Tuesday, February 21, 2012

High turnout of voters in UP reflects regime change

The high turnouts of voters generally reflects anti-incumbency trend while low turnout of voters indicate pro-incumbency result. The polling so far has been very high not witnessed in the history of UP assembly elections. This is for the first time that such big turnout of voters has been witnessed in the elections of the UP assembly of all the four phases so far held.
The analysts and the politicians contending for power in the state make out their own meanings. Whatever may be the result of UP assembly elections, one thing is crystal clear that the people now have realized the power bestowed on them by the Constitution of India. The more they realize their right and power to exercise franchise, the better governance they will get. It is a clear signal for political class also to deliver.
The high turnout of voters has sent out clear signal among the politicians across party line that the voters can no longer be taken as granted. In the last 3 to 4 years where assembly elections were held, the large turnout of voters amply indicated the overwhelming support for the incumbent regime. The last assembly elections in Bihar, Delhi and Assam have witnessed the large turn out of voters that supported strongly the incumbent regimes.
In Bihar, the progressive and development-oriented governance of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar got overwhelming approval from the voters of the state in assembly elections for second consecutive term. In Delhi, partly because of the development-oriented steps of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit government and partly because of the absence of formidable opposition party, high turnout of voters in assembly elections reflected overwhelming support for the incumbent regime. The Tarun Gogoi Government of Assam got overwhelming support of the people for working seriously to establish peace and amity in the state for second time in a row in the last state assembly elections. But in the recent past, the high turnout of voters in the assembly elections of West Bengal clearly reflected the overwhelming anti-incumbency trend. Trinamul Congress supremo and Chief Minister Mamta Bannerjee threw out the 32 years old leftists’ regime. The voters had turned out in large numbers to give vent to their anger with Left Government in the assembly elections. The people’s power went in favour of Mamta Bannerji, and she broght down the Left citadel of West Bengal.
High turnout of voters in UP assembly elections clearly indicate that the people are no longer want to keep themselves involved in caste and community politics at the cost of development. They have risen to the occasion to express their feelings through voting. People now only want good governance, employment, bread and butter, education, health and drinking water.
High turnout of voters in UP assembly elections so far is the reflection of change of regime because the BSP Government of Mayawati frittered the golden opportunity of bringing the state back on the path of development. Chief Minister Mayawati had full majority in the assembly. Instead of working for the development and progress of the state, she kept herself involved in getting statues of herself and other great Dalit leaders built. She only tried to make herself a deity among Dalit community at the huge cost of state exchequer during her regime.

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