Promises are meant to be borken...at least in Indian Politics !

The tamasha has begun.

Every time the elections are announced each party tries to make bigger promises than the other with the sole objective to come to power. None really care of the consequence of such promises if they are actually elected. Unfortunately, it is the largely uneducated electorate that fall prey to such promises and elect such parties to power.

The last elections in our state had the Congress party offer free power to the agriculture sector. After coming to power the first thing the Chief Minister did was sign the free power scheme into affect. However, gradually the Govt.realised that this was a blunder and made amendments. Now its election time again and with it comes the promises galore. This time the main opposition to the Congress in the state, the TDP has promised cash compensation to all poor families, subsidised food grains, free electricity and hold your breath - color TVs ! Yes, you got that right - color TVs. Cheap food, money and TV (that too no charge for electricity) - the poor have nothing to work for!

From where will the Govt.get the money to offer such extravagant deals? It is obviously going to be from the tax collected off the people who work hard to feed themselves and their families with their own money. This is just one of the many unbelievable promises that are made by all political parties these days. The educated understand this and surely would not like to vote for such people. However, when one looks around, no one is different. Whom to vote for?

This election has brought a new face in the politics of our state in the form of actor Chiranjeevi. The actor has had a fabulous career in movies and shows potential to be a leader with a difference. Will he actually be any different, only time will tell.