Why Govt. welfare and capex should go hand in hand?
Voting is not a citizen’s economic activity. Yes, a
responsibility of course. So when will a citizen vote for a political party.
1.
Personal contact: You are my relative/know to
me. Anyway, I will take the pain to make out time to vote so why not to vote
for you and oblige you.
2.
You favored me: If one of my important works with Govt. agency got stuck and you turned up to help me I will definitely
return that favour by voting for you. OR I personally benefited from the policy/
policies by your Govt. even then also I will for you.
3.
Using infra build by you: Some infra (physical,
financial, social, educational, etc.) was built during your tenor. I am using
it regularly and deriving benefit from it. So what! Others are also using it.
Especially the rich community.
4.
I like you: You are popular in the way you talk,
think, execute work, govern, etc. even media and my friends’ praises you for
your work. I like your “good man” popularity so I will vote for you.
5.
Out of threat: I will vote you. You are someone
who can be dangerous for me or my family if you come to know that I have not
voted for you.
Scenarios
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Where it works
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Personal contacts
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Local body election
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You favored me once
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Local body election and mega election
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Using infra build by you
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No direct impact on voters. Unless it add on to your “good man”
popularity.
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I like you
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Any mega election like Vidhan Sabha, Lok Sabha, etc.
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Out of threat
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Local body elections as well as in some mega election (provided that the
party is run by organised goons).
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The route of “Personal contact” or “out of threat” will
never help in winning mega election. A strong judiciary will crash “out of
threat” in no time.
For winning an election Govt. have to equally focus on
welfare activities and infrastructure development.
Most of the Govt. manage to focus on either of these two (I
leave it on you to identify those). Eventually, they lose election and fail to rollover
their tenor in next term.