The Electorate and The Expectation

Velacherry…Chennai…Not very far ago…It was a very pleasant morning…I was savouring the morning delicacy in my favourite  mug and surfing the news channel when the door bell ranged…I got up and opened the door…my maid was there, she entered, closed the door and got engaged with the daily chores. She had not come a day before due to voting so I asked her, “whom did you vote Rohini?”  “Flower”, she responded. Flower??? Before I could realize what she meant suddenly she started yelling pointing towards TV “Flower” “Flower” I looked up and what I saw was clippings of Narendra Modi’s speech being aired and then I realized Oh! So she meant Lotus the symbol of BJP. A thought then cropped up in my mind that there was Modi wave no doubt and even the southernmost corner of the country had not remained undrenched with the lashes.

 The wave is definitely blowing with full force heading straight towards the 7 Race course Road.  Moreover, the various exit polls are supposed to be boosting  up and only giving a fillip to the ambitions of BJP and as the D-Day is approaching fast the reverberation of slogans like “Abki Baar, Modi Sarkar” is only escalating not only in the lanes of Varanasi and Vadodara but also capturing the essence of air across the nation. The mood is all set to welcome a grand change in the Indian political scenario. TV channels are abuzz with their speculations and panel discussions serving enough material to keep their audience glued on to the TV sets, editorials and stories are fighting to get space in journals and news papers and the public amidst all the chaos is waiting with abated breath for the breaking news which they think is going to bring a new sunrise erasing all the darkness. The hope of change is clinging with this much awaited sea change in politics but the big question is…is this alteration indeed going to bring any modification?

After every five years the dream merchants flock on the streets selling dreams in their beautiful packet of promises…but when we unwrap the packet it is always empty leaving us ripped off in the broad day light. But our hope never gets diminished and we wait for another five years to use our constitutionally granted power of franchise…it’s another point that this power always plunges in vain.

When Freedom struck its rays in the midnight everyone thought that they would now be get rid of all the problems be it poverty, hunger, unemployment, everyone hoped that now the  Ram Rajya would soon be established again…time went by…generations changed even the decade changed but what remained unchanged was the status of issues of elections..Roti, Kapda aur Makaan. At one point we see the high rise buildings and  at another point we also see the slums getting wider and broader. On one hand we boost of metro and bullet trains and on the other hand even an electric bulb is still a dream for some. In other words, the diversity is only getting wider and wider and development still remains a distant dream for a wide share of population. Even after more than 60 years of independence we are still in the group of third world nations. We are given right to life by our constitution but right to live like human being is still a luxury for many. People still die of hunger, people still die in want of medical facilities, people still sleep on footpaths, people still defecate in open, right to education mocks when we see little kids begging and loitering on the roads, still working as a lobour despite terming child labour  as illegal. But this 2014 LS election has witnessed a massive participation of people . People have exercised their franchise leaving behind all the local and regional issues having only issue in mind…development, change and along with that a dramatic change in their own very life…but with the change in government , these issues of basic human needs and amenities will ever be  addressed and head towards its solution or continue to remain topic of next general election…only time will tell…just wait and watch…