LOKSATTA FOR ASSEMBLY

Having decided on the vote for Parliament elections it is time now to turn to the state assembly elections. This time we have a three-way fight among the main contenders. Let us go--one by one......

1) The Congress party :
There are a hundred reasons why i will not vote for Congress. But, a few vital ones--

• YSR government is the most corrupt government AP has ever had
• His son Jagan made thousands of crores under the benovalent protection of his father and madame.
• MIM legislators and goons get away with thrashing writers, doctors, public servants and even police under YSR's protection.
• The government became a real estate agent for YSR family selling off Government lands through them for a pittance.
• Terrorists have a sanctuary in Hyderabad under YSR, and, even if police catch someone they are allowed to escape.
• There is neither law nor order.
• All the good work done by Babu earlier on making Hyderabad a clean city with good roads has been undone by YSR.

2) TDP and Maha kootami (grand alliance):

Reasons for not voting for TDP.........

• Chandrababu has gone off the rocker. The sops he has offered make me dizzy. Has someone calculated how much it is going to cost and how it is going to be funded.
• His MONTHLY REMITTANCE SCHEME is sheer madness . How can any government fund such a scheme? Does it make sense to give a monthly dole to the not so poor and middle class? We can imagine the amount of mis-use that is going to take place under this scheme.
• His alliance with TRS is real pits in political morality, even by Indian standards. For years they had diagonally opposite positions on Telangana. For the sake of power, Babu did an about turn and alligned, of all the people, with KCR.
• He offered a free colour TV to all those who can not afford it. He even promised free power to watch the colour TV ( all you guys closing your industries for three days due to lack of power, please note). This was the last straw.

3) Prajarajyam :

When this party was formed i had some hopes that he would allign with some reformers like JP and try to bring in real change. But it is evident that he is just another politician in the same mould. Myreasons for not voting for this party......

• It is another family run party and playing cast based politics.
• Chiru was second to none in terms of sops offered , never bothering to clarify how they would be funded.
• He is matching YSR and Babu in name calling and personal attacks.
• Has absolutely no experience--administrative or otherwise, nor has the NTR type fire in the belly.
• Wants to be (and mostl likely will be) a king maker.

4) Loksatta :

This party is like a breath of fresh air. For those of you reading this piece, you already know about JP and his party. My reasons for voting fo Loksatta..............

• Clean as a whistle ( no pun intended) (for the un-initiated, whistle is their party symbol).
• Clear vision of what governance should be and what it should not be.
• Can be a good change agent by example and acts--- not just words.
• Overwhelming choice of my IITgroups.

I am going to vote for Lok satta at the state level. I know they would not come to power. i know they would not even win enough seats to become king makers. It is ok with me even if only JP gets elected and even if they get only 5% votes today. My vote for Loksatta would make it twice as hard for others. My vote for Loksatta is for the welfare of my children and grand children. May be they will come to power in 2020--- but this is the begining. Even the lone voice of JP in assembly would be a welcome check/ balance on the party in power.