Heated election campaign by respective political party for the first phase Manipur election will end today evening. The propaganda war in the game of throne will be not heard in streets, television or any other form of mass media, yet there may be secret gathering at some places in support of their respective candidates. Forget about those hard core election workers of candidates, it is now left to the majority common people who will decide the fate of Manipur.
The good, the bad and the Ugly had already been known almost all candidates in this game of throne has been tested, some for around 5 terms.
Man, being a social animal has to exist with and amongst other humans and in order to adjust and make co-existence possible certain laws and regulations are drawn up to safeguard the welfare of every member of the group or community, curtailing certain personal freedoms and liberties that might infringe on other person’s welfare. This is the basic idea of a social set-up. And if we the voter fails to rethink the mater then it would be nothing less than chopping the own leg with an axe.
It is well known in democracy leaders and arbitrators are then chosen to oversee the smooth working of the social system with adequate executive powers as deemed necessary to enforce the same- the Government as we know, create and accept in the contemporary world. A society, being made up of individual members, is bound to come up with conflicting interests and emotions. This is where the quality and the efficiency of the people entrusted to sort out these social issues are being tested. The problems being faced by our society as a collective whole in recent times is uncountable and varied- indeed an intimidating and daunting task for those entrusted to solve them. Public memory is short lived- or so it is believed. But sweeping away these problems under the carpet and shrouding them with silence, putting the theory about public memory to the test is not the right step towards easing the problems. Nor is the polished method of prolonging the issues and tiring out the protesting parties to buy time and making these matters fade out of the mind of the public the prudent way of resolving things.
The recent assurances doled out to the different parties regarding their claims for parts of the state by the State Government smacks of the repeated and always successful modus operandi. Instead of finding a lasting solution and bringing peace in the State, almost all political parties contesting the election are now engaging in war of words. Political parties who are supposed to form government shouldn’t be promising something impossible to deliver. It’s better to call a spade a spade and wind up the matter before things become irreparably damaged. It needs to speed up the workings of it’s various departments and deliver the goods in time to avoid and prevent more problems. Genuine issues should be resolved before things gets out of hand. Let’s hope people this election people exercise their franchise to built a better Manipur.
