The Debate ‘Politics’
By: Amit Bhushan Date: 24th Oct. 2016
With the debate faceoff being proposed mutually exclusively and not be accepted as of yet, the polls in the river flooded plains are bound to hot-en up. The issues are complicated because the ideologies of the two challengers are virtually the same. While one has self made person as high command with local ‘face or faces’ yet to rise above the horizon although frenetic ground level mobilization activities might be on. The other has firm fixation about the high command and some local established names from pre-independence politics and/or princely dynasties (barring some exceptions of a few retired bureaucrats, some small cabal being ignored due to little visibility, both inside and outside of the party). It’s good that other contestants are being kept off, since the contours of differentiation around - policies, organizational stability of political party including possible response to stimuli (where atleast one gets the rating of motor-mouth) & the dangers hereunder and background of sample candidates & what can be expected of them (where the other may have a weaker foot on account of issues); can be laid bare to public for like-minded secularists.
Off course left to the journos alone, the debate would tend to move to Past riots, Ghotalas, Delhi state issues, Proxy representation, Lack of grace and issue of respect amongst bureaucrats amongst sundry details loved by journos in their misplaced belief that public loves it as well (I mean one would rather watch one of those reality shows on entertainment channels rather), but not taken into account by the news anchors. It may be noted that Jobs, Water, Drug, Rural Education, urban planning and industrial health along with ‘state level corruption’ seem to be on top of issue list from voter’s point of view. While the candidates have tried to explain their position to voters, it may help if there is a one-to-one debate or better still a debate between the top 3 netas from both parties with monitoring of time for reply for each party. This would help public to become aware of the top level thinking of these parties as well as help the parties since they don’t want to project a single face to avoid dependency and also to have several faces. Above all it helps reduce dust and bring back the luster to Punjab polls. A multitude of such debates between all keen parties/polling groups can go a long way subject to their willingness to come on-board. The newbie and GOP would perhaps garner the credit to start a new trend which some media wanted to be started with attendant pressure on all netas. With some CM level acceptance for such proposals, Let’s see how the idea progresses…
By: Amit Bhushan Date: 24th Oct. 2016
With the debate faceoff being proposed mutually exclusively and not be accepted as of yet, the polls in the river flooded plains are bound to hot-en up. The issues are complicated because the ideologies of the two challengers are virtually the same. While one has self made person as high command with local ‘face or faces’ yet to rise above the horizon although frenetic ground level mobilization activities might be on. The other has firm fixation about the high command and some local established names from pre-independence politics and/or princely dynasties (barring some exceptions of a few retired bureaucrats, some small cabal being ignored due to little visibility, both inside and outside of the party). It’s good that other contestants are being kept off, since the contours of differentiation around - policies, organizational stability of political party including possible response to stimuli (where atleast one gets the rating of motor-mouth) & the dangers hereunder and background of sample candidates & what can be expected of them (where the other may have a weaker foot on account of issues); can be laid bare to public for like-minded secularists.
Off course left to the journos alone, the debate would tend to move to Past riots, Ghotalas, Delhi state issues, Proxy representation, Lack of grace and issue of respect amongst bureaucrats amongst sundry details loved by journos in their misplaced belief that public loves it as well (I mean one would rather watch one of those reality shows on entertainment channels rather), but not taken into account by the news anchors. It may be noted that Jobs, Water, Drug, Rural Education, urban planning and industrial health along with ‘state level corruption’ seem to be on top of issue list from voter’s point of view. While the candidates have tried to explain their position to voters, it may help if there is a one-to-one debate or better still a debate between the top 3 netas from both parties with monitoring of time for reply for each party. This would help public to become aware of the top level thinking of these parties as well as help the parties since they don’t want to project a single face to avoid dependency and also to have several faces. Above all it helps reduce dust and bring back the luster to Punjab polls. A multitude of such debates between all keen parties/polling groups can go a long way subject to their willingness to come on-board. The newbie and GOP would perhaps garner the credit to start a new trend which some media wanted to be started with attendant pressure on all netas. With some CM level acceptance for such proposals, Let’s see how the idea progresses…
