Saturday, March 22, 2014

The Great Pollictical Nukkad Dramas

We have seen so many street (Nukkad) dramas for awareness of some causes. If we look it at conventionally, these nukkad dramas are used to raise the social awareness and bringing back the focus some on social issues like girl child abortion, awareness about aids, equality of woman in society.

Political dramas are also not new for petty political gains. We will find great political dramatist like Laluprasad Yadav , Karunanidhi family. Even all party leaders Rahul Gandhi from Congress, Modi from BJP indulge in such acts be it having occasionally food at Schedule caste family or be it playing chaiwala to emotionally appeal particular sections of the voters.

Probably the first time in recent history, Some party is playing the political nukkad dramas and that too very effectively. Everybody will admit that AAP leader, Arvind Kejariwal and his party is a great dramatist, which is already pointed out by many political parties and section of media. If we compare the other political leaders dramas, it looks like more for the political gains over rivals. Whereas, AAP’s dramas are to bring the political and social issues to forefront. This is evident widely with Arvind's philosophy - We are not against Congress or BJP; but the corruption, quality of leaders reaching the assemblies/parliaments and the system which serves the purpose of some section of (corrupt?) people.

If we see Arvind's dramas, be it like taking on Home Ministry with sleeping in chilli night at the streets of New Delhi, be it resigning from Government for lokpal bill introduction, be it sleeping at platform with his team during UP rallies or be it Gujarat study tour. Its well directed to bring in the focus the political parties hypocrisies, nexus between parties-babus-businessmens-media , corrupt system created with unconstitutional rules, shining campaigns of governance and developments without substance as they claim. Although some of the dramas like sleeping on the platform are forced on them with having so much less funding at disposal to perform, bringing the sad truth of current state of politics , money and power is driving the politicians and the country and not the inclusive growth or India’s people.

The Gujarat study tour was one of the best orchestrated drama, tearing apart BJPs tall claims of development and governance, educating people of the nation not to believe on propagandas run through huge rallies and advertisement but to check the truth on factual basis. And the masterstroke was to prepare the list of questions related to Gujarat development and try to reach out to Modi for answers, bringing out how phony claims of our political parties are - about accountability towards the common man, inclusive growth and accessibility  of representatives to common people of India.

What remains to look at is, does people of India considers it as yet another drama and forget it, OR take lessons from it to raise themselves to their duties(towards nation and society) being vigilant and making their representative accountable? Does our leaders(from all parties)start truely representing to the WILL of people, serve the people or keep acting as rulers - unaccountable , unchecked and unanswerable?


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