Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Common man's country

The sovereignity of a country has always been in a position of defiance. India is no more an immunity. The country is in a profound critical situation where the mid term polls are predictable. The elections cost a lot of money and the so called common man is taken for granted every time. The situation is brought by the UPA-Left conflict about the nuclear deal. A common man takes his time to vote for his leader and the politics plays games. Allies come with different scenarios and ideology and a bigger alliance is made. India is presently being ruled by the government with coalition of UPA and Left. Both the parties have a very diverse thought about the nuclear deal.
It was a big dilemma for the coalition front congress to take the deal for execution or not. The dooms day has never been far in any political plans. The Congress president made comments on Left allies saying that they are not only the enemies of Congress but also of the development in India. The game was started and the fire was piled enough to be extinguished.
The expectations are put forward for another election. If we talk practically, is India in a situation to conduct elections? Yes they are but who is India? Does India just belong to the party leaders, to the MLAs, MPs? A democratic country hypothetically belongs to the citizens. But this fact has always been put in a box roofed with a red ribbon, and the box is opened only when elections are to be held. In a country of over a billion people, the election cost goes far above the ground marks and the aftermath is to be dealt by a common man.
If nuclear power comes to India, the electricity problem will be solved not only in the major cities but rural areas as well. But my point is to get regards of being a common Indian, where a common man includes a businessman, a washer man, a fisherman, a doctor, an engineer, a government employee…and all but except the rulers. Does this common man has something he can share for his country. Is there any scope for the government of a country or a state to listen to the idea of this common man. The country is developed or destroyed by this common man only. So why there is such a boundry between him and the government? Is a citizen only for earning money and paying tax, or he is only for electing a ruler.?
The definition needs to be altered and the decision makers have to be prompt enough considering not only their benefits but also of the common man I defined. The country has to be changed not only on papers but on the general norms of happiness, comfort and privilege and it’s us who have to take a decision for our better future.

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