Democracy at the cross road;common man has vote but he cannot realize its true value as the credible leader is scarcely available who will not dance to the greedy corporates

For long the congress had monopoly power over the centre as there was no viable and credible opposition..BJP wants to get into that type of situation and desires that it should not be questioned by any one as it is the only party free from corruption and all others are tainted and rascalised criminals. The utterances of this kind would irritate any one ,sane and right thinking Indian and they appear idiotic and also ridiculous given the anger and uneasiness with the five year rule of Modi .Any good leader will like a healthy opposition and that is the hall mark of democracy .here is a party and the leader to whom it has been mortgaged albeit temporarily, wants to run an authoritarian government treating people like a cattle , sorry ,the cow has more protection than human and separate ministry has been formed . Voices of dissent are suppressed, constitution is undermined and all instuitions are saffronised and back door rule runs in TN.It is to find its feet in the south and desires multi cornered contests where the splintered opposition without any ideological unity or a common consensus for leadership will cut each others’ throat . The opposition is divided and even a resurgence of congress in a few places will be music to the ruling BJP, as that will effectively divide the vote of dissent and help BJP. The arrogance of BJP stems from this disarray in opposition and its capacity to buy and arrange for opportunistic marriage with parties whose behavior will make the age old institution of prostitution look more credible and better . Even those who do not subscribe to Modi do not hesitate to join if there is a better price . This is how election arithmetic has operated and the event managers are faithfully exploring all the possibilities to exploit the brand names in politics .To what extent the volunteer at the bottom will vote even while leaders who were at loggerheads until recently come together for a honey moon now at the time of election The interesting thing is about the electoral politics is that there is no clean leadership and people have to choose between the tainted groups .That is why, the discredited Modi factor(after demonetization and record unemployment )as also the shallow and dynastic elements of congress ,are still salable commodities in the politics market which is one of the corrupt markets in the world . The new cash, the pink colored note ,handy to carry will be a much sought after paper by fellows who preach the virtues of digital transactions to ordinary people struggling for existence . There are constraints and compulsions for each party to position itself not to win but to make money and divide votes so that the big boss will have an advantage ; and various permutations and combination will be tried in each state to win by all possible means ;it will not be a cake walk for any one in 2019.In all probability it will be fought violently .I am not sure how far the demonetization factor will play a significant role in derailing the electoral chances of Modi and to what extent the type of alliance the BJP has formed will counter it .The advantage for Modi right now is that the opposition is not fully united in the true sense . There is a lot of myth and media hype built around Modi .Recently I read in some context , let me quote :Here was a “ Hindu nationalist who was for a decade an international pariah over his alleged role in the mass murder of Muslims in a region which he once administered, “and all of us know that many nations were not happy with his way of governance as a mute spectator in that massacre .He continues his agenda of hate politics and the nation is polarized on the basis of religion .Many a time I wonder how such a person , a factional leader could capture power by telling a series of lies to the gullible masses ;we can only blame the strange quirk of fate in the face of paucity of leadership. In a continental size of the country, with all diversities With very little to show and many things to hide and unemployment data reflecting jobless growth ,he will invoke the slogan of stability, opposition intent on looting the country ,uncertainty of coalition government etc. Economics is not in his favour despite appreciating rupee and stable and low official inflation rate but manipulative politics they will rely upon as they did earlier . The main make in India project is how to make money at the time of election. During demonetization times many crooks made huge amount of money .The functioning of democracy as it is now is more flawed and it will not represent the true will of the people and many dissensions and divisions among various groups create a fertile atmosphere to switch sides ;eventually everything is boiled down to get the best price in the electoral market .Since each vote counts, the pressure groups and lobbies are active and these intermediaries will stand to gain and open the outlet for black money which is freely paraded and what the EC will catch is only a tiny fraction of total black money put into circulation .The common man has the power to tilt the equation .but alas,he does not have any credible leader to look forward to,and there are too many prime ministerial candidates and invariably most of the candidates are of dubious and doubtful distinction ,carrying the cross of family name, or caste or religion tag .. I have stopped watching TV and to that extent I am freed from sight and sound pollution..Whom so ever comes , the nation is not going to make any dramatic turn around and if the people are allowed to carry their work on the farm and small units and related economic activities from political goondas and varied oppressive machinery of the government ,that will be a great service .The corporate centric and anti people government cannot be expected to do something good at a fundamental level to alleviate their suffering .