Muscle over Merit – Indian Politics !
April 13, 2009 at 7:53 pm 3 comments
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The body of an Indian Justice Party (IJP) nominee for the Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency was found hanging from a tree.Forty-eight-year-old Bahadur Sonkar’s body was found near Raja Ka Talab, barely 500 metres from his home in Ahiyapur-Rasheedabad locality, 200 km from here.
The tragic death of Sonkar has sparked off protests by party supporters and family members, according to whom a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate is responsible for the killing.
Sonkar, who was contesting against the BSP’s Dhananjay Singh, had reportedly been concerned about his safety and had even asked for police protection from the Election Commission.
IJP President Udit Raj has blamed the Election Commission for the death, as they did not provide security
to the candidate even after repeated requests.
If this is the substance, what the leaders of the world’s largest democracy are made of, im really ashamed to be even an inifintesimally small part of this whole system (using the word democracy sounds like a joke). Now what bothers me even more is, why is this sudden uproar about using the ‘Power to Vote’ !? Why so much of money being spent by endless dozens of corporate firms – small, mid sized or large…sending out the same message in their internal/external communication – VOTE ! VOTE !! VOTE !!! Why the never ending Lead India 09 campaign ads of ‘Power of Vote’ !
What to do when this is the kind of choices one has to select a leader ?! I know most of you would say, the only solution would be jump urself into the dirty game if you want to make it even a bit more cleaner! Totally agree! Just being a mere spectator would not be of any use, like a cycle waala stopping over to analyse the accident situation & then moving on with his journey..
But is this the only way out ?! Is this the only solution ?!?!
If i want to Vote ! If i want good honest leaders to lead the Nation ! If i want the politics to be free of such criminals who’ve murdered people emotionally/mentally or even for real!..just as a step closer towards their “Kursi” …What can i do ?
The only thing that comes to my mind is maybe..More Awareness! More Noise !! More Activism !!!
Wat say ?
Had enough of bugs in the system !! ? !!
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me | April 14, 2009 at 1:31 pm
you know what i agree with you so much on this..and i also agree with what you have written about joining the ‘game’ yourself to make a change. but again i dont know what purpose that would serve. even in small organisations there is so much dirty politics that it seems that the level of dirtiness is directly proportional to the number of people that make an organistaion. the scenario today is so upsetting, and we are nothing but mute spectators. even if we join the ‘gang’ i dont see how that could make even an infinitely small difference. but nevertheless i feel that it is required. activism without ‘direct’ action is a slow process and often frustrating. maybe the only solution is the one that we all shy from-’ to be in the system, to change the system’
but i also think that even if there are some people in there who want to make a change, the force of the ‘othr’ is strong enough to curb thier desires. the only change can happen if the ‘good guys’ can be a majority. if not…then its the same story repeatng itself over and over again.
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me | April 14, 2009 at 1:34 pm
also about the ‘vote’ campaigns by various agencies. most people dont vote today. for them it is some1 else’s fault if things go wrong later as they did not vote. it is more escapism than anything else. also first there has to be awareness, only then there will be action. also it is the same ideology of what-difference-does-it-make. if we cant enter the system to change it. the least we can do is to be a part of it in some way so that atleast we learn to own up to it when things go wrong.
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nikki | May 11, 2009 at 1:14 am
I TOTALLY agree with you…
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