Should we vote for National or State parties

[annch]

Kuldeep,
Not the funds i mentioned, that can be broadly categorised into discretionary funds and adhoc assistance....the disbursement that states lobby for at the center....

Anjoo,

Yes the central government does follow the recommendations of the finance commission.

 

[brainspeak]

Kuldeep,
Not the funds i mentioned, that can be broadly categorised into discretionary funds and adhoc assistance....the disbursement that states lobby for at the center....

Anjoo,

I dont think the lobbying part is under the purview of the finance commission.

Are you trying to say that the lobbying for funds by the states is undesirable??

Btw saw a discussion on NDTV. The participants also included eminent journos(editors of Indian Express and The Hindu). They were of the opinion the growth of regional parties was a healthy sign for Indian Democracy.

 

[annch]

Kuldeep,
There is a thin line between lobbying and pressure politics that states indulge in for getting their needs met.
hmm...I have been reading articles on similar lines as the discussion on NDTV.

Just a thought on top of my head, it would matter who are the leaders of a regional party, what is the ideology......otherwise democracy would just be a divisive politics..

Regards,
Anju

Anjoo,

I dont think the lobbying part is under the purview of the finance commission.

Are you trying to say that the lobbying for funds by the states is undesirable??

Btw saw a discussion on NDTV. The participants also included eminent journos(editors of Indian Express and The Hindu). They were of the opinion the growth of regional parties was a healthy sign for Indian Democracy.

 

[aryasatyadev]

Thanks to the electorate of India..... know they know whom to vote for during different elections..........
Hats off to Indian electorate

 

[choudhary347]

The difference between state party is like frog sitting inside a tubewell while National party is like a fish swimming in sea.

The thinking is not broaden of state party while National parties thinks in broaden way.

So we should vote for National Parties.

 

[vijay]

The difference between state party is like frog sitting inside a tubewell while National party is like a fish swimming in sea.

How can that fish understand the problems inside the tubewell or the problems inside the tubewell hardly matters to the Fish.

 

[vijay]

Kuldeep,
There is a thin line between lobbying and pressure politics that states indulge in for getting their needs met.
hmm...I have been reading articles on similar lines as the discussion on NDTV.

Just a thought on top of my head, it would matter who are the leaders of a regional party, what is the ideology......otherwise democracy would just be a divisive politics..

Regards,
Anju

Every state leader or head lobbies for the funds which are supposed to be allotted to their respective states. We had already seen that central Govt. have their own favorite states for distribution of the funds.

 

[deepakchoudhry]

Individual - Community - Region - Nation are not mutually exclusive.

Vote for the party who represents the aspiration of the local people.

It does not matter state or national.

What should matter are the policies and performance.

And it does not take long for state party to become a national party.

 

[aryasatyadev]

Deepak Ji, you said is rightly, we should vote for the parties which represents the aspirations of the people.... then why don't we find a party at national level which represent the aspirations (as far as possible), because sometimes while state parties are better at understanding people's needs they usually fumbles at the policy of the national Govt, whether it is External affairs policy or the Internal Security policy, so In my opinion National parties are batter, if we vote for them we might be spared from mid-term elections and might have a stable Govt.

Individual - Community - Region - Nation are not mutually exclusive.

Vote for the party who represents the aspiration of the local people.

It does not matter state or national.

What should matter are the policies and performance.

And it does not take long for state party to become a national party.

 

[fateh]

Dear Arya ji, I would like to extend my sincere thanks for iniciating discussion on a very important topic.I fully agree with you that national parties are batter, but brother provided national parties are good & national in charactor in real sense.I feel that we are Indian before anything else & it is in the interest of all of us that we should develop national charactor of our people. Had there been good national parties, the regional parties wouldnot have come up in this big way.Had these so called national parties taken care of all Indians, irrespective of caste, religion,area, profession, position etc, this problem of regionalism would not have been there. Anyway without taking much of space, I feel there is nothing wrong with regional parties, but they mustnot propogate feeings of areaism & for Loksabha, they must effiliate & remain with some national party based on policies.

 

[harish24]

We should vote both

I think both type of parties are good for development. Take the example of Haryana if the elections are for the assembly then we should vote for the regional Parties becoz regional parties understand the Local problems very well and similiarly if the Elections are for Loke Sabha then one must think in a broader way becoz national security Foreign Relations are there then it is wise to go for National Parties like Cong,BJP etc etc.

 

[aryasatyadev]

Harish ji and Fateh ji....... thanks for posting your comment in this thread and as is evident from the pols by the members, Nation parties are prefered for election of loksabha...... however at state level.... i do concede that the state level parties are better......

 

[sanjaymalik]

whether is it be a national party or a state party always vote for performance at both level on State level and National level we know that a regional repesentative can very well understand the issues of the of the particular region, but at the national level he may not be understand the issues, so there should be harmonious reletion between a regional party ruling in state and national party.