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Monday 10 February 2014

Competition is a good thing in politics

Modi is without a doubt a good orator. He is able to connect to millions with his speech. He is also wise enough to understand what will connect with the audience and changes his subject accordingly.

There will be a vast difference in what he will speak in Kerala and in West bengal. Another such example was seen when he went to speak in Kolkata this week and gave a very interesting statement:




"Third front ke naam par desh ko teesre grade pe dhakel rahe hai"  



So mr Modi ji says : There's third front is RESPONSIBLE for under-developed east.
Few interesting observations:

  • There's no third-front in Chattisgarh. BJP is there, then how come it is under developed?
  • In Punjab no national party makes space. Why is it developed?


Third front is not the issue, third class politics is the real problem and national parties like Cong/BJP are not much better than the bad third front that exist in East today

I am Sorry Mr Modi ji, its not about Third Front. Its about Third Class politics. Yes, too much of communism is wrong. But only because someone is wrong, does not make automatically makes you right. (Or better alternative for that matter)





Those who say there must be only two major political parties please answer this.

Are you suggesting that allow monopolies in politics? Do you even imagine the side effects of such a case?

Remember the days of 1990's when people had no option other than BSNL? Today, BSNL has changed. Know why? Because new entrants are in the market. Even today, BSNLs service sucks but it is MUCH MUCH better than what it was in 90's

Competition is a good thing. Today, because of AAP and other alternatives, congress and BJP are becoming more answerable.


Competition forced the mainstream political parties to take steps "In the lines of AAP"
See.. how BJPians have started doing things similar to AAP, in MCD they have started SMS systems. In Rajasthan Ms Raje declined bungalow. Asked beaurocrats to reduce security.

Everyday in the newspapers we see things like:
  • Congress started building manifesto in the lines of AAP.
  • BJP doing this in the lines of AAP
  • And so on...


I repeat. Yes, without a doubt! Competition is a good thing. Without this third front and independent candidates, the crony capitalist imperialism will then run in its full course.


But you say that third front causes troubles and restricts development.

Sure, i agree that governance is different than telecom, but hey. Can you imagine what will happen if we don't have options when we go out to vote??

We will left in the mercy of the TOP people in both parties. They will put out the candidate they like and not necessarily what people like.

Competition FORCES the players to improve, innovate and be more answerable to the people.

AAP will become a better third front!
AAP will give a true alternative as a third option. Why were people voting for these third front regional parties in first place if Cong/BJP were so good? Because. first these local parties are able to exploit local sentiments.

Like Shiv Sena does in Maharashtra with taking up Marathi maanus issue.

Second, these parties targeted a niche with specific propositions.

AAP will be seriously taking away the third front as the problem with third front is that they are always limited to particular sect or area.

WHO  does AAP appeals to (voterbase?)
Even the AAP critics will agree that AAP has the more versatile voter base. Which is beautiful to see in Indian democracy which has always been stuck with votebank politics!


  • In Delhi Muslims voted for AAP
  • Sikhs voted for AAP.
  • Poor people living in slums voted for AAP
  • AAP won in rich constituencies.
  • People from all castes, OBC, ST, SC voted for AAP.
AAP is a movement which is unifying the nation. Other parties can only be symbolic in doing Sadbhawna fasts etc, but in all the election results it is evident that BJP and Congress are restricted their traditional voter bank and unable to make inroads.


While Congress is getting a major loss, BJP will face tough competition. And this will make BJP more answerable to the people. Today, open any page of BJP twitter accounts, they are talking only about AAP. They are comparing their work with AAP.

This AAP is bringing BJP on its toes. Even if AAP does not win more seats. The benefit will be MUCH larger because, AAP is here to change and improve politics not to grab the seats.


Competition is a good thing. 
Not the perfect thing in government, because too much competition and opposition restricts innovation. But it also does check balances.

It restricts the monopoly and stops major players to take unfair advantage of their power!


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