World’s largest democracy’s elections are over now and even results are out. The Indian voters showed their expectations from these results. It was no surprise that no single party will gain clear majority but still its quite surprising the success of UPA in 2009 general elections. The kinds of results are out clearly showed that society’s perspective towards government is changing now. If we are to discuss the outcomes of the election then situation seems to be promising now. With UPA gaining clear majority assures that for this term government would be more stable as compared to the last term.
The leaders of UPA really projected the good image of their alliance in the minds of voters. Mr. Clean image of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh clearly gave an edge to UPA over other PM hopefuls. Every party tried to suggest the names for the top job but for voters Dr. Singh remained the first priority. His good image in Indian politics, balanced nature, calmness, expertise in economics and his international image among world leaders were significantly helpful to the Congress and its allies. His nomination as the PM assured voters that they will vote for the right person. Not only had this but Rahul Gandhi’s charisma also helped the Congress especially in states like UP. But it was Sonia Gandhi who managed everything very well right from choosing allies, party’s manifesto and party’s attachment to voters.
Now what would be the future course of actions now? One thing is clear that economical decision process will become faster to recover the slowed economy. Same people will hold the power (with minor changes) so they will continue with reform procedures with more effectiveness. Decision making and implementation would be faster because government will have enough number of MPs in Lok sabha to avoid the threat of confidence motion.
I accept that new challenges will always be their but at least for this time the nature of challenges would be different from age-old and traditional challenges like maintaining power etc. In this election people refused the orthodox voting pattern and they really voted for party and its ideology instead of candidate centric voting. They sidelined many outdated issues and gave importance to economic development, good governance, social security, issues like energy deficiency, education etc.
Here I don’t want to discuss which the best party is and who is who. Rather for me, needs of the common man of this country are the most important. Leaders must understand the changing trends in society; they should be able to read their minds. Leaders should not focus on what they are offering instead they should realise the needs of the people and then try to fulfil them. Society changes as per the time and so the ideologies of parties must change according to that. Needs of the masses and not the classes should be taken in to account in party’s manifesto. Remember, we are a democracy where people have different perspectives on different issues. That is why it is important to build a common consensus. 100% satisfaction of 100 crore plus people is a dream but leaders should aim for that and proceed accordingly.
Someone will form the government and mobilise the development; that is their job but those who will be in opposition must remain alert to check on government’s behaviour. This I say because they are not sitting there for themselves. They should take care of sections which will be left out from the development process. Because in a true democracy, no matter where do you sit, your job to protect the interest of nation ant its citizens.
The leaders of UPA really projected the good image of their alliance in the minds of voters. Mr. Clean image of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh clearly gave an edge to UPA over other PM hopefuls. Every party tried to suggest the names for the top job but for voters Dr. Singh remained the first priority. His good image in Indian politics, balanced nature, calmness, expertise in economics and his international image among world leaders were significantly helpful to the Congress and its allies. His nomination as the PM assured voters that they will vote for the right person. Not only had this but Rahul Gandhi’s charisma also helped the Congress especially in states like UP. But it was Sonia Gandhi who managed everything very well right from choosing allies, party’s manifesto and party’s attachment to voters.
Now what would be the future course of actions now? One thing is clear that economical decision process will become faster to recover the slowed economy. Same people will hold the power (with minor changes) so they will continue with reform procedures with more effectiveness. Decision making and implementation would be faster because government will have enough number of MPs in Lok sabha to avoid the threat of confidence motion.
I accept that new challenges will always be their but at least for this time the nature of challenges would be different from age-old and traditional challenges like maintaining power etc. In this election people refused the orthodox voting pattern and they really voted for party and its ideology instead of candidate centric voting. They sidelined many outdated issues and gave importance to economic development, good governance, social security, issues like energy deficiency, education etc.
Here I don’t want to discuss which the best party is and who is who. Rather for me, needs of the common man of this country are the most important. Leaders must understand the changing trends in society; they should be able to read their minds. Leaders should not focus on what they are offering instead they should realise the needs of the people and then try to fulfil them. Society changes as per the time and so the ideologies of parties must change according to that. Needs of the masses and not the classes should be taken in to account in party’s manifesto. Remember, we are a democracy where people have different perspectives on different issues. That is why it is important to build a common consensus. 100% satisfaction of 100 crore plus people is a dream but leaders should aim for that and proceed accordingly.
Someone will form the government and mobilise the development; that is their job but those who will be in opposition must remain alert to check on government’s behaviour. This I say because they are not sitting there for themselves. They should take care of sections which will be left out from the development process. Because in a true democracy, no matter where do you sit, your job to protect the interest of nation ant its citizens.
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