IT IS DYNASTIC RULE, NOT DEMOCRACY

     On election of Mr. Pranab Mukherjee as President of India, his Lok Sabha seat (Jangipur in West Bengal) fell vacant.  Similary, when Mr. Vijay Bahuguna became Chief Minister of Uttrakhand, his Tehri Lok Sabha seat became vacant.   Now two things happened in this connection which I consider unethical.  First, on both the seats Congress fielded sons of Mr. Mukherjee and Mr. Bahuguna from their respective seats.  This shows that these political parties don't have internal democracy in their parties.  They are behaving as if these seats are their personal assets and should be inherited by their sons or other family members.  This is not at all acceptable.  They are treating the country as their personal property.  We the ordinary citizens of this country should make sure that this dynastic politics is put to an end..  What are the credentials of Rahul Gandhi, Jitin Parsad, Milind Devda, Sachin Pilot, Akhilesh Yadav, Anurag Thakur, Supriya Sule, Ajit Pawar and Agatha Sangma, Sukhbir Badal and Jyotiraditya Scindia?  These people owe their position to their parents.  These are the new rajas of this country and unless we realise the gravity of the situation, our country will not have real democracy but dynastic rule.
     Second unethical thing in this incident is that Ms. Mamta Bannerjee did not field any candidate from the Jangipur Seat.  Though she is not supporting Congress at  Center but she supported Congress candidate (Pranab Mukherjee's son) in the bye-election.  Had she fielded  a candidate from that constituency, Abhijeet Mukherjee  would have lost the election (won by only 2536 votes).  Is this not a betrayal of public sentiment.  These politicians give and take personal favours at our cost.  Is this democracy or Collective Dynastic Rule?  

Good Luck to Kejriwal & Co.

     By launching the political party, Arvind Kejriwal has done our country a big favour.  When Anna, who was the face of this movement against corruption, backed out of the idea to provide a political alternative to the country, many people like me were frustrated.  Frustration of the people stemmed from the fact that all the present political parties are corrupt, and they don't want  laws like Jan Lokpal Bill to be passed.  This practically means, that poor people of this country will keep suffering for another 3-4 decades, when another Anna or Kejriwal will come on the scene.

     But in this fast paced word people cannot wait for that long.  Sensing this feeling of the people, the Kejriwal and his friends took a very courageous decision to launch a political party.  I have heard certain, people talk negatively about this new set up.  They say that it is very difficult to fight elections without black money, and they will have to resort to the same means to which they are opposed right now.  To these people, I simply say that if these people can remain honest till now, why we can't hope that they will remain honest in future.

     The least we can expect from this party are: 1. honesty, 2. people with criminal records will not be given tickets,  3. efficiency in administration and 4. no division of society on the basis of caste, religion and region.  If these four  things are achieved, then all our problems can easily be tackled.  If this party achieves high standards, then others will have to raise their standard also.  This will be good for our country.

     So, if you are a Congress or BJP loyalist, open up your mind, think again and vote for this new party in the next elections.  If you don't do so, you may have to repent later for letting this God sent opportunity go waste.  Good luck to Kejriwal & Co.