The voters this time are considering various issues ranging from development to secularism while deciding whom to vote for in the lok Sabha elections 2014. Voters here are also concerned about India’s foreign relations especially with the USA, China and Pakistan.
Stone crusher owner Arpan Bhatnagar opines that now people don’t have time for factors like caste and religion in democracy as the talk now is about development. He states, “The nation needs a Government which encourages industry and business while working in a planned manner for development. One should rise above partisan politics and elect a government which accords equal status to women.”
Chairman of Nainital Dairy Producers Cooperative Association Sanjay Kirola alleges that there is difference between what the BJP says and what it does. “The BJP makes more noise and does less work. The nation needs a secular party like the Congress and the UPA coalition will secure a third term in office. BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi has overshadowed his party and the picture of Gujarat in reality is not as good as presented,” he opined.
Congress leader and former Nagar Panchayat chairman KC Pant averred that the Congress works to unite all sections and will bring development in the nation. “The economic condition of the nation has suffered whenever the Government in power was unstable,” he said.
Dr Rajkumar Setia said that one party has been ruling over the nation for 10 years. “The contract system should end. Corruption has spread in the 10 years of Congress rule and the people now want a change as so far the rich have grown richer while the poor continue to struggle for survival. The people should elect Narendra Modi for facilitating the desired change,” he said.