Today the hot question seems to be whether IAC should form its own party, support good candidates or be totally apolitical.
My personal view is that over the last two decades the electorate is getting increasingly fragmented and we do not see any single party getting a functional majority. In such a case it is difficult to imagine a new party garnering sufficient votes and coming to power.
When BJP was ascending it was known as a party with a difference. Every other day news paper contained reports of a prominent person (ex-serviceman, retired bureaucrat, social worker) joining the party. But somewhere in the journey from near majority to a coliation majority to a desire for independent majority the party ended up compromising with its values.
RSS walla's lament that in the past decade neither BJP nor RSS remained the same, the lure of power and being the power behind the throne has lured undesirable elements to both the organisation.
How then can a new party expect to overcome these issues and get to power?
My personal theory to explain everything ™ has been that each person has a unique skill set which he uses to advance in his life goals. So an organisation's future depends on the skill set that it attracts to its folds. If India's political setup is designed to attract a rotten bunch it will attract the rotten bunch.
Since AK calls all parties corrupt will he give outside or coalition support to either BJP or congress? will he discard Janlokpal until his party get absolute majority (Similar to what BJP did with Ram Janmabhoomi)?
No I dont think a new party would make a direct difference in terms of coming to power and making new laws, But I still support AK and teams decision to enter the electoral fray. I will eleborate in the following paragraphs.
Today I am a part of a constituency which has the highest number of engineers(BTech, MTech, PHD's) in India. My representative is a 12th Pass seller of sanitary equipment. Can my representative really represent me? Did people vote for the party or the person? My understanding is that people voted for the party and due to some compulsion the party allocated the seat to a person who was not a true representative of the people.
My colleagues who have campaigned in the recent Graduate constituency elections have spoken on length as to how Loksatta's candidate had received all the urban votes (some 800 voters showedup in the urban area) but lost out on the rural votes. And how even if each and every voter of any single Apartment complex had shown up for voting Their candidate would have won the elections.
If AK and Party starts getting a few seat and creates a vote swing in other constituencies on their clean politics platform it will send a clear message to the other parties that this is a votebank that you have neglected.
If the Apartment complexes show up on election day It would create a vote bank which each and every political party will scramble to capture.
If inorder to capture this votebank other parties start fielding candidates with good records we would have strengthened all parties and in turn strengthened our democratic system.
My personal view is that over the last two decades the electorate is getting increasingly fragmented and we do not see any single party getting a functional majority. In such a case it is difficult to imagine a new party garnering sufficient votes and coming to power.
When BJP was ascending it was known as a party with a difference. Every other day news paper contained reports of a prominent person (ex-serviceman, retired bureaucrat, social worker) joining the party. But somewhere in the journey from near majority to a coliation majority to a desire for independent majority the party ended up compromising with its values.
RSS walla's lament that in the past decade neither BJP nor RSS remained the same, the lure of power and being the power behind the throne has lured undesirable elements to both the organisation.
How then can a new party expect to overcome these issues and get to power?
My personal theory to explain everything ™ has been that each person has a unique skill set which he uses to advance in his life goals. So an organisation's future depends on the skill set that it attracts to its folds. If India's political setup is designed to attract a rotten bunch it will attract the rotten bunch.
Since AK calls all parties corrupt will he give outside or coalition support to either BJP or congress? will he discard Janlokpal until his party get absolute majority (Similar to what BJP did with Ram Janmabhoomi)?
No I dont think a new party would make a direct difference in terms of coming to power and making new laws, But I still support AK and teams decision to enter the electoral fray. I will eleborate in the following paragraphs.
Today I am a part of a constituency which has the highest number of engineers(BTech, MTech, PHD's) in India. My representative is a 12th Pass seller of sanitary equipment. Can my representative really represent me? Did people vote for the party or the person? My understanding is that people voted for the party and due to some compulsion the party allocated the seat to a person who was not a true representative of the people.
My colleagues who have campaigned in the recent Graduate constituency elections have spoken on length as to how Loksatta's candidate had received all the urban votes (some 800 voters showedup in the urban area) but lost out on the rural votes. And how even if each and every voter of any single Apartment complex had shown up for voting Their candidate would have won the elections.
If AK and Party starts getting a few seat and creates a vote swing in other constituencies on their clean politics platform it will send a clear message to the other parties that this is a votebank that you have neglected.
If the Apartment complexes show up on election day It would create a vote bank which each and every political party will scramble to capture.
If inorder to capture this votebank other parties start fielding candidates with good records we would have strengthened all parties and in turn strengthened our democratic system.
