Is Politics just a blame-game?

Is Politics just a blame-game?

Politics is an opportunity for politicians to lead, guide and bring development for people. Politics is to enhance democracy which is a government ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Politics and democracy aim at uniting people, transforming society, respecting people and provide equal rights and opportunities for citizens of a country. Politics and Indian democracy is in a pathetic stage in this present era because politicians instead of encouraging each other, working together for betterment of society are not fighting against one another and degrading the dignity of one another. Politicians are now intruding into private lives of individuals.

Narendra Modi is regarded as the ‘tea boy’, Rahul Gandhi as a ‘fraud Gandhi’ and Arvind Kejriwal ‘Mango man’. The election campaign of political parties for the General Election 2014 has become a campaign to degrade one another. BJP goes after Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress goes after BJP and AAP accuses Congress and BJP. Power, prestige and wealth have taken control over politics. Politicians no longer respect one another. Congress President Sonia Gandhi accused BJP of indulging in divisive politics by “sowing seeds of poison” (zeher ki kheti) and instigating violence. Mulayam Singh Yadav said that Narendra Modi presides over ‘mass murder’ of Muslims. Mr. Modi accused the Congress of being “high-class elitists with a feudal mindset,” and said that the Samajwadi Party, is a “Samaj-Virodhi (anti-social) Party”. Mr. Kejriwal accused that “Mukesh Ambani has Modi in one pocket and Rahul Gandhi in the other... He can allow Modi to have a five-year term and also give Rahul Gandhi five years to rule”. Gadkari claimed that Kejriwal had levelled “false, baseless, scandalous and defamatory statements” when   he was listed as one of the most corrupt politicians by Kerjriwal. Narendra Modi was remarked as “maut ka saudagar” (merchant of death) while Kejriwal is called as an “Anarchist” who is now a ‘Maoist without weapon’.   This cycle of blame - game has continued since the launch of the campaigns and doesn’t seem to stop. Is this kind of campaigning truly the best way to win the general public over? Where is the ethical responsibility and respect of human dignity in our so called political leaders?

Politicians need to realize that they are people’s representatives and need to set good example in words and deeds. Political parties need to campaign for election in order to win but they should not let power and position control their values as human beings. Politicians need to take political campaigns or rallies as an opportunity to spread values among people and not to degrade one another.