Re: [India_Vision_2020] Singh is King - Election 09 - Analysing the loud message given by Indian Voters ~ India Vision 2020

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Re: [India_Vision_2020] Singh is King - Election 09 - Analysing the loud message given by Indian Voters

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I agree to all points mentioned by Mr Srinivasan. It is indeed a pleasant surprise to see the INC back in power and with a youthful look. Though many would have chastised Mrs Gandhi for coming as an outsider and wanting power, for all practical purposes she has been Indian - by staying here, learning the language, and adjusting herself to the vagaries of the land and her family.

I would like to see a few changes though to our system of electing people. These two factors made me jittery before the elections...dont know how feasible they are though, as I am still a greenhorn in our Constitutional system.

Parties should finalise their coalitions before the election itself. This way, people will have a clear view of whom to vote for. Consider a situation where a person who does not like the Left ideology voting for someone else in Kerala. But eventually Left might have a big say in New Delhi because the INC or the NDA has decided to collaborate with them. This idea of jumping to collaborate from one party to the other - a practice followed by many many small parties - is cheap and stinks of opportunism. This should be stopped.
Parties should also finalise their leader before the elections. Though I might like the BJP, I might not want Mr Modi to become the PM of the nation. But since Mr Advani's name was doing the rounds, I might vote for the party, but eventually BJP could change their stance and make Mr Modi the PM. Though I know that the change to elect a PM rather than a Party to power (Like how the Americans do) is very difficult to bring about in India, the approach that I have suggested above might be the closest we can come to implementing that.

Like I have said, I am a political greenhorn so in case any of these ideas is flawed, please let me know.

Thanks and Regards,
Varun
DreamIndia
www.DreamIndia2020.org
The Life is short; the vanities of world are transient but they alone live who live for others;
The rest are more dead than alive - Swami Vivekananda

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Prime Point Srinivasan <prpoint@gmail.com> wrote:

dear friends

People of India have given their verdict very loudly.

1. UPA has received a massive mandate, more than their expectations.

2. Parties who wanted to black mail or create confusion for their own self interest were rejected. Dozens of leaders who aspired to become Prime Minister from smaller parties, are now in pathetic conditions. (Lallu, Mulayam, Paswan, Maya, Jaya, Pawar, naidu, Gowda)

3. People rejected the parties who enjoyed the power till the last day and joined the opposition for their advantage. (PMK, used to jump from one party from other to grab power. Tamil papers used to make fun of them as 'jump'lingam. They lost all the seven seats they contested). This includes fourth front also.

4. Left parties, who were black mailing the earlier Government day in and day out, got their lesson.

If you observe, the people across the Nation have preferred a National party led formation. Now for another five years, UPA has a mandate to govern this country, without being blackmailed by the partners. Let us wish Dr Manmohan Singh all sucess in leading the Nation.

I was also observing some of the strategies, followed by the major formations during the elections.

1. UPA projected Dr Singh without any confusion. Though they were not using social media extensively like BJP, they were projecting youthful faces through Rahul. Probably, their campaign managers projected a fair mix of expertise of Dr Singh with the youthful message. Probably the tune 'jayaho' used by UPA also brought youth towards them.

2. NDA projected Mr Advani very well. Mr Advani's political expertise and capabilities were matching with that of Dr Singh. They used extensively social media. However, they could not project youthful face to the voters, to match the social media campaign. It is also reported that some of their own senior leaders sabotaged the prospects in North. Projection of Modi as a future Prime Minister is said to have created more problems in States other than Gujarat. No doubt, Advani is a tall leader and it was going well. I was also surpirsed, as to why, they were confusing the people, in the midst of the campaign.Their Hindutva face, alienated their own partners during the election process, fearing loss of Muslim and youth votes.

3. The third and fourth front parties are regional parties or confined to specific states. They could not project their own PM candidate like UPA and NDA. All the component parities had aspirations to become Prime Minister. Some of them, were negotiating with either UPA or NDA to shift their loyalties, depending on the post-poll outcome. All of them had their own personal agenda. Mulayam wanted Maya to be dethroned. Jaya wanted Karuna to be toppled. Gowda wanted his son to become a cabinet minister. Left wanted to continue to blackmail sitting in the Lok Sabha. Founder of PMK was negotiating with Congress to shift the loyalties, if they get Ministerial berth for his son. With this type of confusion and self interest, they went before the voters. The voters rejected them outright.

4. Another important factor is that unusually, all the three states that went for Assembly elections, returned the ruling party. (Orissa, Andhra and Sikkim). That indicates, the people also look for development and performance.

5. The Exit polls banned by the Election Commission is an advantge for the voters. The media did not confuse the voters with their 'advertorial or sponsored' exit polls. This made people to go to the booth with their own idea.

In a nutshell, I personally feel, Verdict 2009 gives a great lesson to our political leaders. India is emerging as a strong democratic Nation, after every General Elections.

I invite views from members on the lessons to be learnt from this verdict.

Srinivaqsan
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