Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Elections: Will our MP's visit residents home ever ?

Elections: Will our MP's visit residents home ever?


I used to live in a world where politicians make statement and visit citizens only during the time of elections. Rest of the time, nobody knows what they are doing, Few people you can see in the parliament,few people comment on the cricket matches and few others would be on regular foreign visit. There is one time where all these people would make rallies around entire India and give false promises, once the election approaches.


In contrast, Singapore MP's visit their resident's home every week to get their concerns and feedback. They make it a point to get connected with the citizens and understand their problems.
There are no corruptions or scams in the government contracts and all the benefits directly reach citizens. Roads are clearly marked with no flooding or potholes even thought it rains a lot throughout year.



I have never seen my MP/MLA in India and can't even remember their name. 
Wishing one day my MP would visit my home or at least visit their constituency regularly to know the concerns of common man!

Friday, August 2, 2013

Telangana: Born another state

Telangana is one of the long pending demand from the northern part of Andrapradesh. 
Finally, this week central government had nodded for the creation of state.
This announcement has come at a time where the elections are around next year in a bid to gain some political advantage.  This is evident from the fact government completely delayed the decision when there were protests erupted three years back.
Possible outcome of new Telangana state :

1. Hoard of people will raise concerns for separating their state in to 3-4. Expect some more  strikes/demonstrations for the next two weeks.

2. Hyderabad would become the second shared capital in India, the first being the Chandigarh which has become a Union territory now. It may become union territory but the problem being it is very far from the coastal regions on Andrapradesh. It means people would not be geographically connected to the state capital.

3. More cases in the supreme court for sharing of resources like Water, Electricity etc. You can expect more fights during the times of state budget and assembly elections.

4. Advantage congress by agreeing to the demands of Telangana people. They may form coalition with TRS party to get more leverage. Rest of Andra they won't care because anyway they would not be able to win with majority.

5. Expect hilarious announcements from Mr.Digvijay Singh who manages Andra congress (but serious to him) which nobody hears. Hope you all remember he's the one who challenged Ms.Uma Bharti in MP and vouched that he won't contest elections for 10 years if he lose. For God's sake, he's lost otherwise he would have become another scam minister now.