More than 2 lakhs
voters’ names were missing from Mumbai Voters List! EC apologised but question
is- Is this per chance or a ‘simple’ mistake of EC or a planned conspiracy?
If latter is true, which sounds to be true, then next question is- Are old
election days revisited that is not free and fair?
There has been many sting operations, investigations and
exposures which seriously belittles the claim of free and fair election, like,
Operation Lok Sabha (http://news.oneindia.in/india/revealed-how-bogus-votes-can-change-the-lok-sabha-2014-poll-results-1423494.html
), Operation Prime Minister(http://www.sting-pollkhol.in/politics/operation-prime-minister-malpractices-of-opinion-poll-agencies-octel-exposed.html/)
etc.
Media manipulation is well documented and known to the mass
and now even the poll survey has lost its meaning due its manipulation for
money.
By now, this has become so common that people have stopped
worrying about media’s manipulation, democracy and its foundation that is
election. Remember? Exposure of NSA by E Joseph Snowden, not far in past? There
was huge uproar and even hundreds of EU and USA cities saw massive protests but
now USA openly advocates surveillance of world citizens and their leaders in
name of security!!
Now, another point of rigging election is manipulation of
voters’ choice in voting centres. In the Delhi Vidhan Sabha election, there was
an independent candidate whose symbol was torch with light in such fashion that
it resembled broom, the AAP symbol. That person was not known to the people yet
polled more than 4500 votes and AAP candidate from Matiala VS lost by less than
3500 votes.
On 10 April, West
Delhi had 3 Jarnail Singh, 2 as independent whom people had never heard them
campaigning. Their symbols were torch and shuttle cork, resembling broom of
AAP, at no 13 and 14 and as part
of booth management group, I came across voters who voted them instead of AAP
erroneously and later nothing could be done except regrets.
I am not talking of bogus voting, though that have taken
place and even shown in media and known to people. Modern day election rigging
is different than what we witnessed pre T Session era when booths were
captured, few persons casting entire votes on gun point. Now call centre era is
in, where big political parties hire paid trolls to do photo shop, distort
facts in their favour, pay media to alter poll survey, confuse voters in booth
polls by various tricks, shadow candidates to offset few hundreds to thousands
votes in name of caste/religion and even do bogus voting in favour of their
masters. I must add, Rs 300-500 and liquor is distributed among poor voters to
cast their votes to the desired candidates and that is very effective. The last
method is used widely to get crowd to ‘listen’ to their ‘loved’ leaders.
If one hears the media, he comes across the filthy and
inflammatory statements of leaders, like Ramdev, Vinay Katiyar, Vasundhara
Raje, Digvijay Singh, Akbaruddin Owaisi, etc. Such statements are pre planned
and delivered to excite their paid goons or even some sycophants who replicate them
in social media and physically in streets. Attack on AAP members are testimony
of this. The by-product of such tactics to garner votes is yet to be seen, but
in past they had been fruitful to some extent, sadly. This culture is on rise
due lack of proper law, like JLPB and support by state and its machinery.
Yet, let us say our voters have matured and able to separate
grains from huge piles of chaff, able to decide right party and right candidate
and goes to polling booth and finally casts his vote as desired. Then what? UP
overwhelmingly voted for SP and the government was formed and media was gaga on
young CM, but very shortly the dream was shattered, Akhilesh Yadav may blame
opposition for his failure to deliver but end result was that the smart and
matured voter was duped eventually!
So finally, is there
anything like free and fair election? Definitely it’s not. Whatever is
happening and whatever is being exposed, do not match. What we come to know may
not be tip of ice berg but positively not enough to understand that the present
democracy is not for people but for the moneyed class, their agents, where
10,000 Crore or more is spent by single party to lure voters. The election, campaign,
media, etc, etc is showcase to prove that democracy exists in India or in any 3rd
world countries or even in developed countries but reality is different. Present day voters are tricked into
participating in election process once in 5 year and same old exploitation
machine continues its work then after. In reality, the corporates
continue growing, their agents namely Congress, BJP and their various allies
may change but people’s miseries remain same.
More than 10 Crore
child labours, 8 Crore homeless and faceless people, 2 Crore women and girls
selling their bodies to sustain themselves, etc is clear indication of failure
of democracy, market economy and now fake election and pro corporates state and
its machinery has ensured that democracy is for the corporates and is run by
them through proxy!!
Lastly, AAP is leading mass and progressive forces for
revolution through parliamentary election. But having seen and experienced
Delhi episode, where it fell short of majority, one of the reason being
distortion of electoral process, and had to resign later as the state machinery
‘revolted’ against people’s government, must take cognisance of such unfair and
manipulated election. Even after mass support, victory may not be assured and
after making government, it may face Salvador Allende’s path in Chile, murder
of revolution!
