Changing political equations in India- Elections 2014- Part II

I cant stop myself from writing with a bit of relief that finally the Indian voters have given a mandate thinking above the constituency level. They have voted for BJP to emerge as a single largest party so that it can carry out tasks at ease, not at haste like the coalition politics in India works. It’s a clear mandate, where each Indian is expecting Modi and his team to deliver, very carefully, in the next 60 months to come. Now, Modi cant have an excuse of pressure being acted upon him, from any agenda that was set retroactively, when we try to sit, assimilate, summarize and take stock of events in 2019, when hopefully India is taking on China and US with rigor, becoming a south Asian hub of Science, Technology, Trade and Power (read muscle power)- so that Vietnam, Myanamar, even South Korea looks upto India (as a big brother- or big sister coz we call mother India??) for a possible head on with China at least at bureaucratic level.

My major expectation is

1. Significant defense spending without a scam that could look for partners like Russia. With a clear majority, India is bound not to succumb to any limitations that comes in the way of development.
2.    Bringing in some world class public and private universities- promoting grass-root and field oriented research
3. Promoting self-help groups and their products in international market
4. Inter-connection of rivers- to minimize flood and making water accessible in depleted regions
5.   More awareness for pollution management
6. Job creation to nth level- making India a good place to live with affordability not poverty
7. Sanitation should top the agenda
8. Checking corruption at all possible levels so that all the government projects sees the light of the day without major distraction
9. Finally, I assume that honour killings and violence against women will be automatically taken care of when Congress is out of power

As mentioned in my earlier post, some people smelled BJP’s success in advance and the Modi wave right and made a pre-poll alliance so that they may not be considered obsolete in the changing power equation of Indian electorate. Chandrababu Naidu turned smart this time again in judging the equation again and Nitish kumar turned out to be a dumb ass, hoping to cash on his own PM chair aspiration!

Similarly, I find even Naveen Pattnaik did a good job of holding on the fort all alone in Odisha like Amma in Tamilnadu, mostly for running a corrupt free government, though he has not been able to exploit a Gujurat Model in Odisha. But, more importantly, the diplomacy of this genius reached a new high, when he (with help of some of his aids), hinted a possible outside support to NDA under the condition of a special status to Odisha that was two days before the counting of votes!! Well, he was trying to play safe, at the same time, keeping the options open. As we continue to observer the results, it might so happen that even TDP cant bargain during the five years tenure as BJP might be self-sufficient to go ahead by its own.

All in all, it looks like Mamta Banerjee, Jaya Lalita, Naveen Pattanayak are doing a very good job in respective states and living up to their people’s expectation. In this context, it is needless to say how SP is performing in UP (or what is the expectation from Behenji- Mayavati by people) and for that matter how Nitish’ game has been perceived by people in Bihar (lets tick off Lalu, he will continue to exist, as I mentioned earlier- like Deve Gowda exists in Karnataka). People all seem to have pardoned BJP and Yediyurapa for all its wrong doings in Karnataka- again a clear case of nationalistic thinking than at state level.

I wish Modi and his Sarkaar all the best.

Jai Hind!!

Subrat