Elections2009

This is an election that needs to be watched carefully. Political parties are saying quite a few things. They are not only making promises through their manifestoes but are also declaring their intention to "modify" the results according to their needs. Normally post-poll adjustments do take place to form a Government. But this talk usually starts after the results. This time nearly every party is saying, come what may, they will get support of many others and form a Government. For the voters this is a veto on their verdict. A virtual subversion of what the voters may want. Small adjustments are acceptable but this time the candidates are talking about large-scale re-alignments which make the elections a meaningless exercise. The issue needs to be pondered over. And the talk is already there before the elections. So voters should know, whatever they may do, their vote would have little relevance after a date. There should be some way of taking the voters' consent in this. Perhaps some legal way or a guideline from the Election Commission can be there. The Constitution can be looked into. The manner every party is "confident" of securing sufficient support to form a Government after the polls is making the voter feel small. I wonder what people feel about it.