WHAT THIS HEAVY POLL SPEAKS
with courtesy from www.psmalik.com
In all Assembly
Elections in 2013 there has been a high turnout of voters who have exercised
their voting rights. There are various parties contesting these elections and
they are giving differing interpretations of these high turnouts of voters.
Those who are in power interpreted it as a positive vote; and those who are in opposition
called it as anti-incumbency vote. After 2-3 days the results would show who is
more correct.
But the fact is that
this time voter appears to risen to its rights, privileges and status. It would
really be interesting to see if such an awakening is for some temporary reason
or the new generation has become so awakened for all foreseeable future.
In these elections
there were regional factors and some common factors which appear to contributed
to this enthusiasm of voters. In Delhi the emergence of a new political party
called AAP appears to be an important factor for the citizens to come to
booths. Having felt bored by a monotonous BJP-Congress feud this time people
have in front of them a third colour with a new set of political language and
promises by AAP. Their language and aggressive style of projecting them have
led common people to believe that these people are going to bring a sure-shot
change.
In Rajasthan it has
been a feud between Vasundhara Raje and Ashok Gahlot. In Chhattisgarh it was a
story of Raman Singh. In Madhya Pradesh a contest was seen between Shivraj
Singh and Vikramaditya Raje. The presence of national personalities has also
contributed to a large extent for these heavy turnouts.
The presence of
Narendra Modi appears to have changed a general perception of a common people
in India. Even before elections he has become a Dream-Merchant; selling dreams
to them. He promises to have made those dreams come true in his state Gujrat
and is now making promises of the same tone and texture to India as a nation.
In a sense he has attained the status of Indira Gandhi when some gentlemen used
to compare her saying – Indira is India. These days people of India have
started believing in Narendra Modi as a new (and the only) hope for future India.
Modi has given them a believable assurance.
Congress brought its
star campaigner Rahul Gandhi. He is certainly a bundle of young energy with new
thoughts in politics. But there appears some problems in his emergence. There
appears someone in the Congress itself who tried to eclipse his dawn. He is not
being given his complete canvass to work. His thoughts and style have not been
well communicated to his cadre also. And for this reason some media
publications have shown him as a lighter-weight compared to Narendra Modi. But
in fact it is not so.
Let us wait and watch
the results.
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