For all their talk on agriculture, BJP, Congress show they have not learnt from past failures | The Indian Express

For all their talk on agriculture, BJP, Congress show they have not learnt from past failures | The Indian Express

Written by Ashok Gulati |Updated: May 13, 2019 8:15:36 am

The writer is chair professor for agriculture at ICRIER. Views are personal

For all their talk on agriculture, BJP, Congress show they have not learnt from past failures

Elections are all about grabbing power. It is only coincidence that every party promises to serve the poor!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

We often feel proud of our democratic system. But it also has a shortcoming, which has been magnified in the current election season. The conversation today is not about what the BJP/NDA promised in its manifesto of 2014, and how far they have been able to deliver on their promises. Accusations and counter-accusations are being hurled on who was/is more corrupt — of course, without much proof. The gloves are off and the battle for power is bayonet to bayonet. Our political system seems to have reached a new low given that political parties petitioned the Supreme Court against the Election Commission. They requested the Court to ask the EC to act against violations of the Model Code of Conduct. I hope things will return to normal after the elections are over. The real issues will haunt the government that assumes office after the elections.