Who will win in Karnataka?
The Bharatiya Janata Party had scored historic victory in the 2008 Assembly election in Karnataka. But the Congress staged a comeback five years
later at the same place. Now, the challenge for the BJP is the politically savvy Congress Chief
Minister, Siddaramaiah. The
single-phase election on May 12 could witness a face-off between the BJP and
the Congress, with the Janata Dal (Secular) a distant third. The BJP will be banking on B.S. Yeddyurappa.
Karnataka will not be the last State to go to the polls before the Lok
Sabha election of 2019. For both the Congress and the BJP, a loss
for either will be a dampener, and a win a great morale booster.
Karnataka today is more divided than five years ago when Siddharamaiah
assumed office. With his recent decisions he has also created pockets of
influence within the electorate. With a divided and lacklusture State
leadership the BJP - the main opposition - does not seem to be able to make
much dent. JDS seems to be in tatters. Only a last minute shift could change
the scenario.
Congress might try to pay BJP in its own coin. By using the divisive
tactics, it is trying to split Hindus to gain power. The future may see BJP
dividing people further to gain votes more than Congress.
In India, every 2nd person talks about politics, politics and
more politics. We have plenty of
elections every year, in at least one part of the demographically large nation
to provide the fuel so that the 'important political' issues keep on running on
the prime time slots of 'national' televisions. No one wants to talk about how
life can be made simple and comfortable. What people talk about is what is happening in the power corridors of
New Delhi and how politics is ruining the day everyday in the lower parliament
house nowadays. Where's the development? Where's the pain of the common man who
wants nothing more than food on his/her platter thrice a day, a simple home to
live and proper education for his/her children? Why are these basic things not
the part of discussions anywhere? Is it so hard to talk about something
involving millions of lives??
Today India has become a democracy where its leaders play dirty politics
of scams and mud-slinging and are active only at the time of Elections and
thereafter they are busy making dividends for the next five years, fooling
their subjects extensively from false promises to false emotional detachments.
The people of India should now understand this dirty politics of all the
political parties and vote to choose a true leader for their own constituency,
who is able to tackle problems, educated enough, even if he contends the
election independently sans any party support.
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