Lok Sabha Elections 2014: 3 on 3
The General elections which start on April 7, are going to be historic; the largest democracy, India, is like a battlefield now. Yet, the third election of the century is in a swing. There is a certain natural play on the number three at work, the third election, three forces, three faces in Rahul Gandhi, Modi and an unknown Kejriwal donning the common man mask, three women pushing the thrid front frontier, three friends (Omar, Yeddyurappa and Nitish) who might cause the upsets in numbers and finally a third chance for the UPA to reaffirm that the Congress(I) is the deafult party of India.
Lets tackle the options at hand first;
Three fronts are taking shape, the incumbent United Progressive Alliance (UPA) lead by the Indian National Congress (INC) party, the rampant National Democratic Alliance (NDA) lead by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), and the formative 3rd Front which doesn’t have a leading party.
In a single line statement, the UPA, the NDA and the 3rd Front are relying on a confused voter to pull through their share of voting percentages.
The UPA is relying on a muted appeal of Rahul Gandhi as a future leader, wishing people will see the bad in the opposition’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, and that the Indian voters will hold onto their promise of delivering to the poorest of the poor.
The NDA has their job made easy, 10 years of mis-governance and scam after scam from the ruling UPA has brought them a golden opportunity. Their constant appeal to the voter is to think about growth, shun out the Congress’s dynastic rule and hoping against hope that the voters will forget Godhra like they forgot (not) the 1984 riots.
The 3rd Front has been propelled before every election in the last decade, but slowly the idea has gathered steam and this election they look more stable and seem to be building some kind of threshold energy to offer the voter a non-Congress, non-BJP government. Their appeal to the voter is to vote for change and give the regional voices, a collective sensible voice, a chance to represent the country.
The three coalition setups, have the voter figured out or so they believe. The NDA wants the Congress haters to make their journey friction less. The Congress is poking the voter to not let India’s secular image get blemished in haste. The third front is positioning themselves to the voter as the substitute to the tried and tested quagmire setups of the Congress-led and BJP-led governments.
IWK speak: The voter seems to be blown away by the marketing of Modi, but will he won’t he be able to pull through the required numbers, is yet to be seen.
The General elections which start on April 7, are going to be historic; the largest democracy, India, is like a battlefield now. Yet, the third election of the century is in a swing. There is a certain natural play on the number three at work, the third election, three forces, three faces in Rahul...
The General elections which start on April 7, are going to be historic; the largest democracy, India, is like a battlefield now. Yet, the third election of the century is in a swing. There is a certain natural play on the number three at work, the third election, three forces, three faces in Rahul Gandhi, Modi and an unknown Kejriwal donning the common man mask, three women pushing the thrid front frontier, three friends (Omar, Yeddyurappa and Nitish) who might cause the upsets in numbers and finally a third chance for the UPA to reaffirm that the Congress(I) is the deafult party of India.
Lets tackle the options at hand first;
Three fronts are taking shape, the incumbent United Progressive Alliance (UPA) lead by the Indian National Congress (INC) party, the rampant National Democratic Alliance (NDA) lead by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), and the formative 3rd Front which doesn’t have a leading party.
In a single line statement, the UPA, the NDA and the 3rd Front are relying on a confused voter to pull through their share of voting percentages.
The UPA is relying on a muted appeal of Rahul Gandhi as a future leader, wishing people will see the bad in the opposition’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, and that the Indian voters will hold onto their promise of delivering to the poorest of the poor.
The NDA has their job made easy, 10 years of mis-governance and scam after scam from the ruling UPA has brought them a golden opportunity. Their constant appeal to the voter is to think about growth, shun out the Congress’s dynastic rule and hoping against hope that the voters will forget Godhra like they forgot (not) the 1984 riots.
The 3rd Front has been propelled before every election in the last decade, but slowly the idea has gathered steam and this election they look more stable and seem to be building some kind of threshold energy to offer the voter a non-Congress, non-BJP government. Their appeal to the voter is to vote for change and give the regional voices, a collective sensible voice, a chance to represent the country.
The three coalition setups, have the voter figured out or so they believe. The NDA wants the Congress haters to make their journey friction less. The Congress is poking the voter to not let India’s secular image get blemished in haste. The third front is positioning themselves to the voter as the substitute to the tried and tested quagmire setups of the Congress-led and BJP-led governments.
IWK speak: The voter seems to be blown away by the marketing of Modi, but will he won’t he be able to pull through the required numbers, is yet to be seen.
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