Friday, August 5, 2011

My Favourite Political Party: Do i have a choice?

One thing that the opposition party is very constructive and energetic about today is 'Criticism', and i am surely appreciative of it. It's their job and they are doing it fine.
But.... are they really doing this for 'Us- the Janta', or for their own benefit??

Why didn't they take up the opportunity of setting up an atmosphere of the right governance, when they had the chance to do so? What happened to their intelligence, logic, rationalism, sensibility, energy, sanity (which is on display right now); when they were actually in government?

I sincerely do not want to have a doubt, but this is the same party which had left me disillusioned only a few years ago, for whose "India Shining" campaign's failure i had secretly prayed too!

Several years have passed since Bill Clinton's impeachment procedure. But, for the past week, the hazy memory of it, is recurring in my thoughts. As I have accepted earlier, that i am not a 'Gyaani' of politics; i can not understand why trial and punishment for the 'bad' politicians (Bad of any kind) of other countries is so speedy and easy, no matter at what level he is?? Why are the sons and daughters (Or cousin, or nephew, or friends' in-laws' friends' sons, etc.) of senior politicians in other countries not treated as the senior politician himself?? And, why the same does not happen in our country?


I think i digressed from the main point, or may be not. May be it's an offshoot of the thought process involving our politicians. I only meant, when in our country all politicians (no matter which political party they belong to), are of the same kind (when in power, mind it!)- Greedy, Multi-faced, very very powerful, superficial- then, who should i look upto??

I know, for sure that in the next general elections, i am not voting for the current party forming the government... and, i can not vote for the party in opposition today just because i am not voting for the former.......... the question is-- Do i have a choice? Whom should i want to get elected to power? Who is my favourite politician now??

I feel really like the "Aam Aadmi" again... 'Bechara', confused, choiceless, and truly 'Gareeb'.

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