India witnesses an awakening!
Congress failed in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and
Rajasthan. But its failure in Delhi is most shameful. On the other hand, Aam Aadmi Party led by
Arvind Kejriwal made a sparkling debut. Congress lost a lot of ground to the AAP in Delhi. Kejriwal’s exercise of drawing new
volunteers outside of the tradtional political class is a big success.
Now it’s a bipolar contests between the Bharatiya
Janata Party and Congress. It is now clear to everyone that BJP has an edge
over Congress in the bigger battle in 2014. It is clear that in the race to be
the single largest party in the next Lok Sabha, the BJP is surely ahead. The regional parties too will have a
powerful role to play in the sense that they will have to decide as to which
party they will ally with. But one should not underestimate AAP any more. It
can create a magic in 2014 elections.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan led the BJP to victory in
Madhya Pradesh. The BJP, under Raman Singh in Chhattisgarh and under Vasundhara
Raje in Rajasthan, did wonders. While in Delhi, the AAP which ran a
high-voltage campaign against corruption and the established political class
created magic.
Modi has been under pressure to reinvent himself as
a mass leader showcasing a development-oriented agenda. But the voters are finding
him a better alternative than enfeebled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. There is
also the possibility of Indian voters preferring Kejriwal to both Modi and
Gandhi.
The rise of the Aam Aadmi party also signals public
alienation from traditional political parties. The recent election result of
Delhi is not only showing desperation of people by going towards a clean party
but also a trend for future. In
the 2014 elections, AAP might show big surprises. Muslims too are found to be
fed up with BJP and Congress. They are finding AAP as a better alternative.
The success of Aam Aadmi jolted not only Delhi but
the whole country. Delhi has witnessed the increasing awareness about
socio-economic issues related to Aam Aadmi specially in youth. Kejriwal has
created a system which thrives on honesty. The system is in its nascent stage. His
intention is not to create another party for India but his aim is to end
corruption permanently. AAP wave is the
sign of support in the matter of cleansing the system of corruption, nepotism, mediocrity,
apathy, arrogance, paid media etc. The win registered by Kejriwal is the sign of
the trust that people have in him and his party’s agendas. The efforts taken to
reach out all blocks of people are undoubtedly applaudable.
There are non-Hindus who fear that BJP's victory
might lead to them getting sidelined. But that might not be the case. In
Germany, the Christian Democratic Union is ruling and nobody calls it a
communal government. Nobody can deny the fact that in India we have a
caste-based and religion-based set-up. True, this should change. If there is
any party which might abolish job/education reservation based on caste and
religion, it is BJP.
Another reason for the debacle of Congress is the
never ending series of scams which clearly spelt out what our lawmakers were
busy doing. The masses were sick and tired of these politicians who became a
hated class. Educated youth no longer supported the dynastic theories and saw
that this was only one way of increasing the family wealth. All in all this
resulted in a change. The AAP showed the way and people now realize that
anybody can enter politics and get things done for the common man. Our nation
is witnessing a real awakening!
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