Day 513

 Well, these days, I know I’m not regular again. Actually, choosing a topic has become the problem. In coming days, state assembly election is to begin in Bihar. The Election Commission has issued the dates. But the political parties have geared up and now phase wise they have started campaigning also.

 

Couple of weeks ago, Congress party in alliance with RJD has staged state wise Chakka Jam movement against the linking of voters id with the Adhaar card. Rahul Gandhi was saying that this is a desperate action taken by the Modi Government to manipulate the voting process by adding false voters in the revised voter’s list by providing false Adhaar card. He blamed that this action is to increase the false voters by 10% so that Modi government can win easily in Bihar just like it won in Maharashtra. Even RJD is supporting Congress party in this illogical statement. I can understand the problem with RJD because RJD and Congress are the partners in INDI Alliance in Bihar.

 

I think nobody has given the correct data to Rahul Gandhi about the status of Congress party in Bihar. The last time Congress party came in power in Bihar was in late 1980s. In the state assembly election in 1990, Lalu Yadav became the Chief Minister and we all know that till 2005, his family and party ruled the state. After that, Nitish Kumar is constantly making his government. So in this last 35 years, instead of making some place in Bihar politics, Congress party has shrink from its position. Frankly speaking, now the Bihar is divided in two political fronts. One front is of NDA and other front is of RJD. Even the voters and the mass of Bihar has forgotten the Congress party. Honestly speaking, no revival action was taken by Congress itself so its not correct to blame the public for forgetting the Congress party.

 

Honestly speaking, I don’t think that Congress can win double digit seats in Bihar assembly without aide of RJD or any other party. In the recent time, the way Congress party has shrink in other states also, should be the worry of Congress high command. But instead of thinking about the re emerging in Bihar politics, the central committee of Congress is looking for alliance to come into the limelight.

 

But one thing is for sure that voters play very crucial role in elections. They can turn the table in elections. Basically, I don’t believe the exit polls on any news channel. I don’t think that the entire system of exit polls is honest. The basic fundamental duty of a voter is that the voter shouldn’t disclose that he or she has casted vote to candidate of which political party. But the voters have become educated and smart in last two to three decades. They don’t tell exactly to whom they have voted. So, the survey is based on assumptions. That’s why there is so much variation between exit polls and final results. According to me, voters can lie but votes don’t lie.