It is shocking to note to the decay of UP. Last few years it has been fiercely competing with Bihar to be the worst governed state in India.
In a democracy we cannot really blame the politicians entirely. Politicians as a class are basically crooked, unethical and shameless. That holds good for any country in the world. It is the duty of the people to carefully select the best from the rotten bunch and subsequently keep them under control.
All the states of India follow the same constitution, have the same kind of politicians. Then what does lead to the glaring differences in quality of governance between different states? In the same India we have Bihar and Maharashtra, UP and Tamil Nadu.
I think it is time that we started analyzing the crisis of governance from a sociologist's point of view.
RE:Misgovernance in UP
by Ravikiran on Apr 17, 2007 02:39 PM Permalink
I think as long as u have people voting on caste and religious lines, you will have these kind of politics and politicians. It is the same across the country but UP is an extreme case of that.
Mulayam can even dream of coming back to power (in fact, he is a serious contender) only because of the loyal yadav and muslim vote banks.
The fault lies with the people. This was the case with Bihar but nitish kumar somehow worked the arithmetic and also was able to raise some hope and break this vicious cycle. I dont know who can do that in UP.
The other way of breaking this is to raise the emotions like the mandir issue. I think the BJP is trying to do a similar act this time with the CD and ads.
RE:RE:Misgovernance in UP
by Prince Little on Apr 17, 2007 09:36 PM Permalink
I agree. As someone rightly said: In a democracy people get what they deserve. So if people vote based on vested and misplaced interests, indian politics will stay volatile and partisan.
