Re: 'The national election has become a local election'
by vinay bunty on Apr 29, 2009 02:27 PM Permalink
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
Re: Re: 'The national election has become a local election'
by GIRIN PEGU on Apr 29, 2009 05:29 PM Permalink
bunty ji, pl.study the meaning of democracy and get your views changed.
Govt. is spendig 1000 crore on election, even not a single party will come in majority. If any govt. will become it will not complete 5 years. Why hard earned money of Indian People spending on Election? There should be some change in the constitution of India. We have to reduce the expendutre on election. If we spend 500 crore of every election on development of Poor people in India, i am sure india will become developed country very soon. Even % of voting is only 45 to 55%, most of people do'nt go for vote.
Re: Why govt spending 1000 Crore or more than on election
by GIRIN PEGU on Apr 29, 2009 05:22 PM Permalink
officially 1000 crores but unofficially add a 0(zero) to it.imagine, where india would have reached.
Our politicians are arising baseless issue in the election which have not any connection to common man like Bofors, Weak PM or Kandhar etc.
The Election issue should be 1. Future plan of India 2. Unemployment 3. Terrorism 4. Inflation 5. Global warming etc
For these issues two national parties are silent. This is the job of opposition party to raised these issue to the public. But BJP is contesting in their own home. They are busy in selecting PM in future. It seemed to be that they are not serious for this election 2009 and preparing himself for Next LOK Sabha Election 2014.
Re: Iusse less Election
by R on Apr 29, 2009 01:13 PM Permalink
Actually, they are preparing for mid-term election in 2010. 2009 elections is already messed up. We will get unstable government and mid-term will happen in 2010. In both these elections the issues mentioned by you will not be raised. Indians do not care for these. They vote based on caste, religion, region. So, please do not bring out these sensible arguments.
Re: Iusse less Election
by sivasubramanian on Apr 29, 2009 03:16 PM Permalink
Virender's stomach is full that is why he want to think about Global warming etc, In india it is stomach which is Ema for crores of public, They have to get their stomach filled first.Does arun mean congress is not looter, I agree with him the BJP/AIADMK has many good people. all others are mere foxes with vengence and corruption.
Arun Shourie has lost his independent identity after joining politics because he used his resources against one family to the extent of hatred which has no place in democracy.
Re: Arun Shourie has lost his independent identity
by Hago Kiruttinan on Apr 29, 2009 02:44 PM Permalink
he is a great man ... please refrain from casting aspersions unnecessarily. Truth hurts just like fire! because of this people like you have become public liars and hooligans who are taking the country to abysmal depths!!
Re: Re: Arun Shourie has lost his independent identity
by KKR on Apr 29, 2009 03:15 PM Permalink
i think you have eaten his shit, thatswhy your praising shourie.
Let us not blame the politicians. We Indians are to blame for our rot. We donot evaluate the parties, their performance, their agenda before we vote. Instead, we vote based on their caste, religion, region. This reduces their accoutability. So, they do not perform. Finally, we end up loosing.
This is all because of un-educated masses. Just look at the western countries where the politicians are chosen after much debate and are held accountable.
We Indians are mostly illiterate. We make mess of everything. We make our streets dirty. We do not follow traffic rules. We are impatient, restless, fighting over petty things. We lack team spirit. We do not deserve right to vote. We have messed up democracy. Actually, most of us do not deserve to live. I wonder what made Britishers to come to India to rule this crowd.
In Monarch, it is yada raja yada praja. In democracy, it is yada praja yada raja
Re: Let us not blame the politicians for our rot
by Joy Gupta on Apr 29, 2009 12:51 PM Permalink
Boss, it's not you and me, the educated mass that decides the fate of these politicians. It's the uneducated poor people residing in the villages who decide it. These f*k*ng politicians give money (read all the news about it), distribute ration (foodgrains) and free blankets, medicine etc. to get the votes. Needless to say whichever party is in power, makes the maximum use of the power to reach the poor and distribute the stuff. To avoid this, people like you and me should take pains to educate the poor, generate funds to help them establish themselves either through vocational courses or through setting up small industries like poultry, handicrafts etc. The politicians will never do it for they know if the majority of India become educated, self-sufficient and start prospering, they will never vote these buffoons into power.
Till then, the National Election will renmain the Joker Election.
Re: Let us not blame the politicians for our rot
by piyush on Apr 29, 2009 01:29 PM Permalink
You r quite right. most of the uneducated mass vote on emotion. no analysis .Its always easier for netas to emotionally sway and fill voters with hatred. this is particularly true of congress and RJD they want their voters to be uneducated and remain there only. U can see their choice of constituencies Rae Bareli Madhepura etc Congress is the most Feudal party they have different set of rules, one for ruling elite and other for the classes.See their children would study at oxford and cambridge will have Firang girlfriends whereas they would want their electorate to go to Charwaha school All this is managed by their huge stock of black money.Once in a while they would do lipservice tokenism But the voters have awaken ;spending a day at a dalit basti wont do their real intentions will be proven if they marry a dalit girl
Re: Let us not blame the politicians for our rot
by Anand Swamy on Apr 29, 2009 03:58 PM Permalink
As long as there is somebody getting fooled, these politicians go on fooling us. In India, our total democratic system & legal system has to be changed. I still remember, Nani Palkhiwala, saying in his Annual Budget discussions,in Bangalore, after every Annual Budget, that if one has to survive as a criminal, he should be in India. Such is the legal system in our country. First of all,The law of the country should be strict enough, for the citizens to abide by it. That's the reason, why the American & European & Gulf countries are much ahead in this regard, since its citizens are law-abiding & law-deriding as in India. Already there is no strict law to tackle terrorism & criminals but I am really saddened to see criminals/ terrorists who are already sentenced to death by Supreme Court are still enjoying life. Such is the law in India. Truly, it takes somebody with iron guts to change the whole system in India & focus on nation's development. Finally, I don't understand why 'R' is using this Sanskrit saying in the end. First of all, the context is not right & the way it is said is also not right. It is "Yatha raja Thatha Praja" meaning 'how the citizens will live depends on how is the king. In democracy, there is no king, all are equal citizens
its not as if the kangress cant bring india to the forefront of progress.they know exactly what needs to be done to save india because they are the ones who created this mess.they have merely been milking india for the good of the gandhi family and its servants.now the cow is going to kickback real hard!
it is the curse of UR DADA that is troubling KKR. He must have been traded for some good player by SRK. He the read bad luck for KKR. overhyped playe, not worthy of even some thousands.
Mutalik is plant of congress to defame BJP, The Power Hungry Congress is doing these cheap politics because they are jeleous of the wonders done by BJP to the state in a short span of time.
A news in yahoo features the tought of yound citizens from Mnaglore studying in a elite Institution like NITK which was farmerly an REC.They focus only on a silly local issue like pub attack when considering voting. There should be need to think about more global issues like Population ,Global warming,Exhasting of resurses,terrorism and our contribution as a nation towards solving these problems,by students of who are as educated as these. Reading the news one begins to wonder about the future of our country.Truely this seems to be a local election sadly framed that way by our young voters.
