I was five when I first entered the voting booth! ‘You wait here’, Papa said, as he let go of my hand gently to disappear behind a screen. ‘Let her go with you. She needs to know about elections too’, smiled the polling officer. I ran behind the screen to watch my father carefully ink the symbol of his choice, fold the paper into precise Origami folds and drop it inside the box. Later, on our way back home, Papa explained the whole electoral process to me. Why elections are held, how elections are held, what is the need for campaigning and above all, the need for every person to vote. I couldn’t wait to turn eighteen and cast my vote for the first time. Since I turned eighteen, I have never missed out on voting, except for the one time when I was in the US. Every single time I moved, I took the effort to register my name in the electoral rolls, just so I could vote. But voting was the extent of my political involvement. I have never felt the need to get myself involved politically before. But this time, I feel the compelling need to act. If I don’t speak up now, I will never be able to forgive myself. 2014 elections are watershed elections in the history of India. If the Congress returns to power we might as well say good-bye to any chance the country has of a decent future. It will be another five years of scam after another scam, blatant minority appeasement, a non-performing IT robot as a PM and the Queen and the idiot heir quietly laughing behind the scenes, the devious son-in-law grabbing a few more square kilometres of farmland, a few fleshy centimetres added to Pawar’s paunch even as farmers continue to kill themselves and a moron like Shinde watching helplessly as yet another city is attacked by terrorists from a cross the border! Then there is the ‘third front’, a rag-tag bunch of jokers, that have nothing ‘right’ about them and nothing ‘left’ in them either! If we get a fractured mandate, be prepared to be governed by jerks like the permanently shrieking Banshee Banerjee, The Bagwali Behenji, Ishrat ke Abbajaan, Bhains-e-Azam Khan, Skull Cap Jr and Sr. The mere thought makes my skin crawl! And then there is His Honesty Saint Topival, illegitimate offspring of the unholy union between the Congress and the Media! The only agenda AAP seems to exhibit is, ‘LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME, PAY ME SOME ATTENTION’! Does India really deserve to be ruled by these jerks? India needs stability, governance, a sensible leader who has a proven track record. India needs a clear mandate. India needs Modi. Will team Modi solve all our problems at the touch of a Magic wand? No. However, Modi is clearly, the best option that we have today, and he deserves a chance. INDIA deserves a chance. What do you want? Good governance? or Scams? Stability or Anarchy? A government that actually delivers or mere publicity stunts? Choose. And choose wisely. © Shefali Vaidya
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:22:56 +0000
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