national resources in the interest of their own states as evident form the huge funds that Mr. Naidu got during NDA govt. or the heavy development activities carried out by Maran in Chennai.

The political parties with numbers enough to make or break governments have now come to a point wherein they overlook the national interest and have started concentrating on their own states and to make their position safe by showering gifts and boons on the people of their state at an expense of the rest of the nation. The unequal distribution of wealth and development in country has a lot to do with these regional players. The transfer funds more than the deserved to some parts of country has proved expensive to the rest. It’s the time that people of the country wake up and realize that an India of equality in development and wealth stands more stable than being a nation of regional imbalances. The time is now ripe to redefine the constitution of the country restricting the regional players in national dais.

Jai Hind