Arindam Chaudhuri – How Regional Parties Can Actually Save the Next Lok Sabha, and Even India
There will also be a lot of boring stuff on caste equations, minority vote banks and alliances that could decide the fate of UPA and NDA. You will find Congress and BJP leaders, the Marxists and spokespersons of myriad regional parties on TV talk shows talking aggressively but saying little. And of course, you will soon start watching and reading opinion polls that will give X and Y number of seats to NDA, UPA and UNPA(if it still exists by the time this magazine is in the stands). But people like you and me who don’t claim to be political pundits can still use our common sense to realise that even the next Lok Sabha will probably be dominated by regional parties when it comes to deciding who will form the government. In fact, after the Marxists withdraw support, it will be regional leaders like Mulayam Singh Yadav (Samajwadi Party), Ajit Singh (Rashtriya Lok Dal) and HD Deve Gowda (JD–S) who will probably become the key to the survival of the UPA government till early next year.
What most Indians need to ask is: Is the dominance of regional parties holding back India’s emergence as a global power in terms of foreign, economic and social policies? This question needs to be asked again and again, not just because the Left has vetoed the nuclear deal, but also because small regional parties have a potentially dangerous control over government policies of all kinds. And regional parties and leaders are on the march all across India. Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati, Lalu Prasad, Bal Thackeray, Chandrababu Naidu, Jayalalitha, M Karunanidhi, Naveen Patnaik, Mamta Bannerjee, Nitish Kumar, Om Prakash Chauthala, Prafulla Mahanta, Prakash Singh Badal and Mufti Mohhamed Sayeed are just names who will play a decisive role in the formation of the next government. We all know they will expect their pound of flesh in terms of more state funds for their regions, more trains to and from their states and more ‘schemes’ that benefit their vote banks. But will they pause and think about India and its future?
Is Enough Done For Education In Rural Areas?
The rural refer to the region of a country where the dwellers have limited or no access to basic amenities, utilities such as electricity, proper sanitation and water supplies. In addition to that, rural citizens also have limited education and learning opportunity. Consequently, it has created an educational gap in between the rural and the develop city which is unhealthy for a countries unified and integrated education system. Therefore, it is crucial for the government of the country to start to pay attention to the rural education level and implement various steps and policies immediately.
First of all, more experienced and well-trained teachers should be available for the rural areas. Various acts and regulations should be introduced to ensure a teacher to serve in a rural school or rural areas for a period of time before undergo they further their teaching career in the cities. Besides that, all the teachers should be well equipped with the certain special skills such as proficiency in native language, excellent adaptation towards culture conflict and differences in order for the teacher to be able to blend effectively with the rural students.