Dance of Democracy

In the stained fabric of Indian democracy, the recent chain of events in Karnataka added another ostensible blot which would be as permanent as a birthmark.  The disgrace it brought was not less impudent than the gang-rape of an infant. No one is a dumbass who can’t decode what all is going on and who is engineering all of it. Sssshhhhh, but in real all of it was a coincidence. Suddenly 15 MLAs got a pang in the corner of their heart for not being able to server their country in the best possible way and decided to move on. They strongly felt that if they move to the opposition, they can better feed their instincts and dedicate their lives unconditionally with utmost devotion. We say it’s a democratic country where members who can enter the house are elected by public but if we see substance over form, by any stretch of the imagination does this statement makes sense? If we vote for a member, we typically vote for the ideologies of the party then how come the doors are open for such members to cross over and abuse our preference on the face of it?

If we delve into all the drama which went on for couple of weeks, every single event appeared scripted as well fully sponsored. How come all this happened when the CM in power was not in the state? If bunch of servants were pure enough to take a call in the interest of the country, then why did they have to cover their ass by hiding themselves in a resort? How come they used a private jet to run away from the world where few members of leading opposition party were spotted? Why these servants are scared to come back to their own hometown? Till the time trust vote is complete in all respect, why each party is taking their members to an undisclosed location where not even gods have the access? Just imagine, these members will serve the country and make it a great place so that we all can blow the trumpet “India Shining”, hahaah nice joke, right? Isn’t it like holding on your pant for the whole day or else it would drop off? What’s the utility of such trouser which can’t even stick to your waste and is simply a pain in your ass than to cover it at the least?

You don’t need to be an intellectual after when these arrays of questions will start popping in your head. Even an illiterate can smell the rat but still would prefer to stay mum as powerless people are supposed to act blind although they can see everything. Watching all this happen is not less exasperating than watching a gang rape but alas, neither the public who vote have any right/power nor the ones who skip this with pride. When we vote for a party and just after when election results are out, the same party join hands with the one which was portrayed as their opposition/rival, then how voting process has any sanctity left? All what matters, in the real world, is the power of being in power and power of money and if that’s the case they shouldn’t our country be saving 60k-70k crores which is spent on elections? How come trading of these members is easier than trading of FMCG products? In our mumbo jumbo constitution there is no provision for such a basic abuse of power?

I sometimes wonder that in the name of political history what can we narrate to our kids and forthcoming generation. I guess the easy option would be to explain them that politics is a synonym for abuse so let’s not talk about it or I would rather prefer to lighten their mood by using these events like jokes/hilarious Tom and Jerry stories. Atleast I can keep them away from the ocean of negativity, impudence, selfishness and voracity. Today the downgrade of politics has reached to a level where it would take centuries to even imagine of the breakeven. With more of such events taking place as if nothing unusual has happened, it will get permanent scars which would be incorrigible. It’s not that horse trading has never happened before and there is a sudden spike in recent years but surely the rate at which members change their political connect, at times its faster than sunlight taking charge of the darkness for another bright day.

During the course of 2 weeks of drama, the so called governor/speaker who are expected to run the show are more powerless/helpless like a one-legged person in a bum kicking competition. Although they act to follow all the protocols and regulations but in real they dance in the direction in which their head captain pulls the strings. In this entire process these people are as useless as ‘ay’ in okay. Neither they can decide anything, nor they have the intention to honor the responsibilities of their position. They are simply slaves who prefers to snooze on no matter how openly the hooligans are ripping apart the sacredness of the world’s biggest democratic set up. These elected members use public as doormats to enter the house and then do everything except the ones which they promised while begging for votes. Nothing can be more devastating when black starts looking like white and smuggling of house members appears to a be a routine business transaction. This is the exactly what we call as dance of democracy.