Is that what they think?

Mayawati has won the elections in Uttar Pradesh and after a long time, a party has come into power without any coalition. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has made people believe that it will bring a drastic (does that mean positive?) change in the so-called Uttam Pradesh of ex-chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. However, it’ll take at least 2 years before people can decide how effective this new government turns out to be for UP.

Having no interest in knowing what governments promise the public before elections, I hardly know what Mayawati proposed for the betterment of UP before winning the 206 seats that she did earlier this year. But during a train journey, I came about this person from the BSP who gave me an insight of what he thinks BSP is going to do and how it is going to make India a Supreme Power in the near future.

He was a really slim guy, easily over 6 feet in height, who moreover looked more like a scarecrow with a loose pink shirt and brown pants worn in the typical Indian fashion – tight at the waist and baggy near the feet. The encounter was more like a conversation between him and 3-4 other people but to avoid confusion, I’d like to present it in the form of an unquoted interview:

Guy: In the coming Lok Sabha elections, BSP is going to become a national party, winning at least 100 seats. If we win this election, then we can show the country how dedicatedly BSP can work for the betterment of the country.

Ques: But how will you bring about changes so easily in a coalition government?

Guy: If someone from BSP becomes the PM. (Are you talking about Mayawati?) Look at India’s history. The ‘Rajah’ has always ruled in India. Look at 3000 years of India’s history (I’m listening) - be it Muslims in the 8-9th century (is it?) – then Shivaji – the Christians (now when did Christians rule us?) – Sirf Rajah ka rule raha hai – After 1947, Nehru was Rajah (I thought we became democratic!) In today’s world, the PM and the CM are the Rajah. And the way the Rajah will rule the country, so will be the Praja!! – (Awesome!)

After talking about something else (which I failed to grasp and note down) he started off with the following:

Guy: India will soon become the best country in the World. That is because India has all the raw material (I wonder why the British came to India; ‘all raw material’? Is Middle East still on earth?) So India will be the leading nation of the world. (I don’t know why he added the following) “Abraham Lincoln has tried since he is 28-30 but he lost all the time until he become the President at 60.”- (now that one is quoted!)

Ques: But the country’s development can’t be done with through politics alone.

Guy: “It can succeeded.” – (Wow!) – All big shots will lose their land. When BSP comes to power, it will take up all the land illegally acquired by these big shots and they will be worth only begging on the streets.

Ques: How will this be done?

Guy: We’ll open up all their files.

Ques: But by the time you take serious action, your term will be over.

Guy: No! We’ll take fast decisions, within 24 hours (nice!).

Ques: But the judiciary doesn’t work according to the ruling party(at least not on paper).

Guy: We will control that also - (by?) – by Equality! (What the hell?) India ko usi ne govern kiya hai jo ‘castes’ ko sambhaal paaya hai. So we’ll have people from all the different castes in the government so that there is equality and quick and ‘just’ actions could be taken. (I beg your pardon!)

Luckily (for us), he didn’t stay for too long in the train and left after telling his name as Bharat Kumar – it had to be Bharat! Who else will be more concerned about the country than its own sons?? Lol!

But really, this post is not about making fun of this person or about what he thinks about India and his party. It is the thought that what kind of people constitute India’s present political domain. How the political parties are illusion-ing young individuals and making them work for their own benefit. I’m not blaming them for not doing there work. They are at least trying to run their homeland. But sometimes, I wonder if they are working only for their home or for their land too…