The Various Shenanigans of the UPA

I feel the UPA should resign. No questions, no debates and no discussions. It should Just hand in its resignation over to the president of India. Knee deep in scandals and controversies, Congress is finding it very hard to wash its hands off the poop it's been handling of late. The cartoon below so aptly describes the state of a naive, illiterate and brainwash-able Indian. Illiterate that he already is, he doesn't understand the power of that one vote that he's got.

Look closely. All I see is Napolean and Squealer in action. Clover, Benjamin, Mollie are all out there too...

Even today Congress uses the names of its stalwart leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi to win votes. Sonia Gandhi campaigns wearing that typical saree which was worn by Indira Gandhi, draped over the head in the same way. To delude the illiterate public and play tricks with their head? Rahul Gandhi need not be discussed. People were gaga over him sometime back. A few years on, several grey hairs later, Rahul is still "rising", still "connecting" with the real India. Four years is a long time to connect with Indians. He is never in news and when he is what is he for? For instigating false false rumours of Hindu Parishads planning an anti-US campaign. Really? Wikileaks revelation was an embarrassment. Pulling antics like this will definitely not land him anywhere near power. Actually it reminds me of the tantrums that Varun Gandhi threw during elections.

In its recently concluded Plenary session, Burari accused RSS of having links with terrorists. Sonia Gandhi urged party leaders and workers to aggresively attack its opponents and spare no opportunity to publicize its achievements and expose BJP's doublespeak.

now really??

Frankly speaking there are no achievements (more on this later) and making sand castles out of its otherwise hollow achievements will not get it anywhere. BJP is being a clean opposition party. It's doing it's job and making the govt accountable and that is somehow troubling congress. Well, it will because someone's closets are being cleaned. 

Some achievements of the UPA over years

I've never been an admirer of centrist politics and it's prime proponent AICC. UPA is full of itself and can't do anything right. Honestly, BJP was better but if BJP comes to power, it'll be a classic case of becoming a devil yourself in order to cut a deal with the devil. Right wing parties have their own problems and at this moment, India needs something better than a right wing power which can aggresively push insignificant issues. Sometimes I wish there was a party which represented a liberal side of Leftists. A true socialist party. Not Bahujan Samaj Party or Samajwadi Party who stand on the shoulders on Dalilt voters while making sure they remain oppressed. Classic Paulo Freire scenario. Make the oppressed feel that unless the Oppressor is there, there is no hope for the oppressed and things will become only more bleak. Will we ever see a socialist party in action? When will people realize the value of parties like Lok Satta who are working towards real issues. Not gravitating towards power.

ps - both images are courtesy cartoonscape, The Hindu