Mandate for the man
"Abki baar, Modi Sarkaar" Political parties are easy to understand. They are the most opportunistic, self centered and egoistic people on the planet. So, alliances are created compromising on principles and values, just to make up the numbers. And often, that results in a fragile political system, with everyone clinging on to each other fearing every instant as to who is going to let go. Most parties take the average voter for granted. There is a point to that. For a voter, it's very hard to switch loyalties. Some of them have never voted for more than one party all their lives. They believe in the legacy of the party, and feel a sense of wrongdoing when it comes to the crunch moment of switching loyalties. So, every election is defined by swing votes from each constituency; percentage votes that can be swayed by the election campaigns. During the 2014 elections, every vote cast felt like a swing vote, and maybe, has altered the cou...