Delhi Assembly elections are round the corner and the Congress is bogged down with scams and corruption charges. A win in the State rests with its Chief Minister
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has been elected as the Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha for the fifth time. He is from Punjab but decided to go all the way to Assam to be elected. He did try to win from the lok Sabha but was unsuccessfully. Obviously the public today, is far more intelligent.
Destiny, they say, is what got him to the top job in the country. It is amazing how his image, who changed the financial structure of the country as Finance Minister, today has become part of several controversies. The common man is confused how the Government works today. They wonder if what senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh said that there are two power centres is true. The aam janta wants to know the connect between the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the scams that keep surfacing from time to time. After all the orders are given from the High Command to be put into action by the PMO. Is this what leads to confusionIJ
One feels that there is no governance, no rules or regulations to follow. Everything appears to be going wrong — from policies to sports federations to political partnerships. With the Delhi Assembly elections round the corner, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is going to save the Congress if she returns as the Chief Minister once again. The question is whether the public will vote for Dikshit when the Congress has been caught on the backfoot due to various scams.
There are a few things that people need to know. Delhi Police does not come under Sheila Dikshit Government, it comes under the Union Ministry for Home Affairs. So, she can’t be blamed for the failure in the law and order situation in the Capital. Will the Opposition take advantage of the ignorance of the public and confuse themIJ This goes true for various scams and corruption charges that the UPA-II is facing. Delhi State has nothing to do with. It’s the Centre. The Anna Hazares are no match for her. They have lost their credibility in the eyes of the public. Yet, it will be a Herculean task for Dikshit to educate the voters about various developmental projects undertaken by her Government.
Meanwhile, Manmohan Singh needs to be congratulated on his fifth term. He is definitely a contender for Prime Ministership in UPA-III. One only has one expectation from him — that explain the various scams that have unfolded during his regime. The public can’t forget that UPA-II has been tagged the most corrupt Government in the history of Independent India.
The Congress president and the vice-president are trying their level best to put their house in order before the 2014 lok Sabha elections. A reshuffle in the All India Congress Committee is long overdue. Those guilty of non-governance corruption should be punished. Such is the state of corruption in our country and the most loved game has also not been spared — spot fixing and matching fixing — has left the fans cheated.
Despite all the problems in the Congress, the party needs to win in Delhi to make an impact in the General Elections.
The Assembly elections in Delhi is very important for Dikshit. To win, her achievements need to be highlighted and not dampened with petty internal politics. Only she can save the Congress — a fact that she has proved time and again.