Delhi State Assembly Election 2015

Today morning as I stood in the queue to cast my vote in Delhi Assembly Election, I was just watching people speak about elections, repeat elections and matter of governance. One elderly gentleman was saying that this is an opportunity in five years to select your government. I interrupted him saying “Yes! You bring them to power for five years but don’t have a right to snatch their powers before five years if they fail to perform”. Another gentleman said that you can snatch their powers if they don’t perform by mass movements like Anna Andolan. Another gentleman said that how does it matters, they all are same; difference might be that a grand old party stands like a Dawood, the old party on the rising like a dacoit and the bachcha party like a “jeb Katra”…a pick picketer. You have the option to choose whichever you like. I politely said to the gentleman that you get a government you deserve.

And the dance of democracy in the biggest democracy on this planet with replays of mudslinging and name calling matches, use of huge money and muscle powers, distribution of “Daaroo” bottles etc. etc. goes on and on and we, the people, the common men are taken for granted by the unholy “milibhagat” of all parties.

The fact remains that except the AAP, which might have hundreds of faults; no other political parties are willing to come under RTI. It means that they all have “something” to hide which they don’t want to make public. Except the AAP, no other political parties are willing to disclose sources of their 100% funding as it is said that 80% of their funding are undisclosed. It means that they have 80% of their funding to hide and don’t want to make it public. It is alleged that they have also been found accepting foreign funding also. In spite of these facts, such political parties claim that they stand taller on the platform of honesty than their rivals and are the real servants of the public.

If no political party is “doodh ki dhuli” are we not facing the biggest challenge to choose one to cast our vote? At this point, I am sure, if we look deep inside, our own moral standing on the degree of truth, honesty, integrity and purity will propel us to select from the Dawoods, dacoits and jeb katres.