{"id":532,"date":"2009-03-19T10:29:01","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T10:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=532"},"modified":"2009-03-19T10:29:01","modified_gmt":"2009-03-19T10:29:01","slug":"tv-debates-for-political-leaders-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/tv-debates-for-political-leaders-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"TV debates for political leaders in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You must vote. Of course. It&#8217;s the way we live. But for whom ?<br \/>\nThere seems to be no political agenda of any party. The only agenda is to malign or bring the other party down. Or to form alliances so that the seat count is favourable. But I have not heard one good speech, or seen one good manifesto, or heard anything that I have not heard for the last 20 years.  There is no leader in India right now that seems to have a vision.  Is there a vision for India ?<br \/>\nThere has to be. As Pakistan loses it&#8217;s sovereign status and gets talibanized. As the US moves the war against the Taliban and the mythic Osama Bin Laden closer to India, and As the world reels under recession and the dream of India as an economic super power begin to fade. As the farmers in the interiors lose any hope of an economic miracle for themselves, and Naxalism takes hold of vast areas of rural India.<br \/>\nAs India is threatening to tear itself apart in the East, in the North with Kashmir and in the South as the Tamil rebels migrate to India to continue to fight for their home land in Sril Lanka, what is the vision that will hold India together ? Where is the leader, where is the party that says that at these difficult times they have a particular agenda to lead the people and the country ?<br \/>\nSo let them not hide behind petty games and seat counting.  Lets invite them out in the open and debate each other on TV for the whole of india to see and judge for themselves.  What is the Vision that Mayawati, or LK Advani, or Sonia Gandhi,  or Manmohan Singh have ?<br \/>\nAnd how do we vote without knowing that ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You must vote. Of course. It&#8217;s the way we live. But for whom ? There seems to be no political agenda of any party. The only agenda is to malign or bring the other party down. Or to form alliances so that the seat count is favourable. 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