The Third "P" in Elections
With General Elections round the corner, political parties have started the preliminaries like
combining and combating. New alliances are formed not on ideological identities but on electoral objective of winning.
Voters are expected to indicate their preference intelligently using two "P"s i.e Performance and Promise of the contesting parties. Such decision may be difficult this time because of the gap between promise and performance on the part of the present ruling dispensation as alleged by the the the opponents and the absence of any programme /plan or even not naming a leader for the opposing combination of parties as chided by the ruling party.
So Voters will most likely be guided by the third "P" i.e Prejudice. Once again, caste and faith will decide voting.
The world's largest democracy is still to mature
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ReplyDeleteA good blog of prevailing situation and opinion. First time a coalition Government and its performance in India was witnessed in 1977. The blogger’s advice to voters is to consider the promise assured by leaders during election campaign either in public gatherings or election manifesto and their performance must be considered.
ReplyDeleteThe dominance of third “P” comes due to pre conceived notions and conclusion without evaluation. Generally, we come across the biased group/persons favouring/ criticizing the party or candidates on basis of their caste, creed or religion or some times on the basis of baseless news. Two more Ps (For power and Paisa) may be added.
I appreciate this nice and seasonal blog.
Thanks Prof. Singh
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