Congress loses the Semi Final

As Congress party is set to loose the Municipal Corporation elections, it has lost the Semi Final to BJP. Delhiites have reflected their mood of disenchantment with the Sheila Dikshit Government in particular over the unbridled price rise and corruption and the UPA government at the Centre in general. Has Sheila Dikshit government ever tried to minimize the painful feeling of the poor due to price rise of all essential commodities especially the food items? It reflects the insensitivity of the Congress Party. People’s anger is amply seen in election results. Delhi Govt. has only applied its hands in beautification of the city because the huge public exchequer is involved in beautification affairs that could be easily managed by the corrupt officials. Sheila’s govt. has acted in the interest of upper middle class and left the poor unattended in the last 13 years. Congress party has itself cast off its pro-poor image by tilting towards capitalist economy; which proves to be detrimental to the poor. Party’s negligence of the poor is manifesting in the one election result after another. Beautification of Delhi to the minimum extent is the only achievement of Delhi government. Apart from the Centre, Delhi govt. too has done little to arrest corruption and price rise. Delhiites are finding it difficult to fill their stomach even with the bread. Beauty looks to the eye sensuous only when the people’s stomachs are full. So, the beauty of Delhi has no meaning for them. First of all, the basic necessities of the people must be provided by the government in a democracy. Delhi govt. has completely failed on this count. Congress’ rival BJP in Delhi and opposition at national level has retained the power in Municipal Corporation for the second consecutive time only because the party has satisfied the Delhiites a little with its governance in Municipal Corporation. The Anna effect in the defeat of Congress is also perceptible because the epicenter of his movement against corruption has been Delhi. Social activist Anna Hazare had drawn the largest crowd in Delhi when he had sat on hunger protest for anti-graft Lokpal in August last. Congress party now will have to think seriously that the people can not be taken for granted. If the party continued to neglect people’s problem, it must be prepared to face more humiliations in the comings elections. It is correct for the Congress to say that it is a Municipal Corporation election but if the party continued to be sloth, inactive and inefficient, the result of assembly and parliamentary elections is not going to be much different. The MCD result shows that the people are feeling disgusted with the Congress govt. for its failure to rein in price rise and corruptions. It has badly failed in managing the economic affairs of the nations. And an impression is developing among the people that the Congress Govt. allows to go price up