Indian democracy and it’s fluctuating political frequency

India, being world’s largest democracy always has been a nation with a paranoiac political base considering the demographic and geo political aspects of each state. A fluctuating political spectrum within the country threaded communally, ideologically and at times politically has been a loophole for misinterpretations and a disruptive angle for political assumptions and predictions. Diversity of culture and a pertaining instable socio-economic condition has also undeniably added up to the weakened clouds of skepticisms.

On a clear cut political spectrum, the general scenario of Indian politics probably cannot be marked towards the far right or far left invariably. Though the present majority clings upon to a right wing spirit and ideology, the alliances and coalitions in many states cause a permanent stain of improbability. The ruling party, BJP indeed has two faces in a political aspect; the firm political face is of the party which stands by the federal and primitive ideas of a sovereign , socialist and ‘secular’ country and the other face is of it’s allies or unbreakable bonds which firms the knots of trust between Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Rashtriya Swayem Sevak and other strong political wings that perchance also covers up for the moral slant of the party.

The party’s evolution underwent innumerable phases with revolutionary leaders like AB Vajpayee , LK Advani and a lot others at present which still continues to revolutionize the aspects of growth with vibrant leaders like Narendra Modi who can cause a vital wave in the politics as a stalwart of the evolved party.

The left is dying with time in the country. Communist party of India (CPI) which had a strong base and an ultimate faith in people of Kerala, West Bengal and Orissa has a desolating impact considering the hopes that they have lost in the recent years in the states. Growth of CPI in the 60’s and 70’s in the country was a cohesive force for the working class against the corporate bigshots. Their influence in Kerala with leaders like AK Gopalan , EMS Namboodiripad was vivid and vital at that point of time.

It is also quite fascinating that EMS was the first democratically elected communist leader of the world though the developments with the very essence of evolutions within the party has lead itself to a faux pa with present senior leaders like Achuthananthan and Pinarayi Vijayan. Even when the image of the party trails, popular leaders like Prakash Karat, Sudhakar Reddy and Sitaram Yechuri somehow tries to connect with the lost hope for a comeback in the active national political scene.

Muslim league in the Malabar is an etched sense of spirit that is politically driven and its present ally with Kerala Congress in the state has become a vital idea for survival for a normative appearance and an invariant timespan.

Significance of Tamil Nadu can always be pointed out when there is a hope for a third front in the democracy. Influence of ‘Amma’ and Karunanidhi cannot be ignored when a third front propaganda is being developed. Though the mad genius of Indian politics, Subramanian Swamy managed to tarnish the image of Amma to an extent, her influence in the state is still noteworthy. Inshort , DMK and AIDMK can add up to the fuel of national politics whenever a beclouded hope for third front prevails.

When it comes to influence and Identity based politics nobody shall ever omit the name of Arvind Kejriwal, the architect of Aam Admi Party. Though the party evolved from a national movement against corruption the pace of growth and development in the general political scene was remarkable. The drama in Delhi fetched them with an unbelievable victory in the state with 67 seats in the legislative assembly. Though the party is undergoing numerous internal clashes and external pressure, the idea of anti-corruption still revolves around with the promises made by the party.

Moving to caste and religion based politics, UP and Bihar always stand out for the peculiarity of a dogmatic interlink between religion and politics. That’s probably the very reason parties like BSP or SP still find a way to polarize votes streamlining the minority against majority on the very basis of their identities. Infact these states add up to a distinction of Indian political scenario and remains as a threshold within the clans of propagandists of the state politics.

Jammu and Kashmir is a dubious state for any sort of analysis. The recent ally between Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP and BJP indeed causes a political tension because of the ideological variances and difference between the political outlooks both the parties carry. Article 370 and AFSPA is still a question mark to be dealt with much patience and vigilance considering the sentimental and emotional aspects of its ascertainment.

The point of logicality is that each state has its own political frequency, which is very much related to the aspects of culture and commonness, though a vulnerable exploitation is evident in the general scenario because of the same affixing foundations which stumpers the people.To come out of the aura of the mainstream primeval and radical idea of Indian politics, the solid hope in the young and evolving parallel politics of the nation should indeed become a standard of absolutism, breaking the knots of politically prejudiced hatred and the dissolved social stratification that pertains within the societies.

-Nadeem Ahmed