We have now new group of employees to work for us in the government

The results of the 2014 general elections in India are out. People have given a clear-cut mandate in favor of the BJP, this is the first time in many years that a single party has got a clear majority in parliament. This is a very good sign, one can agree or disagree with BJP's core policies or can question their communal history, those things are open for debate, but now they have a clear mandate to fulfill whatever they promised in their manifesto. The people of India have decided to give them a chance to implement their manifesto. Recently AAP has shown in Delhi that if there is political will and a strong desire to implement the manifesto it can be done, even though it was for a really short time but they displayed a proof of concept. Now this government has no excuse to offer for lack of performance. If they even try to blame the previous government it will be considered as an attempt to offer lame excuses to cover their inability to perform.  

Now we have a new set of employees in the office, let's see how they perform for us. All elected members of any public house or public service are employees of all citizens of India. Their salaries, perks, and benefits are paid from the taxpayer's money. So in every election, we elect employees to work for us for some specific tenure, they are supposed to fulfill all the promises that they made to us during their selection process (elections). For many decades these employees behaved as if they were owners of the office (our country) and we all citizens were their workers, and we voters (who are real owners of this enterprise) allowed them to do this. We allowed them to get away with this arrogance. These people cheated us again and again, misused our trust and made false promises on many occasions, offered lame excuses whenever we asked for any explanations, this whole drama was going on for many decades. All political parties (including the current one which is coming back in power after 10 years of gap) are guilty of this crime. But I think now hopefully people are tired of this game, people showed some of that attitude in asking questions to the AAP's government in Delhi, and I hope they will show a similar attitude towards each and every state and national government in India. We had enough of the blame game, BJP blaming Congress and Congress blaming BLP and in reality, none of them doing anything to fulfill their promises. This needs to stop, we need accountable and transparent government in every state and at the center. BJP with its clear mandate and majority of its own now has that chance, they also claim to have a leader with a proven track record and the ability to make tough decisions, so they should not have any difficulty in doing all the good work for all sections of society. These all claims and promises they made will be now put to the test. It is easy to talk, and easy to make tall claims and populist promises, but it's not easy to fulfill them all, their time and real test starts from the day their party assumes power.

They promised to bring back black money in a specified time (like AAP promised Lokpal), they promised to punish criminal politicians, they promised to bring a uniform civil code, squash Article 370, etc. One can read BJP's manifesto or hear speeches of BJP's prominent leaders to know what they promised. Some promises (like Article 370 and uniform civil code) they have been making for decades and offered an excuse of lack of clear majority for not fulfilling them, now they don't have that excuse. They now have to deliver these things, they can not hide behind the shield of coalition politics or coalition dharma, because now they have an absolute majority. AAP delivered in Delhi without having any majority and with very hostile opposition in the assembly. This government doesn't even have any strong opposition in parliament, and this can be a very dangerous situation for any democracy. A strong opposition is a very important part of any democracy but this can be a big plus for this government if they really want to do something good for this country. That is why I said in one way this is good that they have an absolute majority, there will be no place to hide for them even if they fail on any single major promise.

I am looking forward to their work, and I will evaluate their performance after some time. One should give them some time and then ask our questions. So, don't stop questioning them, don't forget any past issues, debate and discuss them as strongly as we did in the past. All parties who did not perform well in this election should not lose all hope, and their supporters should not get disheartened just because their party has lost the election or didn't win any seat, win or loss is part of any election, get back to the basics, work hard to strengthen your organization and keep your eyes and ears open to listen to people's problem and issues. Building a better and stronger India for everyone is important who is doing it is not that important, so let's work to build a strong, free, and vibrant country for everyone. Let's build India which we all dream of, a country which is not only great in slogans but in reality also. 

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