The curious case of loksabha elections of 2014

        The election campaign of major political parties across India is in the full swing. Like always happens the issue of development has been forgotten. The usual typical Indian politics of religion ,cast and minority related permutations and combinations has been started. Right wing politician tried to give religious color to politics by starting various Yatras. However, on being unsuccessful, they tried to turn to their favorite subject that is religion. The effort to turn small issues into major riot was successful in the Uttar-Pradesh. The issue has given enough air to fire between Jats and Muslims of UP.
       On the major platform of politics Rahul Gandhi the next PM in waiting  for congress has failed to influence both that is politics of religion and that of development. On the other hand Narendra Modi the PM candidate of theBJP is looking nice. He has highjacked the late Congress giant Sardar Patel's legacy for his own business. The statue of unity politics is taking Modi far ahead of his counterparts in New Delhi. He is not only playing the development card well but also concentrating on every issue related to religion polarization. The recent serial blast  in his own rally has given him chance to make concrete of Hindu votes across Bihar. Modi has become unchallenged autocrat who can go to any height for winning PM's post.
       On the other hand Congress is surely feeling the Narendra Modi's heat. They are doubtful over their series of pre-elections creams such as food security, land reforms and other virtual subsidies such as MGNREGA. There is no doubt that Congress MP's have lot of money for funding this election as compared to the BJP. This is mainly because of the continuous rule for 10 years. However, still one section of Congress is fearing a landslide loss in the Loksabha election. This is mainly because of strong media campaign of BJP.
          Another section of the Congress is working hard to bring Priyanka Gandhi on the main stage. However, central leadership of the Congress is cautious dealing with Priyanka Gandhi. They don't want opposition to take advantage of war which does not exist. So even to promote Rahul's campaign congress is not taking free help of Priyanka Gandhi. It will be interesting to see what will be the mood of the nation after the elections going to take place in five states. The local election of theDelhi will be election of prestige for all parties. As religion does not hold main issue in Delhi so major political parties will be pouring a lot money in Delhi. The grip over the Delhi helps every party to distribute resources across the nation. The picture will be more clear after five states election. Until then we can enjoy the drama and cunning politics. However, nation will have to remain cautious as many of these parties will try to break communal harmony. So with little bit of precautions we can enjoy the process to select the most powerful man of India.

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