The local committees suggesting candidates is how it worked when state Gen.Secretary for Party Organization was conducting the surveys and taking decisions. The party changed the process sometime in 2017 after UP allowing the national general secretary override party General Secretary for Organization.Rsatchi wrote:Ambarji
Right totally agree.
But when are going to see true devolution of power i.e., local comittee conducting interviews and shortlisting 2-3 candidates who resonate with the population going to vote him or her??
I mean the mantra is whoever is the winnable candidate (be it a bahubali or otherwise, 9th pass or fail) and has right famiglia and money to spend we give tiket
The party with a difference seems to be blurring
Once a canddiate spends ex amount of money to get elected, later spends 3/4 of his term in office recouping his expenditure+ Malai on the top
Where is the time for working towards local goals unless Central Government or State Government funds something meaty so that all can bite in and whatever is left is used for the local work.
Majority of Indian voters don't live in ideological bubbles but will vote based on whom they think will uphold their interest at local, regional and national levels. This is also why your average Indian citizen has come to an acceptance that there is ZERO difference between the parties atleast at local/regional level, you expect your MLA to be worth few hundred crores, you expect your state ministers with plum portfolios to be worth four digit crore rupees but you also expect them to do something for your caste, community, town, village etc. Parties know this too, and hence they choose bahubali, high school fail strongman, nepotistic son/daughter of some local leader to contest in elections. Trouble is when there is confusion between ideology, realism, favoritism, and then you end up losing 40 seats by an average of 7.8% vote share as they just did.