We very often boast to be the greatest and biggest Democracy of this world. But are we really...? We are going to face the most mammoth democratic exercise in a few weeks.

We just saw a similar exercise in America. Incidentally, Americans boast in a same way, to be the oldest democracy (in modern definition of democracy, of course) in the world. Now just compare the political activities during a couple of weeks preceding the elections in both the countries.

The Democratic and Republican parties were both busy making their people understand about the policies regarding foreign, economic and social security policies. And see what Congress and the Bhartiya Janata Party is striving for in the run up to the general election. The most decisive factor that would decide the fate of these two national parties are not their policies towards terrorism, poverty, education, internal security, Pakistan etc. Amazingly, the factors are how likes of Ramvilas Paswan, Mamata Banerjee, Naveen Patnayak, Chandrababu Naydu, Jayalalitha etc. think of their political foes and freinds. Is not it ridiculous?

It is an election to decide the fate of our whole country or to decide the fate of bank balances and cheap power brokering capacities of these regional players? If Patnayak and Naydu has snapped their ties with BJP, has it anything to do with how BJP thinks about the national, economic or foreign issues. Or, if Ramvilas joins hands with Lalu and Ajit Singh sits in BJP’s lap, has it anything to do with what these two leaders and parties have common in between. I don't think so and I guess not even any of them gonna claim the same. Therefore, It is a shame on the part of our democracy, that people with narrow visibility and sight far from national paradigm, are having the keys of our national politics.
No matter, how loudly we shout the slogans of our democracy being matured and great, I think it is not only immature but have fully derailed from the tracks of our constitutional dream.