SMS-es: en route to governance

The forthcoming assembly election in Delhi for Saturday November 29th is in its last lap. So, obviously, political parties are up on their hands to make the best possible effort for making last minute changes in the minds of the voters in their favor. Their effort has thus forced many like me to read certain sms-es many times a day from a particular party viz. BJP and keep on deleting them on a regular basis. This is not a big issue but continuous reminder with sms-es is going beyond optimum.

The situation is such that everyday I get at least 4-5 sms-es reminding me about the itinerary of the candidate for today and tomorrow. Some of the messages are as follows:

“To fight against price rise and terrorism – Vote, Support and Elect BJP candidate Mrs Kamaljeet Sehrawat from Matiala”

“… from .. constituency request for your vote and support in forthcoming elections on 29th Nov.”

“Door to Door padyatra at ..am. Please join the padyatra to show your support.”

This one is the most interesting. It reads: “Kamal ko lana hai. Kamjeet Sehrawat ko jitna hai. Pls vote, support + elect Mrs Kamaljeet Sehrawat.”

“Bhajapa lao Matiala keshtra ka vikas karwao. Pls support, vote and elect …”

One thing is sure that the strategy has worked for BJP to make me recall instantly who is standing from this constituency for the party. For Congress, I can’t say the same. Surprisingly, Congress having launched a website hasn’t taken on this tactic to woo voters.

On the other hand, Dwarka’s major number of sectors starting from sector 3-6, sector 10-23 fall under Matiala Constituency apart from numerous villages that Matiala is adjoined with. Sector 1, 2 and 7 went to Palam and Sector 8 & 9 fell under Brijwasan. I am surprised why there was a need that Dwarka sectors had to be brought together for different village constituencies that surround the sub-city. Dwarka is tipped to be the one of the biggest sub-city or township in Asia (with Rohini happens to be its cousin). Now, Dwarka RWAs have raised an alarm but I guess this is now quite late for any action whatsoever from the election commission to re-draw the constituency map for Dwarka recently worked upon. All these questions started arising in my mind only after receiving so many sms-es which hasn’t stopped yet. I thank for that one reason to BJP’s ploy to pay telecom service providers. In the same breath I would also add that with those (irritating) messages BJP is actually distancing me from its party. Vote or not to vote to the party… is a different ball game altogether. The ball is in my court for the time being. All the best BJP! After election gets over, I will pray for me and the city for better governance to take us ahead. Maximum I could have asked for, isn’t it?