Dharmendra Satapathy

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Wah Wah Elections


Elections are round the corner and I am confused.1)Fighting parties. Shiv Sena vs BJP; Congress vs NCP; BJD vs BJP; CPI vs CPM; Congress vs Trinamool; BJP vs BJP and so on and so forth2)The race for the PMs chair: Advani, Sharad Pawar, Mayawati, Rahul Gandhi, Prakash Karat, Lalu and perhaps others who still have their desired locked in their hearts.3)The old brigade: Manmohan Singh 75 (3 by-passes and still not giving up), Sharad Pawar perhaps above 80. Has held several key positions but thirst is still on. Advani; will do anything to prove that he is still youthful including lifting weights and using Internet based technologies. Deve Gowda; His son seems fairly old. Wonder what he is up to. Mr Bardhan; So old so ripe. And the list goes on. The elections seem misplaced. These actors don’t have more than a few years to live. Why on earth will they have any interest for long term strategies? When we are made to retire at 60, our politicians start their game at about that age and perhaps to ensure that we have nothing to do at 40.While we must vote to keep the criminals out of the fray I wonder whether we can keep the jokers out as well.