{"id":561,"date":"2009-04-27T06:29:26","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T06:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=561"},"modified":"2009-04-27T06:29:26","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T06:29:26","slug":"are-these-the-great-false-elections-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/are-these-the-great-false-elections-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Are these the &#8216;great false elections&#8217; in India ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a  complete lack of real and definite agenda to pull the country out the innumerable problems it faces, the Indian political parties seem to be subverting the Indian democratic process to create a false election. By accepting that there will be a coalition &#8216;government in waiting&#8217;, that has absolutely no chance of providing a stable and strong government in Delhi,<br \/>\nWhy &#8216;Government in waiting&#8217; ? Because it is obvious that the Congress is just laying the grounds for Rahul Gandhi to be the next Prime MInister, and the BJP is laying the grounds for Narendra Modi to be the next Prime Minister.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s sad for the people of India. India&#8217;s security is threatened by the Talibanization of Pakistan in the West, by the insurrection and separatist movements in our eastern sectors, by the Maoist revolution in Nepal in the North, and we have to keep a watchful eye on a potential Tamil separatist  movement s a fall out of the Sri Lankan war in the south.  Within India, large parts of our interiors are falling under the armed influence of the Naxal movement.<br \/>\nIndia&#8217;s once booming economy is sputtering.  Corruption (including in our corportate sector) is at it&#8217;s worst, terrorism is rampant and unchecked &#8211; leading to the loss of innocent lives all over India.  Our environment record is one of the worst in the world and our fresh water resources are running out at an alarming rate. Our cities have become unmanageable.  And the gap between the rich and poor is widening at an unsustainable rate.<br \/>\nWe are a country adrift, lost in sea of selfish, self serving, destructive and corrupt politics.  Never before has India needed strong leadership more, and the last thing the people of India need is a &#8216;false election;. A government in waiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a complete lack of real and definite agenda to pull the country out the innumerable problems it faces, the Indian political parties seem to be subverting the Indian democratic process to create a false election. 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