OMKAR DATTATRAY
It is very queer and piquant that appeasement is used and misused by all most all the political parties. The appeasement and vote bank politics has eaten the vitals of our political system like a termite. The appeasement is most used and misused by the opposition parties and more so by the grand old party of congress. It is a hard fact and reality that congress is using appeasement politics as a means to reach to the corridors of the power. It is very unfortunate that the minority communities are pampered and appeased in order to gain power without thinking of its serious implications for the country’s political system and democracy.
The political parties and especially the congress uses and misuses the politics of appeasement without thinking of its adverse impact upon the democracy and political system. From the day one of the electoral democracy and elections that is from 1951,the congress used and misused the politics of appeasement to remain in the power and it used the appeasement to leech to power and thus had the congress remained in power for at least for seven decades. The Congress exploited the minority the Muslims for vote bank politics and did little to better their lot and miserable condition.It is a fact that congress used the Muslim card to come to power and after getting power,it forgot the minority and used it as a use and throw way and thus did little to transform the fate of the biggest minority of the country.
While using minority card,the congress did not think of the development of the country and relegated the majority community to the dust bin of the history.
Thus on the one hand,congress did nothing or very little to develop the minority community and on the other hand it did nothing to transform the fate of the majority community.It only used the gain accesses to power and after getting power,the congress leaves the minority to fend for itself.The appeasement politics has replaced the genuine politics and has and is even today replacing the politics of this land. Appeasement politics is used by the political parties and more so by the congress to lure the voters and make the gullible voters to vote in the favor of the congress party.
The congress takes pride in being as the messiah of the minorities but in actual parlance it is not the well wisher of the minority as it neglects and forgets it after winning elections and thus congress uses and dumps the minority community after getting power and it does not take care of the minority and its core vote constituency.The congress makes use of the minority community for the vote bank purpose and soon discards those who vote for them and it is very abnoxious.
The right wing saffron party is rightly accusing congress of doing appeasement politics as a short cut to gain accesses to the power and then forgetting its core voters.The congress party is habitual of doing appeasement politics to gain power and the party has done so soon after the freedom of the country and it has been doing so from the very first election of the largest democracy of the country.The Muslim community should not allow it to be deceived by showing green pastures by the congress party and it should instead vote for the party which does not believe in appeasement politics and treats all the people of this great land equally.
The minority community should realize that congress party only uses it for cultivating votes and soon after getting votes dumps the minority and it is very sad and unfortunate.Therefore what is needed is that the minority community should not allow itself to be exploited by the congress and instead vote for the party which does not believe in appeasement politics.The bane of appeasement politics has so much creeped into the politics of this country and it is very difficult to free the politics from the disease of appeasement politics.
The appeasement politics is striking at the very roots of the political system and it is difficult to come out of the bane of appeasement politics.
Appeasement politics has been deep rooted in our polity that it is difficult to come out of the cobweb of appeasement. The congress party, SP, BSP, JDU, RJD, Leftists should realize that it is against the country and democracy to do appeasement politics and pamper Muslims for the vote bank purpose and therefore they should desist and abstain from doing appeasement politics and do clean politics which does not give any importance to it.
Therefore what is needed is that the appeasement politics should be buried in the grave and the political parties should not do appeasement politics for the sake of votes.Instead all the political parties should keep distance from appeasement politics so that the democracy flourishes and strengthens so that there is equality for all in our democratic set up and all the people relish equality which is the essence of democracy.
Democracy being the game of numbers ,the political parties aim at the power by hook and by crook and in doing so ,they do appeasement politics to remain in the power and for reaping the fruits of power.
The political parties should learn the art of politics and abstain from appeasement politics in the interest of the people and the country as well as for flourishing of the democracy. Therefore there is urgent need to give a goodbye to the politics of appeasement so that the political parties will do genuine politics which is far from the politics of appeadsement.Appeasement ,in an international context ,is a diplomatic negotiation policy of making political ,material or territorial concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict. In a democracy,pleasing the voters are the main requirement for winning an election. Indiovidual or small groups are insignificant ,in an election.The interests of these sections are not counted for.According to our prime minister,politics of appeasement is the biggest obstacle in the journey of the development of country and thus appeasement politics is against the interest of the country.
If we want that our country should develop,it is very important that the politics of appeasement should be bade a goodbye and then and then only our developmental journey is carried to the logical conclusion of development.In short,the politics of appeasement is eating the very vitals of our political system and democracy like a termite and therefore there is urgent need to do way with the appeasement politics.
(The author is a columnist, social and KP activist).