Degrading socio political standards of our destiny makers?

It’s really and indeed disheartening to note the degrading level of politics that we are witnessing today.

In order to win the elections by hook or by crook, candidates, politicians and political parties have stooped so low that morality, ethics, values and transparency have become the things of the past.

There was a time at least three decades ago when politics n elections were contested on the issues of programmes, policies, development and ideological planks with religion, personal bias etc kept at bay, honouring the moral, democratic n constitutional values.

There were fracas, fights n skirmishes between the political workers and low level leaders then also but never had politicians at the helm stooped so low to abuse each other and use unparliamentary phrases to degrade one another, in the public under media glare.

Women politicians were especially respected and honoured irrespective of their party and ideological affiliations.

We had stalwarts like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihar Vajpayee to several others, the list is unending.

These leaders mutually respected each other and ensured that political dignity is maitained at all costs n democratic n constitutional institutions are protected simultaneously.

But what is happenning today ? Leaders of various ideological affiliations are not shying to cast unparliamentary abuses and uncalled for languages against their political rivals and those holding high offices are not respecting their constitutional positions, rather openly misusing them undeterred.

The level of political debates during elections has touched the all time low n unethical standards taken the front seat with leaders avoiding debates on core n burning regional n national issues but focussing more n more on inflammable speeches laced with communal and reactionery overtones, allegedly leading the society towards vertical division n polarisation on communalism, caste and community considerations and narrow religious vested interests to beget votes.

Even the former deceased prime minister is not being spared and a woman candidate’s dignity is being challenged by clandestinely circulating baseless, immoral and indignified charges thus throwing all the constitutional and democratic norms n principles to winds.

The Election Commission of India too seems to be in dissarray as it’s too has its own limitations and compulsions.

Things are really in extremely bad shape and the society shockingly seems to have been vertically divided on communal lines just to beget votes having long term dangerous implications and repurcussions.

Never before had, in the country’s polity n elections, the pride of the defence forces been exploited to the core as being done by the interested political parties nor had the level of speeches of the leaders of various hue n cries gone so low, compelling one and all to hate such politicians n political outfits.

It is for the first time in India’s political/ election history that senior leaders of the status of a largest state’s chief minister like Yogi Adityanath, union minister Maneka Gandhi, Giriraj Singh, SP’s Azam Khan, BSP Supremo Mayawati and several others have been barred from campaigning or delivering speeches for 72 hours for their hate n communal speeches and also for issuing highly degrading comments against a woman candidate like actress turned MP Jaya Prada.

The character of our states’ polity and level of the speeches of leaders at the helm of various political parties n ideological affiliations has unfortunately led to not only degradation in the quality of the leaders thought process n mental status but has also brought down the characteristics of these leaders to its worst low, on whose shoulders rests the future destiny of our nation.

The point is, if the leaders will go off track so shamlesly, how can we expect the countrymen to be desciplined, transparent and honest in their deeds and action. This is unfotunately the most shabby aspect of our nation builders on whom depends the country’s future. The need of the hour is – these so called hypocritical leaders need to change themselves upside down. What’s your take friends?