Tuesday 5 February 2013

We are evolving a new order


We are constantly evolving as a state. The political parties often do not share ideologies and split into smaller ones. Then there are which change their ideologies as exigencies make them. Some parties evolve due to a movement, and then the cause or spirit the movement is forgotten. All want upliftment of the poor, increased industrialization  development etc, but how they appeal to their voters is different. One cannot  even group them as 'left' or 'right' wing. Only commonality is that they are products of election machinery. Most parties breakup easily because one leader wants to dominate and keep the entire party under him/her. He/she wants to address the needs of his people his way. So there has been rise of innumerable parties and innumerable ideologies. But there was always party loyalties; voters devotedly vote for their party only. From 1971 to 2004, those who had affiliation to a single party has gone up from 5% to 15% So political parties will be always there and their steadfast supporters will always be there even when times change.
 We do not have a single truly national party, as this is difficult to evolve in India. We are so diverse, our needs are so varied, that homogeneity in appeal is difficult to attain. At local level, local people vote on local issues, and parties begin this way. Mainly these grass root parties are representative of the people. Large number of political parties does not mean that they not representative. They are representative. We have bigger choice. But different groups come up with similar policies as basic needs of the people is same everywhere. In the state of Andra Pradesh all the parties had come together to pass the "sub-plan" for upliftment of SCs,STs and tribals.
People want to vote to a person representative of them. If elected person is one  among them, voters have more satisfaction. But we need a fixed model through which we can make associations with different organizations(research and development of resources) so that we can make better policies for the people. Leaders have to collaborate with sociologists, statisticians, technocrats and other advisers.  Movements are essentially protests of the people. They should not be used as political capital. Problems of the people must be understood. .
Paid media also generates movements. Stiff resistance should be given to this Media is supported essentially by corporates. If movements created by the media is used in the development of a party's ideologies, soon it will wear out. Hollow parties without deeper values cannot last long.
Often protests are taught to the people. People themselves do nothing when their rights are taken away from them as they are not educated enough to know the repercussions. The plight of the people is used as political capital, then this cannot last long as newer protests and newer movements will be generated. And so many newer parties will be lost in chaos.
Coalition  government comes about in an environment like right now. And this has come to stay in the Indian political scene.With media scattering our attention at all times, many are disillusioned about political state of India. Many are worried about the future of political party in India. We need not encourage such disillusionment. Political parties will work well in India, no matter what. We cannot describe present state of the political party, but it will always be evolving into becoming more representative of the people.     

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