There is an old saying in Malayalam which amounts to convey the meaning roughly as this" If one happens to put
hands in a pot of Saccarine he/she is bound to lick them".This saying is absolutely true as far as the Indian
Administration is concerned.
This blog is more relevant now when the General Election to the Parliament is round the corner.
The basis for this Blog is the Editorial of the Internet Edition Dt 14th of March 2014 of the Malayalam News
paper Deepika .In the article article presented through the Editorial,the writer of it has broadly Analyzed the
menace of Indian administration,THE CORRUPTION like an OCTOPUS has it's grip tightened from which there does not appear to have any way to escape.
The announcement of the General Election had the effect of not only new expectation & hope in the minds of
Indian voters but the dream of a corruption Free Administration in India.
However,the recent development in the Delhi assembly in which a new Political party came into effect to take
the power in hand produced a kind of Magical effect in the minds of common man.But the further developments
and the latest picture emerged over the Indian Politics gradually diminished the hope as if the common man was
driven back to Square one
In the history of Indian ParliamentElections,there had been many instances of criminals contesting the
Election and winning even when they were behind bars.
Many a Instances are on record where the corporate leaders & their Benamis influenced the
Political parties in power at the Centre& States to loot the exchequers of the Government.
This is how many a instances of Curruptions were detected & brought to light.In this process of indulging in
corruption all the PoliticalParties ,irrespective of their ideologies ,are birds of same feather.
It is learnt from a study report that One third of the candidates announced so far by different Political Parties
do have criminal Backgrounds.This being so, how can we expect to have a clean Democracy in this so called
Democratic India?The common man stands perplexed, with his eyes wide open,Why the leading Political
Parties are unable to do away with their close relationship with the Mafia of all sorts?
An organisation named Association for Democratic Reforms recently found after carrying out a study that out of the
Present strength of Members of Parliament 162 are facing criminal cases including Murder& Economical offences.
Two typical instances are the cases of Lalu Prasad yadav& former Karnataka CM Yeduriyappa
Since he could not contest the election Laluprasad Yadav managed seats for his wife& Daughte
This means ,if he is really corrupted for which he was booked,the story of Corruptions would continue through
his kith& kins now even if he is absent in the political Arena.
Similarly Yeduriyappa who had to resign as CM of Karnataka due to allegation of corruption had formed a new patty
to leave it & come back to his original party to manage a seat in the present Election.so what does this mean when
BJP says that they are going to form a corruption free Government?
The Left parties until now had no chance to taste the sweetness of corruption at the centre as they never got
an opportunity to get themselves included in the Government.But they cleverly compensated for this lapse by
indulging in all kind of corrupted Activities apart from criminal activities including Murders in States.
Taking into account all the features mentioned above,the voter should be more careful than ever to give top
Priority in exercising their franchise this time.The following norms should be kept in mind now
1) to ensure that every one who has a voters card should not only vote but make doubly sure that they in fact
Votes instead of keeping indoor to avoid the terrible heat in the surroundings.
2)everyone should ensure that their friends& relations entitled to vote do so without fail
3) to ensure that protest votes are not polled by them.
4) all voters should also ensure that they vote to most refined Candidate known for corruption free character
There had been a Trend among MPs& MLAs to spend their fund available for them to use for the benefit
Of people of their constituency.Many of them have not used the fund .Those used it concentrated mainly
for constructing Bus Shelters& Waiting Sheds especially in Kerala.Those who travel by road can see these shelters
for buses.Of course it is a common facility for common man.
But this alone should not be the welfare measure taken for the people.
The need of the time is Employment& Food.
So those who give importance for these needs should be afforded priority to cast our vote& not for those
Constructed bus shelters&waiting sheds
Thus to be in a Nut shell,the responsibility to elect the suitable candidates rests in the hands of
people & not political leaders
So kindly exercise your franchise wisely because in your discretion& recognition depend the fate of this
Holy nation.
Please don't allow Politicians with their knack to influence you in casting your vote conquer you totally
It is a precious weapon with the help of which you could fight Corruption to some extent.
Please remember what Sir Winston Churchill said while the power was being transferred from the Britishers to
the Indians.He said " Dont hand over Power to Indians.if you do,the Indians would fight among themselves
for achieving Power and one day would destroy this Holy& Beautiful country" Although what he said can not be
justified from the point of view of Independence,it can not be totally ignored as the Political Parties of India
have proved true beyond doubt what he said as could be seenfrom their behavior & approach until now.Besides, from
their restless run to wrest Power one could easily judge their motive.So please ensure that you do not become a
victim of their persuasion to vote for them.Use your own Judgement to assess a Candidate& then cast your vote
wisely and without fail.
Now let us examine the happenings in the past at the Indian Parliament.there had been many occasions when the
Functioning of the Parliament was deliberately stopped by MPs adopting the novel way of Protest to express their
Opinion.Manyvdays the Parliament turned into a situation of Standstill & had to be announced as closed for such
Days.Taking into consideration the cost of every hour of Parliament into consideration,the total loss sustained by
the Exchequer amounted to many Crores of Rupees.in this connection my blog on " believe it or not"dt 10th May 2013
Brings out the calculation of loss of Rs26.25 Crores for the lost 175 hrs of the functioning of the Parliament.
There are many similar occasions when the Parliament was subject to Boycott.
Such people who were responsible for the Protest should not be on any consideration be allowed to step into the
Parliament again.
Yet another issue to be considered is the famous reports on Western Ghats presented by Shri Gadgill and Shri
Kasturi Rangan recently.
There had been many agitations on these two reports.Unfortunately those who were made to agitate by the politicians
Were not aware of the contents of the reports in relation to the effect of it on Environment& precious Western
Ghats which protects the life of Humanity in India.
The Gadgill report was ,in fact,had a lot of proposals for the welfare of Humanity emphasizing the need to protect
the Environment which indirectly had it's impact on Western Ghats.This report was totally ignored & decided not to
implement basically due to ignorance.
The Kasturi Rangan Report too had some good Propsals .But again ignorant politicians interfered with a view to
cashing in on votes & made the report as a skeleton as it stands now after proposed amendments one after another.
The Politicians responsible for attempted killing of the two Reports should not be allowed to enter the sacred
Parliament of India again.
To conclude every one should use their discretion to vote wisely.
Those who make promises to improve upon the need for EMPLOYMENT,EDUCATION,FOOD& SECURITY TO HUMANITY should be
Chosen to be despatched to the Sacred Parliament,provided you are convinced that the promises they do make are in
fact feasible & not merely for getting vote.
So all the Best to everyone in choosing their candidate to vote.
SreedharanMundanat
17th March2014
16-04 Hrs(IST)
