Broken Alliances in Maharashtra Elections

Two major alliances in Maharashtra have ultimately broken and all four major parties are going to elections on their own. The 25-year apparently strong bond between the BJP and the Shiv-Sena started developing cracks some weeks ago when both parties smelt clear victory on the basis of the results of the Parliamentary elections held hardly 5 months back. After staying away from power for 15 years it is obvious that many leaders in both parties wanted to be in the government-to-come. A few of them, particularly in BJP started seeing dreams of chief-ministership. Same was the case with the Shiv-sena with only difference that they had clear idea of who would become the Chief minister after October 15.

The 15 year old alliance of the Congress party and the NCP also fell apart. It was a more surprising incidence because almost everybody, in present situation, presumed that this alliance was not going to retain power in the state unless some miracle happened.

The points that bear significance according to my belief are:

• Political alliances are never permanent, however strong they appear to be.
• Political enmity, in the same way, is not permanent.
• Power-greed is a very strong force to break any bond between political parties.
• The alliances are only time-bound compulsions and they have only political motive.
• You cannot be sure when the like-minded parties would become two differently thinking parties.
• Everybody in politics wants to taste POWER and when it appears close anybody can betray any other politician or political party.
• If people give fractured mandate then the same political parties would start forming new yet stronger bonds stating that the alliance is in the interest of the state or nation.

We are common people and we have a constitutional sword called VOTE in our control and most of us are happy to vote and get satisfaction that I/we did something great but I think our votes have become useless in certain situations because all political parties are more or less an evil and despite the fact that most politicians are self-oriented we have to choose from them only. THE SWORD IS ACTUALLY BLUNT!