PROMISE - TILL ELECTION ?

Election – 2009 is near. All the national and regional and petty parties are out with all sorts of assurances promising Rice at Rs.2.00, Interest free loan to farmers, Tax free FDs, Income Tax exemption and what not. While promising they don't realise, from where they provide all these from. From their pockets or from their party funds! Every thing is possible before the election and after the results are out who remembers the promises. After all, which law says that the election promises should be honoured. Even if there is one, politicians are exempted from such a law as they are the law makers. Their only aim is to get power and Kurshi.

In 2004 election, the government came to power promising free electricity to farmers. After election, not only the fuses of farmers blew off but also the fuses of the rest of Maharashtra with the exception of Mumbai. Where was the promise! The elected government failed to keep up its promise. However, what the opposition did to ameliorate the hardship of farmers and others. Did any party bother to raise this issue in the state assembly or in the Parliament? At the time of election, all have realized the problems of the common man.

The Voters are "ONE DAY MASTERS" and the Elected, for the rest of Five Years.

In some other states, the politicians promised SADAK, BIJILEE Aur PAANI, but how many were benefited with such promises, God alone knows. Some must have lost whatever they had before the election.

Some parties even promised to bring God from Heaven and keep Him in Ayodhya. But the problem was that they have still not found him in Heaven.

The same will be the fate of all who vote for these political parties, hoping to get what is promised.

1. Free education – how many got it is yet to be verified
2. Free electricity - we have a good experience
3. Free loan - They promise, but the banks have a lot of formalities
4. Free, free and every thing free – so far only the air, that we breathe is
free and nothing else. This may be taxed shortly as environmental tax.

It is like sponge - pressed at one side other side comes up. In the same way they give concession from one side, collect tax from other side. We think we have got a lot of benefits but forget what we pay in the form of increase in taxes.

Dear Voters of Election-2009, do not be carried away with the tall promises of these political parties. Use your sixth sense and cast your vote and fix these politicians with their own glue. If we fail to do this, we should blame not the politicians but ourselves.