No political party is bad in philosophy but often bad in logic
All political parties use to hold a good philosophy in giving good governance and a better economic stability for the nation. To woe the voters they present their manifesto. But even at this 67th year of independence no party has been able to deliver as per their promise to this biggest democracy of the World. It requires a thread bare study.
There was a post office marked for a particular postal area. The government appointed a Postmaster in that post office. As per the existing official procedure the post master virtually work inside the office every day. Moreover the Postmaster was not aquatinted to that area. He appointed a local lad as the postman to deliver letters in the area. By virtue of his longer years of acquaintance with the public and the locality, the postmaster has to depend on that lad to identify the concerned persons of that area on official requirements.
In course of rendering the service of delivering letters, people started offering him gifts and tips during delivery of letters. The postman gradually presumed that the tips were his legitimate dues. He started demanding more on the occasion of delivery of a parcel or a money order. When the tips were not up to his satisfaction, he started to commit mischief and at times he resorted to return a letter with his comment 'addressee not found’. The postmaster who was naturally not aware of the addressees was to endorse him while returning back the letter.
Due to non-delivery of the postal consignments the local people agitated by castigating the postmaster as corrupt, and demanded his immediate transfer. He was transferred. And a new incumbent was replaced .Since the new postman was not acquainted with the area he had no alternative to continue work with that same local lad.
Here in our story we mean the postal area as the 'state', the 'postmaster' is the periodically elected 'political masters’ and the 'local lad’ for delivering letters to public is the 'bureaucracy’. Barring few politicians who are in the politics business for long time, actually become the victim of his own ignorance by the corruptive practices of the local lad.
In general practice, people criticise the political masters. But how much is their share of corruption in the system? Compared to the quantity of public servants, they are negligible. There are lakhs of crorepatis in the bureaucracy. It is the public servants whims which primarily affects a common man. Only on being aggrieved a common man approaches a politician, knowing little that the same politician otherwise depend on that public servant.
There is a breed of politicians who are actually novice about the nuisance factor of the public servants. They dare to promise heaven to the voters. After reaching the office they fail in all aspects and get rejected by the public. The government is no doubt sovereign, but its exchequer is no charity. The economy is guided by certain principles. If you conflicts with its cardinal principles the result may be violent.
Promising freebies may create a momentary benefit but it sow the seed of diminishing GDP. Assuring people to cut Electrical bill by 50 %.giving 20 KL of water per month free to every household, providing rice, wheat and pulses at Rs2 or 1 a kilogram, subsidizing on Kerosene are unethical and counterproductive. The political party’s offering such freebies in their election manifesto are far away from sound logics.
We are not absolutely against freebies. Budgetary allocation of adequate freebies must be made for absolutely incapable ones. Freebies can be sanctioned to projects which would generate earning for the common man. The politicians should appreciate that real empowerment always lies in creating an equitable society in which the people do things for themselves and for their own welfare. While giving assurance to the voters mind it, your logics should be rational.
All political parties use to hold a good philosophy in giving good governance and a better economic stability for the nation. To woe the voters they present their manifesto. But even at this 67th year of independence no party has been able to deliver as per their promise to this biggest democracy of the World. It requires a thread bare study.
There was a post office marked for a particular postal area. The government appointed a Postmaster in that post office. As per the existing official procedure the post master virtually work inside the office every day. Moreover the Postmaster was not aquatinted to that area. He appointed a local lad as the postman to deliver letters in the area. By virtue of his longer years of acquaintance with the public and the locality, the postmaster has to depend on that lad to identify the concerned persons of that area on official requirements.
In course of rendering the service of delivering letters, people started offering him gifts and tips during delivery of letters. The postman gradually presumed that the tips were his legitimate dues. He started demanding more on the occasion of delivery of a parcel or a money order. When the tips were not up to his satisfaction, he started to commit mischief and at times he resorted to return a letter with his comment 'addressee not found’. The postmaster who was naturally not aware of the addressees was to endorse him while returning back the letter.
Due to non-delivery of the postal consignments the local people agitated by castigating the postmaster as corrupt, and demanded his immediate transfer. He was transferred. And a new incumbent was replaced .Since the new postman was not acquainted with the area he had no alternative to continue work with that same local lad.
Here in our story we mean the postal area as the 'state', the 'postmaster' is the periodically elected 'political masters’ and the 'local lad’ for delivering letters to public is the 'bureaucracy’. Barring few politicians who are in the politics business for long time, actually become the victim of his own ignorance by the corruptive practices of the local lad.
In general practice, people criticise the political masters. But how much is their share of corruption in the system? Compared to the quantity of public servants, they are negligible. There are lakhs of crorepatis in the bureaucracy. It is the public servants whims which primarily affects a common man. Only on being aggrieved a common man approaches a politician, knowing little that the same politician otherwise depend on that public servant.
There is a breed of politicians who are actually novice about the nuisance factor of the public servants. They dare to promise heaven to the voters. After reaching the office they fail in all aspects and get rejected by the public. The government is no doubt sovereign, but its exchequer is no charity. The economy is guided by certain principles. If you conflicts with its cardinal principles the result may be violent.
Promising freebies may create a momentary benefit but it sow the seed of diminishing GDP. Assuring people to cut Electrical bill by 50 %.giving 20 KL of water per month free to every household, providing rice, wheat and pulses at Rs2 or 1 a kilogram, subsidizing on Kerosene are unethical and counterproductive. The political party’s offering such freebies in their election manifesto are far away from sound logics.
We are not absolutely against freebies. Budgetary allocation of adequate freebies must be made for absolutely incapable ones. Freebies can be sanctioned to projects which would generate earning for the common man. The politicians should appreciate that real empowerment always lies in creating an equitable society in which the people do things for themselves and for their own welfare. While giving assurance to the voters mind it, your logics should be rational.
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