one very important observation i did while following this thread is that while it does not hurt that bad on the action side of things , it certainly hurts from the inaction side.
While there may be congress supporters and then others and then there is a big class who probably knows very lil andd would go with the momentum.
So if they hear congress is doing well they would tend to side with congress. Probably this is waht is called as "lehar".
It is very important for democracy to flourish to make sure this lehar is opposed to the maximum possible extent because to me :
1) it makes people to take irrational decisions.
2) it makes people idle and keep them on inaction path.
Political activism is something that is very important , while everyone has the opinion , there are few that actually try to do something about it. There are a lot of lip-servers and that will not do good to the nation.
I would request people to keep candidates and parties on their toes by getting the maximum out of them and one step i see is to talk more about your favored than your opposed. Get the information on what your representatives did so that they know that if they dont deliver they can be replaced.
Read in a post( on the same page) that some congress sitting mla's are being hooted and stuff, i would rather defeat those boys even if you are congress supporter , simple reason being that if you make them win , you are sending a message across that as long as you are with a party you are safe.
This came in another thread as well, till the point you stretch these candidates and leaders to realise that there is no substitute of "work" , you will not see the results.
Here is an example:
Party a is in power for 5 years , and did a wonderful job , more than anyone can expect. But two of the sitting mlas did not do justice , ofcourse you want the govt. Back but make sure you get these two sitting mlas defeated so that the party knows that it has to choose people who does work. Sometime one has to be tough to get the best out of system/people/processes.
