The Hindu : Front Page : Congress-NCP retains Maharashtra

The Hindu : Front Page : Congress-NCP retains Maharashtra

The elections in Maharashtra have presented us with a paradox. Do we choose the radical right wing Shiva Sena or the septuagenarian monarchy (Congress)? People have very limited choice and with more than one billion people I think we, Indians deserve a party that is more understanding of our needs than the two we have. I'm a religious person and have great pride in Hinduism but I have a problem with the way it is represented by Shiva Sena/BJP. Hindus are very tolerant people and I hope that we are not mis-understood by the actions of a few hence the defeat of BJP is good in a sense. Again the Congress party is a monarchy and I'm sick of the Nehru family. Nehru did not have the vision to drive India into the future, how did he think that we could have a socialist government with such a huge population. I understand that we were aiming to be like Western Europe but we are too many to that and in the process we have created a highly corrupted bureaucracy. This is my opinion on elections - they are a waste of time, look at the choices and all of you hard core democracy propagators shut up, we have been voting and understand the cost of freedom but what good has it got us? Let’s not waste money on elections, instead let the candidates bear the cost of elections and yes I know the ever irritating arguments - How can a poor man run? Reality check, there are no poor people running even now. I would rather have one fourth of the money spent on education or feeding people (assuming the officials are satisfied with pocketing three fourth of the sum).