Demo of Democracy in India!!

Well it must be a billion years before the earth came into existence... And i think thats the last time i ever blogged.... Is it really so long?? Well not that long but long enough.... So u can consider this entry of mine as "a magnum opus" for some time.... I am still undecided on what to write.... Ok... Its time to enter one area i have never touched upon but i have been much fascinated by it... Make way for my entry into politics ( literally... at least gimme room to blog on it!!!)

India widely regarded as the world's largest democracy holds elections every year i think... There are elections for MP's, MLAs', Mayors' n what not...India's government at the Centre is elected for every 5 years but invariably some party pulls out of the govt after a year or so, true to its "secular" credentials or due to its election manifesto which must have stated clearly that either the govt allots it 10 ministers or we are out of the coalition within the next 10 mins ... Indian political parties with their leaders are the best set of negotiators the world can ever produce... Can handle any sort of deal...

Here's an idea of what democracy in India feels like....

- First atrocity is the multi - party system... There are atleast 6 or 7 parties contesting the elections in each state... Often noone gets the majority and there is a hung assembly...

- So we have a 2nd election where they again spend thousands of crores for some stupid candidate(s) who's spent half his life in jail... IF he loses he's sent to jail... Isn't it??

- When its election time each party campaigns for its candidates thereby spending huge amounts of money( where did it all come from??? ) to get to power... And all that for an MLA's post which does not give too much returns... You get a 5 digit salary and a lot of allowances but nothing compared to a top IT job i guess... Anyways spending lakhs of rupees for just getting a rather meagre salary is not why they wanna become a MLA...

- So whats the reason for becoming a MLA??? To serve the people.... Well i guess thats what the Constitution or some other Institution says... So do they really serve the people??? The only thing that they do is forget the constituency they stood in.... So what do they do? They swindle money from the MLA's fund for the constituency and not to mention the regular bribes from bigwigs and others... No wonder they are able to recover the campaign costs so quickly!!!

- And then each party comes up with a so-called manifesto where they pledge to do some great things for the improvement of the people... the state.. the country... what not?? they might even start pledging a fund against alien invasion... So what is the manifesto?? IT is a collection of papers that is thrown into the garbage once the election gets over... Nice definition right??

- Apart from the promises in the manifesto the parties make other promises... Significant promises which are actually implemented to an extent... But goes awry after sometime because some rival party finds out a shady deal in it.... For eg in the recent election in TN... DMK has promised rice at 2 rs a kg... A free TV etc... So the ADMK retorts with a 10 kg free rice offer... And to top it all.... Free Computers for students passing out from the 12th Std.... All this money comes from the govt supposedly.... Where did it come from right before the election???

-The people's mandate is another element that adds a comic touch to the elections especially in TN... For the past 4 or 5 elections or so no party has retained power after a term in power... 2001- ADMK where the winners... 1996- DMK where tyhe winners... 1991- ADMK where the winners... and so on... SO what does this imply??? The people make their choice by cancelling 1 party... And that too by the method of Inky Pinky Ponky Father Had a Donkey... Hope u remember... Luckily( for ADMK!!) a majority of them somehow cancelled DMK out in 2001 so ADMK came to power!!!

- Election Results.... Would have been real fun... But the Election Commission decided to introduce Electronic Voting Machines... Sadists....Have denied fun for the people by introducing Technology into elections....

- Post Elections.... The party that comes into power does some really noble acts....

1st thing that they do is put the Opposition leaders in jail and claim it NOT to be an act of revenge... Cool nah??? If you have a real bad enemy... ITs high time u joined politics...

Then what happens??

And then they(politicians in power!!) live happily ever after!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

People??

Keep waiting for the next election.... The Opposition leaders have already started promising a golden era once they are re-elected!!