India – Politics’ Formidable Contender

August 23, 2022

India – Politics’ Formidable Contender

Padmini Arhant

The regime in New Delhi is missing the core message. While creating pseudo contestants among own political establishment for flamboyant fake popularity and legitimacy, the real contenders in politics are overlooked in the myopic view to remain in power for eternity. The strategy letting weak political factions win in state elections and maintaining nefarious tactics in national election for power grab to silence speculations and skepticism on voting irregularities, electoral bonds aided victory in the national game and subsequently horse trading is the current modus operandi. 

However, the real challengers for political leadership regardless of hyped publicity campaign and paid propaganda are the following;

The overwhelming educated skilled unemployed youth in different cross sections of society denied employment opportunity in prime time of their life. The segment response in electoral backlash was witnessed in the latest northern state Bihar election. 

The exploited farmers forced to demonstrate on the streets upon being deprived of fair share of earnings in agriculture farming. The outcome led to the government withdrawal of the detrimental policy designed to benefit selective oligarchy interests. 

The daily wage earners, street hawkers, shopkeepers and major percentage of retail businesses brought to lack of any income and financial assistance overnight to accommodate political class favored oligarchs mega retail chains and monopoly. 

The soldiers in the defense force replaced with lucrative defense deals benefitting politics, specific oligarchs and deal makers leaving national security and defense force personnel entirely at the mercy of quid pro quo trend. 

Although the minority are now officially declared disenfranchised with no voting rights or any form of representation in politics, the New Delhi regime focus on transforming the nation into a Hindu State or Hindu Rashtra ignoring the fact many Hindus are subject to worst form of discrimination, isolation and marginalization is a decadent ideology.

The latest violence against Kashmiri Hindu Pandits in Kashmir Valley is the product of brazen Hindutva polarization providing fodder for radical minds reacting to political cartography.

Ironically, the actual taxpayers in economy are the middle class, lower and lowest in the economic strata as the largest consumer base and members of the work force in different capacity in formal and informal economic sector. Nonetheless, the rich, wealthy and wealthiest enjoy the luxury of occupying plum positions in politics and private industry at the former expense and generational economic struggle.

Notwithstanding the latter beginning with political class and other 3% bourgeois’ tax evasions stashing illicit wealth in offshore tax havens, foreign bank accounts and various disguised investments depleting national treasury of the earnings and savings predominantly belonging to the overwhelming 97% in the country is a colossal loss to the economy. 

Not to mention the politics loyalty and unwavering commitment catering to elites and presumptuous top tier in hierarchy in society result in disproportionate economic status leading to further deterioration in social equality. 

Understandably, the frustration and dissatisfaction from the economically deprived population represent even bigger contention for politics running merely on divide and conquer strategy inherited from colonial past and present using religion, caste, creed and gender bias as the platform or alternatively enticing them with unrealistic undeliverable promises such as gas cylinder (empty with no refills), open ground hole toilets with no commode or water, Rs.1.5 million or Rs.15 lakhs in every citizen’s bank account etc.,  debunked later is the pattern having run its course and validity.

Politics reconciliation with reality and dealing effectively via democratic, ethical, positive and productive means in addressing all of the above and more concerning the people of the nation in entirety barring preferences, prejudice and priority is the immediate requirement to remain or sustain government in power. 

The political maneuvering exercising abuse of power invariably terminate any regime’s authoritarian aspirations and style of governance against democratic norms and pervasive economic growth and development.

Accordingly, the regime need to look no further for strong opponents except pay attention to the public demand for efficient and transparent governance addressing pertinent economic, social, environment and national security matter with prevalent foreign invasion and occupation all around threatening national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The political leadership acknowledgment of the electorate as the formidable contestant in the political arena holding key to power is the fundamental recognition for contenders to public office. 

Slighting the inherent power of the people eventually unseat any government and self-proclaimed political invincibility despite repeat electoral defeat as a reminder throughout elections during the term in office. 

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