William Shakespeare would never have thought that Maneka Gandhi, brimming with self-confidence in the world’s biggest democratic country, would describe the BSP Supremo Mayawati a merchant of tickets on the line of his penned drama ‘Merchant of Venice.’ The Union Minister & BJP candidate from Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency did not stop here. Further, she proceeded to accuse her of selling party tickets for Rs 15-20 crore each recently.
If the Bahujan Samaj Party’s topmost leader was scorned for sale of the party tickets, was there no other political party in the country that can claim of its sincerity? The charge can only be covered up, it cannot be hidden altogether. The convenient thing is that the search for the right opportunity for a specific attack always stays in the precocious minds of the politicians.
The character of Lady Macbeth goaded her husband Macbeth to murder a Scottish King Duncan. Just as Shakespeare in his tragic drama ‘Macbeth’ described the heinous crime and said those dirty hands cannot even be washed in the vast Arabian Sea. The present-day politicians can also not emerge honestly from their purely tainted character by taking a holy dip into the water of the Ganges.
When the elections are about to take place, the politicians are highly interested in using sharp remarks against the other party’s leaders or candidates. They seem to forget about the problems and issues afflicting the common people. Whatever was happening in far-flung America during the presidential polls, we find a similar scenario appearing in our country during the general elections.
No candidate is supposedly taking a deep interest in the five big problems existing at the constituency that he or she contests the election from, in order to represent the people of that particular area. The Election Commission earmarks the electoral constituencies to help the elected representative in developing the area. But how much effort do they put after getting selected? They begin to act differently after being elected in the parliament.
It was really sad to say that Gandhian dream of making the villages completely self-reliant remained incomplete, while Nehruvian dream of scientific and industrial development instilled an artificial attitude among us. We were fighting over the big gap created by these two conflicting notions. If the contesting candidates hasten to ponder over the genuine points, they would detract themselves from inflicting charges against one another.
When will our politicians think of becoming a real benefactor to the troubled, frightened and poor people? It was obvious for the poor voters to run after the political party or politicians promising them novel ideas. However, their political games destroy the expectations leading them to find a new ray of hope in another leader’s pledges.
Prime Minister Modi had promised something large and promising, and the feeble populace reposed complete faith and confidence in the year 2014. However, Rahul Gandhi leaps up now with clearer promises in 2019. The leaders have not changed. The people have started thinking of a new outlook. Let us see which way the camel sits!