LOOKING FORWARD TO 2019

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The Karnataka results are still streaming in...

BJP is in the lead, INC trailing....

What is happening.... what is the message coming out from the people's verdict....

No leader, other than PM Modi, across all political parties has been able to convince the people of India, across all spectrums of caste, religion, sex, region (after the Karnataka elections), their vision of an equitable and prosperous India.......

'Divide and rule' is beyond 'best by' date.....

  • Lingayat issue did not translate to votes; 
  • Blackening out Hindi sign boards did not; 
  • North - South divide creation did not help; 
  • BJP is 'dalit virodhi' did not help .... 
Modi was able to speak in Hindi and still connect with the electorate. Proves that effective communication is not through words alone......

Mandir/ masjid/ church visits by Rahul Gandhi did not help with the ballot box .........

'Sabka saath, sabka vikas' is the only winning & correct political strategy for India, which needs to be translated effectively to benefit every citizen through development and progress of the country....

The time has come for equal citizenship, through a Uniform Civil Code, as envisaged vide the Directive Principles of our Constitution. In the last 70 years, successive governmnets have not done any thing towards making that a reality in India, except for passing of the Hindu Code bills in the 50s, and.......

....more importantly, overturning the SC judgement in the Shah Bano case - a step which went totally against the spirit of our constitution.

 'Jatiwad' & 'pariwarvaad' is on its final legs. I would love to see the last of it in my life-time.

Inner party democracy is important, across the political spectrum....

India needs & deserves a strong national opposition party....

INC is the only national party....but

INC has to re-invent itself under new leadership at all levels; a leadership that is more in touch with the real India; India deserves a strong & grass roots connected national political party.....

It has to change from 'self, family & friends' party to 'for the people' party......

It needs to have inner party democracy that throws up competent leaders...

 Family lineage and proximity to 'high command coterie' should not be the ONLY criteria to be a post holder in the party.




Comments

How do we know said…
My view is slightly different. I think that the BJP has made a lot of mistakes. Far too many to be confident about its 2019 victory. Where we live, BJP is also the state government. Yet basic physical security is a challenge. There are stray dogs and criminal elements both, and their numbers have grown insanely in the last few years. If I cannot step outside my house after 7 30 p.m., then seriously, what is one paying taxes for? That, and other botched up policy initiatives make me seriously doubt if I will vote for BJP again. But physical safety is pretty much the top of the list.
May 25, 2018 at 6:14 PM
J P Joshi said…
Agree with you. Rule of law has always been a bane in India, primarily due to the fact that our police still operates under the basic Indian Police Act that was created by the British in the 19th century to be 'ruler centric' in orientation. No effort has been made in our democracy to change it to make it more institutionally 'citizen centric', besides giving slogans. The IPS was created so that the police could be centrally controlled by the British. IPS heads our police forces and their transfers/ promotions are controlled by the politicians and so they donot do anything to upset their own lives. Brave IPS officers who exercise their authority without political backing, are routinely transferred, & also to places no one wants to go to. So many cases come to light in the press; not that we donot have brave officers. In Canada, and I am sure in other developed democracies, there is three level policing; One city level - my son is with Toronto Police, he joins as a constable and can aspire to be the Commisssioner of Toronto Police. Commissioner of Police reports to a duly elected Mayor of Toronto, who is directly answerable to the citizens living in Toronto. Same is the case with all cities. The areas between cities and in smaller denominations, there is Provincial police (State Police) under the Province. For national issues there is a federal or national agency RCMP under the central government. There is a match between authority and responsibility. Here the IPS has to keep the CM and the ruling party happy, and thus citizen's policing suffers. Sorry, for the long winded answer, but this is MY UNDERSTANDING of the pathetic policing in our cities. Not that our police is inefficient; they are just ineffective because of wrong priorities dictated by politics within the force itself as well as the ruling political party.
May 28, 2018 at 10:08 AM
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