Saturday, March 21, 2009

Winnability

Prospective candidates will be given party tickets on the basis of "Winnability" - a new election terminology that is not even correct english. The only virtue that he needs is winnability. There's no mention of how he achieves this factor, by muscle power?, money power?, alcohol power? These questions will not be raised. Only question that'll be raised is "Are you winnable?" It does not matter if you are cooling your heels in jail after being accused(since the INDIAN constitution states that only "conviction" can disqualify the candidacy) of murder, hooliganism, fraud, underworld activities or the line up of criminal activities that the world's largest written constitution mentions. It does not matter if you have had or continue to have shooting schedules that you cannot even attend the (boring)parliamentary sessions and debate on policies that have an impact on the nation's progress. It does not matter if you have taken the law into your own hand and given your interpretation of justice in the name of moral policing. Is he educated? Does he have forethought? Is he service minded? Is he innovative? Is he patriotic? Who cares? You just have to be winnable. Thats all is necessary. Kudos to our national parties for their criterion of selection!