Politics without principles
is mockery
The ruling party
will go to any extent to remain in power and the opposition party to snatch the
power from the ruling party. We the
public vote them to keep the sovereignity of the Country and the state in
particular by upholding moral values but those who should be respecting law are
found to be totally abandoning the same. This is not Democracy, but real
madness in the name of democracy and fundamental rights. What happened in
Kerala Assembly was akin to taking law into their own hands.
Why do we vote in
elections? We vote because it is our democratic right. But our politicians need
us just on the polling day; Next five years the MLAs/MPs/Ministers will be
working on how to recover his poll expenses and how to covertly make money for
his family/caste; the common people are being fooled and taken into the cage of
poverty throughout their life with seemingly alluring baits of offers. There is
a massive degradation in our political system.
Any solution,
particularly in a democratic country like India, should be arrived at by
discussions and peaceful talks! But unfortunately, views are expressed by
damaging national property. Why don't our politicians follow the principle of
Satyagraha for protests?
There was a time when
our political leaders, ministers used to resign on moral ground. Now there is
no morality in politics. So they are not resigning on moral ground. Even if
they get convicted they will seek possibilities to continue in power. Now
politics is not based on morality but it is based on power.
However, one must
also acknowledge that India's political culture doesn't encourage politicians
to resign from office and undergo the legal process to prove their innocence.
Have we ever seen any high profile politician doing this? Resignation itself is
seen as proof of guilt. One reason for this reluctance to resign is that the
law is too slow in its functioning. It will take years if not decades before a
criminal case is concluded.
Violence and
indecorous behaviour in the Parliament and State Assemblies do not constitute
news anymore. We will be surprised if our elected representatives behave in an
orderly and responsible manner, befitting their new found status. This is the
price we are paying for blindly electing candidates by ignoring their dubious
background. Under the garb of democracy, crimes are committed and the criminals
enjoy immunity from prosecution owing to their political clout. This has
rendered the Legislature, one of the three pillars of democracy, (Legislature,
Executive and Judiciary), very weak. No wonder, our democracy has become very
wobbly.
When the edifice
of democracy is unstable, it is bound to adversely affect the other two pillars
also. Just as "Honesty is the best policy" has become a cliched
adage, "Democracy is the best policy" has lost its virtue due to
trampling of ethical values and righteousness by the elected members or
representatives. Any policy bereft of principles becomes a mockery.
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