Maharashtra will teach those who consider themselves as state’s proprietors, a lesson

When someone listens to other people’s problems and genuinely tries to find a solution, when a person works towards getting people together, thus creating a bond with the common people, this person usually gathers respect and love from the populace who begin to look up to him as their leader and he becomes a ‘talisman’, so much so that people begin to idolize him as they would worship their beloved deity. People are willing to give up everything for this person. Naturally, those around him start to reap the benefits of this person’s virtue, his family bagging a sizeable share. But if this person’s offspring proves to be incompetent, they will end up as the king’s monkey. Now, after this leader, his descendants begin to feel as though they are the owners of those around them and that the respect, they receive from others is a result of their accomplishments. Maharashtra has witnessed firsthand a similar demonstration and now the people will impart a lesson to those who
believe they are the owners of Maharashtra in this election.

People who had lived with such an attitude are the ones who had declared ‘India is Indira’. This was nothing but the height of their self-obsession which came across when ‘Emergency’ was imposed
which was the pinnacle of their thirst for power. During Covid-19 pandemic, Maharashtra also experienced a leader who was as power-hungry and greedy. People saw at that time how the state failed as a result of irrational self-perceptions and a total lack of competency necessary for good governance. This offspring leader believed that the affection he was receiving from the populace was due to his own abilities, but in reality, it was because of the bond his patriarch had established with the common people. Failing to realize this very difference, the leader disregarded the mandate given by the people and believed that he had the right to behave the way he pleased. He made the grave mistake of bringing back into Maharashtra politics the very vices and immoralities that his father had spent his entire life fighting against. As a result, a national party like the Congress and Sharad Pawar’s party, that lost more than two-thirds of its MLAs, are now trailing this immature leader. This is evident from the events of the past week. The leaders of these parties regard
themselves as Maharashtra’s rulers and its people as their subjects. And hence, people too need not take their indifferences personally. Voters are sure to put an end to their politics, that has nothing to do with the welfare of the people. However, the only silver lining is the fact that the indifferences between them are coming to the fore following their ongoing campaign rallies.

We often treat our daughter-in-law like our own daughters. But Sharad Pawar, who proclaims to be the architect behind creating policies for women, demonstrated his weak philosophy when he made mean remark about his daughter-in-law, referring to her as someone who is ‘outside Pawar family ’. People who truly care about the well-being of women will never say anything like this. And hence it is proved, that all this passion for women’s well-being was merely for the namesake. Those who dedicated their lives to sowing seeds of divisions and spent more than five decades practicing pure hatred towards their political opponents are now turning to one another for support. This is nothing but the politicians turning hostile towards the populace. Any punishment for such valueless politics will be far less; in fact, the real penalty for such leaders, who have lost true virtue, will be to keep them away from power and Maharashtra’s voters are astute enough to punish them appropriately.

The pronouncements made last week showed that Shiv Sena’s reverence for ‘Chhatrapati’s seat’ is just as pretentious as Pawar’s ostentatious compassion for women. Congress has nearly employed
the same strategy as the overly outspoken Shiv Sena leaders when they denigrated Chhatrapati’s seat in order to forward their political agenda; nevertheless, Congress leadership was able to carry out this action without the public learning about it. It’s become a habit in recent years – the moment these politicians struggle to deal with difficult situations, they conveniently resort to Chhatrapati, which in my opinion is tantamount to treason against Maharashtra and I have no doubt that the people in Maharashtra will teach these traitors a good lesson.

Not only are the two so-called regional parties, that have their presence in barely a few districts, but even the Congress, that calls itself as the national party, is also in poor health. They have no leader to guide. As a result, everyone views themselves as the leader and nobody is sure what needs to be done in the given circumstance. And such a bewildered party, whose development agenda amounts
to just 15 paisa out of Re.1, which even their leaders had publicly admitted that of the Rs 100 spent on government welfare programs, barely Rs 15 reach the actual beneficiary, is demanding answers
from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has actually set swift and intense development standards. I am sure the voters will properly address this haughtiness at the polls.