With the blowing of the trumpet of election all parties have started wooing the voters by announcing various schemes. In India elections have become more a tug of war for power among political parties rather than effort to win the confidence of voters in order to implement their coveted dreams of development and progress of their country.

In recent years India has made it’s presence felt at every world forum through it’s incredible effort to outshine in this globalized world.It has gained enough political power to influence the world community on various global, political and social issues.

The way every political party is trying to entice the voters of a particular social strata by influencing them in various ways is not a healthy indication for the development of Indian politics. The core issues which a country should focus to achieve in order to become world power should be the major agenda of all political parties rather than focusing on petty issues just to come in power for fulfilling their own interest of gaining political clout.

UPA’s decision to bring law to introduce FDI in multi brand retail was opposed as well as as supported by some political parties keeping in mind their own vote bank interests but what is needed is to look at any new economic policy of India with a view of development of Indian economy not with their own personal agenda. At a time when a country like china is posing threat even to great economies with it’s well planed economic policies we should also learn from it and should try to introduce reforms which are more friendly for our fast growing economy.

The policy of reservation is no doubt a big support for the downtrodden , but why congress woke up to this issue only at the time of election and it’s not only the reservation which is needed for the improvement in their condition . There are certain other thing which are to be done for their upliftment. The caste card of political parties still works in dividing the voters and parties rest on particular castes and communities to come in power rather than any ideological or developmental issue. When the whole country became united to fight against corruption involving all castes and communities , the demand of few parties for reservation in lokpal bill committee is a clear indication to divide the country on caste and divert heir attention from a major issue, which was by now not guided by caste politics . Politicians never miss the chance to fuel caste sentiments.

The irony is that most of the political parties are not stable on their ideologies and they shift according to situations to fulfill their vested interests. On the eve of 1969 mid-term poles The Hindustan Times – country’s most popular daily organised a symposium on the strategics of the major political parties . Surendra K. gupta, a sociologist studied the responses of the top party leaders on the policy and rationale of their party and the analysis suggested that all parties are struggling to articulate their position in ideological terms . Most of their statements were either in the nature of criticism of other parties , or as proclamations of their own superiority over the others. Given this , these statement were not expected to provide any ideological justification to the voter for casting their vote.The situation is not much different even today every political leader is fumbling to get that magical issue which could draw maximum voters in their favor. They don’t have any strong ideological base to uphold the voters in their favor.

The question is why political parties realize their duty and forgotten promises only at the time of election? why not they fulfill their responsibilities when they are in power? In this scenario the role of voter becomes very crucial and he needs to be more conscious while choosing his representatives . The issue of corruption , FDI and reservation in no case should be used by political parties as ladders to reach in the realm of power. No political party can misguide the voters if they are aware about their voting rights without getting divided on the issue of caste and when they are firm to vote for development.It’s time to woke up and use the power of vote for the formation of a strong and powerful Indian democracy.