Are hate speeches a selling point in election campaigns in INDIA?

It is Election time in India .

Some 550 and odd representatives will be chosen by voters to represent them in the central house of parliament-The LokSabha.

The Loksabha election time , It comes every four years .It is a chaotic time especially since election campaigns are all over the place with erratically politically incorrect speeches splattered all over the place. It disheartens me that there is no protocol where criminals can be kept away from politics..Yes there is an ideal protocol on paper but it hardly ever gets honestly implemented.

Many political parties have many representatives who have clear past criminal records and these people actually get party tickets to represent and contest on behalf of a party in that place. Needless to say, the content of election campaign speeches are quite reflective of how criminals would speak when asked to say something relevant to an election campaign on a platform. Afterall , a criminal is a criminal because he/she understands only the language of use of violence to intimidate people and get them to do things their way .

Though there are clear mandates that have been prescribed by the Election commision of India(The governing body that makes sure that elections are conducted in an orderly manner and there is no discrepancy in terms of legality of the process or criminalization of the process) that no criminal be given party tickets to contest, and that no abrasive and inflammatory content be included in any of the election speeches as part of the campaign and that no money or gifts are given out prior to the elections to voters in their respective constituency as a bribe to egg them to vote for you irrespective of what you will do in the future for the constituency, Nothing really gets implemented.

Yet , so far, already , people of all the parties have been caught doing illegal things as part of their campaign. Some of them were caught on camera distributing currency notes during election speeches. Some of them have been caught threatening the female district magistrate who was displeased with the way the party was going about campaigning. Most candidates openly flout election rules by giving out sarees or rice to voters in an attempt to fool the voters to feel obligated in some way to vote for them just coz they got some rice or clothing out of the bargain.

The voters are here to choose someone who can come to power and make their constituency a better place to live. A bag of rice is not what the people need . . Why do you think they give out a bag of rice? They anticipate to misppropriate enough funds once in power to make up for all the rice bags they gave out during campaigns. I wish i could drill this enough into the minds of voters from small towns and villages, The fact that bags of rice don't matter, Look at the bigger picture and vote for the candidate who will take action. A bag of rice will only last that long , but a lok sabha member lasts four years. In India, becoming an MP or MLA is a way to do illegal things and accumulate illegal wealth. Why else do you think criminals are so eager to enter politics?

It is a cheap lil game of words that goes on between parties accusing each other of being irresponsible. My word is, all of irresponsible.All of them are cheap lil money sharks who only want to come to power for the money they could swallow up once they come into power .EAch of them acts like they are all goody goody , When ofcourse the truth of the matter is that politics is full of criminals irrespective of the party and most of them are so uneducated themselves that they don't understand the concept of a sensible election campaign speeches which talk about things the voter really should be concerned about. They are so uneducated they have no idea what official work is, what is illegal and what is legal. They talk like thugs and genuinely don't understand the legality of their actions.

These political party leaders are so uneducated that they truly don't understand that beating up a woman is wrong. They are so down there , they think that rape and beating up women are small incidents.They say these things because they really think these are small incidents. It is because these leaders come from families where beating up women is a normal occurance.We need more pragmatic educated leaders who understand the concept of better infrastructure .

We as voters ask for Good water supply, continuous electricity, good quality public school education, good roads, greater infrastructure, greater health care facilities with more number of locally run government funded hospitals. Not on just paper and in election speeches but in reality. So far, I have not see one party whose election campaign agenda includes these points. Most of them are talking about how if they come to power they will make sure that people of such and such community are not allowed to do this and this and how they are going to be good to onlya certain community . Sheesh. I mean, India is about diversity.No community gets preferential treatment. Any religion based or community based propoganda is a strict no no. We are here to share love and

Is it so hard to just live peacefully and exchange ideas within diverse cultural patterns ?

Are Indians so jobless that the only thing they seem to be caring these days is that people of other communities are beaten up? It is ridiculous.

It is very very disappointing to hear to hate speeches being freely spoken during campaigns where a particular projected candidate talks about how a seven year old neice or cousin of his, first had a look at the list of candidates for that constituency and asked him "why is osama bin laden on the list?"(referring ofcourse to a bearded contestant from that area and then He goes on to say how he will cut the hands of anyone who would raise a hand against any hindu. Seriously, Now the bearded people will then come up with an equally abrasive community speech. Gosh, seriously, Can we all jsut take advantage of the religious and cultural diversity rather than raise hands at each other and then cut each other's hands?

Don't we all have better things to do in life ?

All this hate is a waste of energy .

Too much negativity is such a detriment to development.

No seriously, why exactly is a candidate list being shown to a seven year old in the first place? and

Seriously?

Isn't cutting someone else's hands barbaric?

(yeah, In saudi they cut hands, They do so there coz they are very very primitive. The women in saudi have no basic rights, they can't even ride their own car. How much of gender discrimination is prevelant in saudi and how come the women of saudi are tolerant of such discirmination. well, that is another blog entry.)

But he said it and he said it so loudly and proudly because he was under the impression that the people of his constituency are really barabaric people who will clap their hands with glee at the prospect of hands being cut . That tells us a lot about the Disconnect between the understanding of what these political parties think that we as voters want and the actual things that the voter wants.

I am pretty sure the voter wants peace and prosperity .

I mean, I am a hindu, I can recite the samaveda in its exact tune , the way that was prescribed thousand years ago.Obviously therefore i can claim myself to be one great culture beacon. But see, no where in the vedas has it been told to cut anyone else's hands. I hardly care about hands being cut. What i care about is greater infrastructure, better roads, better buses, I want sophisticated railway stations. That is what I want. I really don't care about someone else's hand's getting cut . Infact, I would rather that no one has their hands cut, ever.

The hate speeches are bad. This is ridiculous, Meanwhile , the congress runs around cyring foul at how bad BJP is and how their speeches are hate filled. Congress is no less. Their speeches are as abrasive and senseless. All of them are worthless is all I say.

No one is focussing on what the voter wants. I hope , all of you, who are inside inside India and are citizens, have already registered yourself in your local electoral rolls. I also hope that you got your photo Voter's identity card. Yeah, if someone gives you grains and rice and sarees, take them. but that doesn't mean that you are obligated to vote for them at all. Yes, if the local goondas are standing for elections as candidates and are threatening you that they will harm you if you don't vote for them, Just listen to them mutely. But please vote for only the person you want to vote. Your vote is your only path to salvation. If you don't go vote on that day, these corrupt political parties send someone else pretending to be you to vote instead of you. So just to make sure your vote is not misused, go and vote. vote for an independant if at all . vote for educated people. Please Use your vote. I beg you.