Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Where are we heading?

The main question that comes into my mind these days is that " Where are we heading?". Obviously, it is not myself alone who is having this question in his/her mind. I was very fearful when I saw the 2014 general election results and the rise of a party which has capitalized only by playing communal cards among the masses. that fear became reality within these three years and with two more years in their pocket, I as a common citizen of this country, am very much afraid thing about the condition of my country. Everywhere where we see, their is a constant attempt to redefine everything which is not healthy for our diverse nature. Changing the complete face of our history is the prime objective of the communal forces and thereby creating a divide is their sole motive.
I recall when my father said that he is tensed seeing these communal forces winning some of the assemble elections. If I am not wrong, it was after the UP elections. UP elections turned out to be a game changer for the BJP, after otherwise lacklustre performances in some states. While in some states, the party was successful in forming the government through back door lobbying, UP elections gave the steering in BJP's hands by propelling them with a massive majority and decimating the erstwhile government and its enemies. Subsequently, the state chose a Yogi to lead and rest is all we are seeing today. Sometimes, I feel that people are  crazy or dumb to vote these parties, or are they blind as to what all are happening in their surroundings. Be it the mob lynching incidents or deaths of children due to lack of oxygen in a hospital in Gorakhpur, all these incidents gets dissolved within few days and we cannot find a single trace of those incidents. Where have the investigations for Gorakhpur hospital incident reached? We still have no idea what happened after the news regarding this incident subsided. 
Gujarat assembly elections are the most sought after the BJP came to power in the 2014 general elections. These election will be precursor study for the status BJP as Gujarat being the most BJP friendly state in the recent past will be used as a marker for the 2019 general elections. Will the BJP be voted out of power or will the story remain the same. As we see the overall mood among the people of Gujarat, we can witness an eagerness for anti-incumbency due to hollow developments carried out in the state and wrongly posing Gujarat model as the paramount model of development. Mere rhetoric will not help BJP now and if it helps then I surely will be more afraid about our country's path and to where we all are heading.