Barath Rajneeti

Friday, July 17, 2009

Politics of Vendetta

Indian politics have always staged the drama of revenge ever since the independence. Nehru was the first to start with dismissal of left government in Kerala. The latest attacks on Mrs Ritu Joshi are an act of shame undoubtedly. The statements made by the PCC chief are derogatory and unpardonable. But no word of her statement meant ill regading the dalit issue. Still for the reason being a dalit on the recieving end, she was booked under non bailable SC/ST act. What more can be a bigger misuse of law when a CM herself comits to it. While the law has its own course to take for the remarks made, torching the personal properity by alleged BSP workers is condemnable and unaccpetable in a democracy.

This has not been the first time that Mayawati has taken to politics of Vendetta. Varun Gandhi has been a target earlier for his communal remarks by being invoked with NSA. The vote bank of certain communities in election had been the reason behind the whole game. The main agenda was to break through the votes of the community who in recent times were considered loyal to her opponet Mulayam. The issue submerged only when the Court of law has ruled out the possibility of invoking a NSA. The eposide next had been after elections when Amethi and Raibarely had to face water and power cut in the worst ever way modren India could have heard of, with more than 16 hrs a day just for revenge against the people for victory of Sonia and Rahul.

Mayawati had been a canditate of high expectaions as a CM, owing to the poverty she faced in her childhood and the struggle she led to reach the highiest stage of UP. The middle class expected her to be a step towards change and development like that of Mr. CB Naidu in AP. BSP was considered a party with ideals at the time of debut, cherished highly for the idea to upbring the backward sections of the society. As the times passed by, the ideas and Ideals seem to be dead and burried along with its founder Kanshiram who put his heart and Soul to uplift the weaker sections. BSP was no different from other political parties in recent election in competing to field candidates with crimal background. The alligation of killing a public servant for not funding the b'day of Mayawati added to the growing bad reputation of the party. The staues of Kanshiram, and Mayawati being errected in all parts of the state wasting the public money and with no appent use has worked against BSP in recent election.

It's the time Maya realises that election can't just be be won forever in name of cast, creed and community. People of a democracy cannot always be sidetracked away from development in the name of above. Most people now seem to have lost their hopes in BSP supremo any more as a ray of change. But it's not yet too late that she realizes the expectation of people that gave her the chair of UP CM. Maya has to open her eyes to live eternaly in hearts of people rather than being a statue in a chowrasta.

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