Third Front -- A curse to the nation

India in 1947 and today has seen changes to a very great extant. With the growth of the nation the ideas and thoughts of the people have also grown. When everything is going on with an ideal reference point, why the politics of this country taking a back track.

Congress itself as a single largest party has ruled this country for years, in the 1947 general elections it had 447 seats of the 524 and the parties opposing congress were Socialist, Janasangh and the communist. These were the 3 major ones and 2 or 3 minor parties. What we could see here is the concept of regional parties was still not born. When the nation wanted a change from the Congress rule it had a right option of Janasangh turned Janata Party. When there is a stable and a single party having clear majority it can think of executing in the way it sees the development to happen. Until congress was in power it had pledged to take back this nation 50 years by doing innumerable mistakes like the history books were changed and started appreciating the Muslim rulers who have swept away this country and did not even bring people like Chandrashekhar azad, Savarkar, bhagat singh and many such hero’s into limelight. This is a very small point that we see, many such atrocious things have been done by Congress enjoying full power alone. People are shown the photos of gahndiji, ambedkar even today to grab votes. Staying as a single party enjoying full majority rather than focusing on the growth of the nation, it started with caste politics, least attention to southern states, upholding the minorities for no reason, Corruption and hereditary politics which paved a huge way for the growth of the regional parties. For one such mistake made by a party the whole of this nation has to suffer for years and on.

Janata party which was a tough competitor to the congress also broke itself into 101 small parties; every member of the janata party started his own. Of which the BJP sustained to grab the position of a national party credibility. Thanks to Murali Manohar Joshi for his yatra which was followed by Advaniji’s ratha yatra which made them grow from a small party which had 2 members in the parliament to the stage of being an alternative to congress and did rule the country.

In South NTR with his Telugu Desam grew against the congress in Andhra, also Anna dorai in TN, and communism undoubtedly in Kerala. People of Karnataka always wanted to be on par with national politics hence Janata Dal which ruled it also could not sustain to continue its existence. Anna dorai’s party broke into DMK and AIADMK which come to power on an alternative basis. Apart from this there are Vaiko’s MDMK, PMK and many to name. North had all the small factions of the janata party which started fighting against each other for no reason. This was alone too much to bare but the rebels from congress with Sonia being brought in did not keep quite, each of them started a party by their own. Sharad pawar’s NCP, Mamata’s Trinamool congress, and Moopnars congress to add it from south. Orissa with Biju’s Janata party, UP with Mayawati’s BSP and Mulayam’s SP with Jorge’s Samata party struggling for its existence there somehow made it in Bihar. This did not end, the Hindu sanghatana’s started contributing to this like the Shiva sena in Maharashtra, luckly the VHP the RSS and the Bhajrang dal did not come out with a new initiative but supported the BJP. Before the Hindus started the Muslims had already come up with parties like MWM, PDP, NC, Muslim league and many to name. I am happy that Christians, Buddhist and Jains did not start their own.

We can almost see 2-3 parties easily in one state and India is a country of 28 such states. Imagine the number of parties that contest elections every time. It is high time that Mrs Sonia and Mr. Advaniji think to enrich their parties with more values and performance. Every time the election dates are announced we hear the third front being made with all the regional parties coming together. But everyone knows that all of these together also cannot win more than Congress or BJP. Forget them winning and coming into power, they collide with the same whom they would have fought against. Many start saying the laws of equvi-distance being maintained with congress and BJP but finally join hands for their betterment but not for stable governance. These small regional parties when do not have an ability to win and succeed should not raise voices saying it would give an optimal solution to this country. Because these small regional parties join hands with the major ones in forming the government, the progress is halted, every time a new law to be tabled, all these small parties have to be convinced and then passed. Many of them fail because one of the others candidate would have not supported this. The development is going for a toss. Any good initiative is thought, it would be brought down by these small parties. This is not just what they do, every bloody year they review their ties with the major party which they are allied to. People like Deve gowda who is a power hungry idiot speaks dirty about the congress or BJP front and tries for a back gate alliance with them. Until these small parties enjoy their power in making or breaking the governments, India cannot reach to the dream of Dr. Kalam. Forget his dream it cannot stand itself as a politically strong country which would give a tough reply to all the surrounding neighbous just waiting like dogs to grab the pieces available to them.
Until Mayavati, Mulayam, Deve gowda and many such third rate shameless politicians are not shown their way home the politics of this country and the growth linked to it will always stand handicapped.