There have been eight different governments and eight governors in Jharkhand during the last 12 years. The kind of political instability that is faced by Jharkhand is not there in any other part of the country. Its main reason is the division in the society. The society here is divided along different lines, religious, indigenous and migrants, and along geographic lines. There are also several groups among tribal’s who feel they have been marginalised. When such a divided society goes to poll, the outcome is a split verdict and no single political party gets a majority. This instability will only go away if political parties, both state and national parties, are able to instill a dream in the heart of the populace. If these political parties had succeeded in making people see this big dream, they would have forgotten their divisions of ethnicity, caste and religion. Only when these divisions stop can one political party get a majority to run the government and the current situation will not be repeated. Everyday new government is formed, new alliances are made and new conditions are put forward by these political parties. After liberalisation, our society is only interested in business and profit maximisation. In the same manner, forming a government for them is a matter of self-profit in Jharkhand. There is no blueprint for social commitment, ideology or long term vision of how they will take the society forward after forming the government. When there is no blueprint and the society is fragmented, then such instability happens. Whatever is happening here is not only the fault of the local population but of the whole country, as well as of all the national parties. They have abdicated all the regions which have some serious problems. Jharkhand is one of these places. On several occasions, there have been discussions on increasing the number of seats in Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha. If seats are increased maybe that would give majority to some political party to form a stable government. But the central government has no time for this. Generally, there is a tendency in our country to ignore serious issues and this crisis in Jharkhand is an outcome of this.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:33:41 +0000
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