By Sachin Gautam
After seven decades of independence, we are immensely proud to call ourselves the world’s largest democracy. However, we still continue to wonder why the country is still miles away from development? The simple answer is the very fact that India has been ruled by political dynasties for more than half a century, enslaved by its own democratic framework.
This year, Indian political parties are using their various new tools of social media and advertorials to win the 2019 general elections where under the status quo, the citizens will elect the members of the parliament. From this, the majority party or coalition from the ministry will perform the executive duties. Talking about coalition governments, this election we are going to witness The Bhartiya Janata Party led by Narendra Modi, opposed by Indian National Congress led by Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
Surprisingly or unsurprisingly, the polls online show that Gandhi’s party is not actually posing a threat to Narendra Modi’s valued title of Prime Minister of India. However, INC's recent actions have displayed aggressive behaviour by forming pre-elections alliances with political parties, such as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra, and Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) in Bihar, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in Jharkhand, etc. which share similar political ideas for the nation. These parties call themselves United Progressive Alliance (UPA) with their agendas revolving about health-care and education for the lower members of the society and will act as an anti-BJP coalition in big states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, etc. In states where recently BJP was unable to form the government as they couldn’t unite with other parties even after winning the majority of seats, there is already an edge for the UPA.
Historically, it has been observed that an alliance forming the government in the centre with no single party gaining the majority leads to an ineffective and unstable government. To quote Shashi Tharoor, “Our system has also produced coalition government which have been obliged to focus more on politics than on policy or performance”.
Regardless of INC's desperate efforts to unite the foes together, the 68-year-old Modi has maintained his wave by managing to maintain the nation's incorruptible leader so far even after sailing through the storms of surgical strikes, Rafael deal and demonetisation. Even after their various misfired policies and decisions, BJP has still bagged its place as India's most dominating party. On the other hand, Congress is elevating Rahul Gandhi’s image hoping to replicate BJP’s single majority in the lower house.
While it is near improbable to guess the results, we should be aware that the party or the candidate we vote for should be the person who can unite both the wings and work towards the development of the nation. Our representative will fight for our rights and will be responsible for the policies it makes for the welfare of the country making us, the citizens, the greatest decision maker.
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