Indian social structure has been experiencing unbearable tension. We are in habbit of discussing Indian story in terms of economic jargons but we fail to understand the impact of economic relations on social fabric. Economics and politics have obliterated our social issues but it is a hard fact that that society is feeling heat. Politics has become all about caste equations and financial scams whereas economics has been limited to the growth data in complex terms and forms. Thus both politics and economics have drifted away from voters and the gap so created by this drift is being filled by rhetorics of all sorts like those of communal, and fake propaganda. Politics in India , particularly politics at Union level and at state level has become all about propaganda. Every ruling party in this country has betrayed voters by resorting propaganda as chief institution of governance. Propaganda has been thoroughly institutionalized as agents of politics and governance.
On the other hand opposition parties at all levels have been exhausting their time and enenrgy in just countering these propaganda. Opposition has in fact lost the art of opposition politics after 2014. No where in the world opposition can survive by adopting defensive posture. Since 2014 the first and only one real political venture was Bharat Jodo Yatra but most of the opposition including the Congress rank and file has lost the opportunity to capitalize the heat generated by the BJY.
In reality we need an opposition politics of people's involvement. Adani issue is , no doubt important but at the same time general voters in India can't be agitated on the question of corruption alone. So politics needs to be inclusive and broadened. Indian Social structure has been damaged by communal hatred and propaganda. Politics needs to deal with them and scam and corruption are only small issues for masses. Communal onslaught, caste hatred and fake news have to be countered by expanding the means and measures of the BJY. Rahul Gandhi has done wonderful job by walking from South to north but now the message of the Yatra has to be disseminated through peaceful satyagrah and these satyagrahs and future Yatras should have to be used to inform and educate masses about political, social and economic issues in the simplest terms by citing real examples. Such satyagrahas and Yatras must have local leaders at front along with central leaders. Congress has to move from politics of press conference to Jan Adalats. Then only Indian politics will learn what sort of pain Indian social structure is feeling. And only that political party which will help in easing this pain will prevail in future as the present politics has already given much tension to Indian social structure. Indian Opposition parties have to learn fake politics, fake news, post truth and propaganda war can be defeated only by means of truth and truth alone.
On the other hand opposition parties at all levels have been exhausting their time and enenrgy in just countering these propaganda. Opposition has in fact lost the art of opposition politics after 2014. No where in the world opposition can survive by adopting defensive posture. Since 2014 the first and only one real political venture was Bharat Jodo Yatra but most of the opposition including the Congress rank and file has lost the opportunity to capitalize the heat generated by the BJY.
In reality we need an opposition politics of people's involvement. Adani issue is , no doubt important but at the same time general voters in India can't be agitated on the question of corruption alone. So politics needs to be inclusive and broadened. Indian Social structure has been damaged by communal hatred and propaganda. Politics needs to deal with them and scam and corruption are only small issues for masses. Communal onslaught, caste hatred and fake news have to be countered by expanding the means and measures of the BJY. Rahul Gandhi has done wonderful job by walking from South to north but now the message of the Yatra has to be disseminated through peaceful satyagrah and these satyagrahs and future Yatras should have to be used to inform and educate masses about political, social and economic issues in the simplest terms by citing real examples. Such satyagrahas and Yatras must have local leaders at front along with central leaders. Congress has to move from politics of press conference to Jan Adalats. Then only Indian politics will learn what sort of pain Indian social structure is feeling. And only that political party which will help in easing this pain will prevail in future as the present politics has already given much tension to Indian social structure. Indian Opposition parties have to learn fake politics, fake news, post truth and propaganda war can be defeated only by means of truth and truth alone.
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