Politicians are busy abusing each other while soldiers are busy dying for the nation.
It is sad to see the national elections fought with such atmosphere of negativity, bad language, personal abuses and everything bad and not on what it should be like issues of development, poverty elimination, nation building, policies of various political parties etc.
Is this the so called Indian culture we boast about? Where is the grace, the wisdom, the value system we always talk about? What a downfall of Indian politics!
Elections are part of democratic system and it is crucial to have fair election based on issues of national importance. Unfortunately all political parties are indulging in manipulation of election process through verbal attack on each other.
Media too is not showing an maturity. It is full of breaking news on who said what. Whereas it should focus on national issues and seek views of all political parties. Even if they have discussion on such issues, they turn out to be more of how to abuse each other by political parties.
Nation building is not about abusing each other or making tall claims. It is serious business. It should be reflected in approach and deeds. It should be above party politics and attempts to win election and grab power at any cost.
Nation can not be fooled. Who is right who is wrong is not decided by who said what but is decided by who did what.
It should be made a rule that no one is allowed to talk about others or opposition. They should only talk about own ideology, own policies, own work, own views how they see national problems, own plans how they wish to bring about a positive change. This way people will be able to judge who is best for them.
Election is not the final word. It is only a small process of democracy. Who will win who will lose does not matter. No party can ever get 100% votes. Nation belongs to all and nation building is the ongoing task of entire nation. It can not be left only on government. It is a system that must involve collective effort of all citizens. And for that we must avoid such negativity and bitterness. This blind party loyalty and political communalism will only cause further divide in society. And this divide will be the most dangerous and harmful for nation.
Our loyalty must be with nation. And if we are loyal to nation then we should have the ability to question and oppose views, words and deeds of anyone irrespective of our political affiliation. Blind support or blind opposition both are equally bad for nation. Sad but this is what we see today. Everyone will defend own party as if it has done no wrong and will abuse other as if it has done all wrong. This defeats the very purpose of election and democracy.
By undermining election and democracy how can we think about nation building? Media and politicians must do some honest thinking.
Election process must improve -
Highlights of elections that damages the very purpose:
1. Money power
2. Muscle power
3. Bad language
4. Spreading hatred and divide
5. Manipulation of facts
6. Media abuse
7. Weak EC
Result of all this is what nation has seen election after election. Bad candidates reach constitutional houses. Nation and its poor people continue to suffer. Democracy is ashamed but who cares?
But this can be improved if following steps are implemented.
1. No publicity - Any kind of publicity, advertisement, rallies must be barred. Candidates can spread information through word of mouth, locality based public meetings, specified media discussion with equal time to all candidates.
2. No reference to others - Representatives must present only their work, policies or proposals and refrain from making any reference to opposing candidate or party.
3. Elections should be short - Within two months the entire process of election including campaigning must be completed. No one should be allowed to campaign before specified date.
4. Media - Media should be barred from making publicity on behalf of or against candidates and parties. They must only objectively report the progress of process. Who said what including speeches must be barred.
5. EC - Election commission must lay down strict guidelines and follow them in true spirit. Anyone violating guidelines must be immediately arrested and should not be released till completion of election process. If they belong to a party then that party must penalized too by cancelling candidature of increasing number of candidates for repeated violations.
6. Expenditure - Candidates must spend only upto their own limit and parties should not be allowed to spend anything. Big parties spend a lot and this put other parties and independents at disadvantage.
We can not build a great nation by negative politics. If we wish to, we must change to positive politics. Not difficult to understand that such positive politics must have:
- Honesty
- Decency
- Commitment towards nation
Nation and the care takers must choose path.
It is sad to see the national elections fought with such atmosphere of negativity, bad language, personal abuses and everything bad and not on what it should be like issues of development, poverty elimination, nation building, policies of various political parties etc.
Is this the so called Indian culture we boast about? Where is the grace, the wisdom, the value system we always talk about? What a downfall of Indian politics!
Elections are part of democratic system and it is crucial to have fair election based on issues of national importance. Unfortunately all political parties are indulging in manipulation of election process through verbal attack on each other.
Media too is not showing an maturity. It is full of breaking news on who said what. Whereas it should focus on national issues and seek views of all political parties. Even if they have discussion on such issues, they turn out to be more of how to abuse each other by political parties.
Nation building is not about abusing each other or making tall claims. It is serious business. It should be reflected in approach and deeds. It should be above party politics and attempts to win election and grab power at any cost.
Nation can not be fooled. Who is right who is wrong is not decided by who said what but is decided by who did what.
It should be made a rule that no one is allowed to talk about others or opposition. They should only talk about own ideology, own policies, own work, own views how they see national problems, own plans how they wish to bring about a positive change. This way people will be able to judge who is best for them.
Election is not the final word. It is only a small process of democracy. Who will win who will lose does not matter. No party can ever get 100% votes. Nation belongs to all and nation building is the ongoing task of entire nation. It can not be left only on government. It is a system that must involve collective effort of all citizens. And for that we must avoid such negativity and bitterness. This blind party loyalty and political communalism will only cause further divide in society. And this divide will be the most dangerous and harmful for nation.
Our loyalty must be with nation. And if we are loyal to nation then we should have the ability to question and oppose views, words and deeds of anyone irrespective of our political affiliation. Blind support or blind opposition both are equally bad for nation. Sad but this is what we see today. Everyone will defend own party as if it has done no wrong and will abuse other as if it has done all wrong. This defeats the very purpose of election and democracy.
By undermining election and democracy how can we think about nation building? Media and politicians must do some honest thinking.
Election process must improve -
Highlights of elections that damages the very purpose:
1. Money power
2. Muscle power
3. Bad language
4. Spreading hatred and divide
5. Manipulation of facts
6. Media abuse
7. Weak EC
Result of all this is what nation has seen election after election. Bad candidates reach constitutional houses. Nation and its poor people continue to suffer. Democracy is ashamed but who cares?
But this can be improved if following steps are implemented.
1. No publicity - Any kind of publicity, advertisement, rallies must be barred. Candidates can spread information through word of mouth, locality based public meetings, specified media discussion with equal time to all candidates.
2. No reference to others - Representatives must present only their work, policies or proposals and refrain from making any reference to opposing candidate or party.
3. Elections should be short - Within two months the entire process of election including campaigning must be completed. No one should be allowed to campaign before specified date.
4. Media - Media should be barred from making publicity on behalf of or against candidates and parties. They must only objectively report the progress of process. Who said what including speeches must be barred.
5. EC - Election commission must lay down strict guidelines and follow them in true spirit. Anyone violating guidelines must be immediately arrested and should not be released till completion of election process. If they belong to a party then that party must penalized too by cancelling candidature of increasing number of candidates for repeated violations.
6. Expenditure - Candidates must spend only upto their own limit and parties should not be allowed to spend anything. Big parties spend a lot and this put other parties and independents at disadvantage.
We can not build a great nation by negative politics. If we wish to, we must change to positive politics. Not difficult to understand that such positive politics must have:
- Honesty
- Decency
- Commitment towards nation
Nation and the care takers must choose path.
