Nothing gets funnier and murkier than the trust vote on July 22. The D-day is just two days away. And it’s the best time to be a member of the Indian parliament. You get wooed by the ruling party and the opposition equally. Now, if you belong to a small or independent party, this is your day man!!! All your wishes will surely come true-old and new.
The human trafficking in the parliament that we have been witnessing in recent days has reached its own pinnacle. Members are being coaxed for anything and everything, right from ministerial posts to complying with their requests to rename airports (well money is the default option hence it doesn’t require a mention). And the reason for all these ‘deals’…TRUST, my dear.
Hey isn’t trust essential for the survival of any relation? Here the ruling party’s relationship with the parliament is at stake and the opposition’s yearning to have a second innings at the parliament is up for grabs. A single ‘trusted’ (or no-trust) vote can seal the fate of the Indian government. Oh! I love the principles of democracy…it’s a thriller-killer indeed.
The whole funda of trust vote is simply superb! Imagine this: A parliamentary session going on. All the members of parliament playing their version of the popular game show Deal Ya No Deal. A thumbs up by an MP and bingo you get your man. All you need to do is fix the deal with him well before and make sure he doesn’t tread back on his words. Didn’t I mention it’s a suspense filled emotional drama...because here the MPs play their own deals too. They might just tweak their votes and leave you in a crunch at the eleventh hour 59th minute. No wonder we are the biggest democracy in the world. Our MPs can horse around, conduct selling of honourable members of parliament to other honourable members even while other members try to break or make the same sale, change their trustworthy decisions at any time. And who dare stop them from doing this? Democracy rules, right?
Unlike other countries-say US who field just 2-3 candidates- we have a wide range and variety of choices and options to choose from. Talks, campaigns, discussions, debates are amongst the few things on the agenda on a US candidate in our case, who thinks of wasting time in all these things? Oh yes! Our candidates do campaign. Their campaigning is exactly a smaller scaled down version of the much hyped, ongoing trust vote and the strategies involved in it. Nothing new yeah!
At the end of the day masses’ trust is what matters the most. We, the Indian people have the complete authority to decide our government. But the idealism of democratic elections that attracted liberal voters now ceases to exist...its dead. So my friends, trust me, we may have thousands of candidates and hundreds of parties, but we just don’t have much choice to trust anyone.
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