Saturday, April 28, 2012

Pioneer-DilliBilli-April.29th.2012-"Congress is losing ground steadily"

"CONGRESS IS LOSING GROUND STEADILY"

 The Congress’ dismal performance in the elections continues. Its top brass continues to keep its ears and eyes closed. This is not good for the country.

After the loss of the MCD elections in Delhi the Congress is even more demoralised. After the debacle in various States one had thought that Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit’s personal image may save the day for the party. But sadly that did not happen. The overall poor performance of the Congress led UPA-II overshadowed everything.

Dikshit is one of the popular leaders that the Congress has today. The three time Chief Minister has obviously delivered what she promised and hence, has been voted to power time and again. The Congress has very few Chief Ministers who live up to the expectations of the people. Despite the fact that she has been surrounded by controversies over various issues, she still manages to hold her ground.
 
In Maharashtra, things are no different. The Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chauhan has an honest and clean image. For now, he is not succumbing to the State’s builder’s lobby which can corrupt even a saint. But he is being tagged as slow. The Mumbai Municipal elections were dismal for the Congress.

In Himachal Pradesh the party boycotted Virbhadra Singh’s son Vikram Aditya who had won with a thumping majority in the Youth Congress elections. By asking for fresh elections by Foundation for Advanced Management of Elections (FAME), the High Command was not able to do much about the Congress’ image in the State. In the re-election Virbhadra Singh’s candidate again won with a majority. The result — the Congress workers have developed a bad image towards FAME and High Command.

In J&K, when Ghulam Nabi Azad was the Chief Minister many projects were announced. The projects that were finished during his tenure are the only ones with showed results. The rest of the projects are still in the pipeline. The developmental work is the State is exactly where he left off, even though the National Conference is the party’s ally. It should be the duty of the Centre to see that development takes place, at a steady pace, in States which are ruled by them or by the allies to make sure that they come back to power.

In Andhra Pradesh, the infighting in the Congress has left everybody confused. The end result is that no developmental work can happen in the State for the moment. It is impossible for the Congress to come to power in States where regional parties are in power. Their leaders are more popular with the aam aadmi.
It is very unfortunate that the party’s image has taken a bashing that it is near impossible for it to make up for lost ground. Even if one forgets about the corruption charges the common man’s needs of roti, kapda aur makaan are yet to be met.

The price rise and inflation has hit not just the poor man but also the middle class in the country. The sad part is that the attitude of the Government remains unchanged. It continues to ignore the plight of the common man, has an arrogant and stubborn approach to everything.

But it has forgotten that the youth of this country, comprising of over 65 per cent of the voter today, is aware what is happening around them. They have realized the power of their vote and are using it. The Ministers in the UPA-II have on several occasions said to the media that India is a ‘democracy, let the public decide not the media’.

Well, the public has spoken. It’s a wake-up call. But strangely the top brass in the Congress continues to keep its ears and eyes shut. They are living in their own world. India’s image has taken a steady fall in the last two years. This scenario is not encouraging either from the economic perspective or for the country where corruption has become a norm of the day.

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