(There is an opposition party in a State that is very impractical in its way of functioning. For the purpose of addressing, let us here in after call it The Party. The Party’s way of political functioning was detailed in 18 points in part-1 of the essay)
1. Now shall we know what happened to the Party?
As the capable Party leaders did not have enough money they all lost the elections excepting a few. As the leaders with money joined other parties who offered them good returns for the monies they invest in the elections and also guarantee good positions to earn back as much as they can.
The few elected from The Party were given two choices. Either they should join their party or face some criminal charges or other.
2. Want to know what happened to the Chief and founder of The Party?
When he founded the Party, he was a rich person having inherited property worth Rs.10000 Crores. When the elections came, he hardly had money to make posters. He could not collect party funds from the donations of commercial houses as he could not offer anything to them. He could not manage paid news about him. He could not manage public opinion through SMSs in favor of him. He could not afford to have TV interviews with a screen play written in advance. He was found by the police having possession of arms and also drugs. But a benefit of doubt made his free movement possible. But he did not choose to join or support other parties. He was disqualified to contest the elections. His nomination paper along with his declaration of assets to the tune of one lakh of Rupees was rejected by election commissioner as his signature was not tallying with that of the signature on the Aadhar, Ration card and PAN cards.
His disqualification saved him from an accident on the road and cases against him. He lived for 20 years more working for a Chartered Accountant. He never watched news on the TV or read a news paper during rest of his life. When he died first a case of death of an unidentified person was registered. But the complaint of the Chartered Account Firm that their clerk is not reporting for a week who was supposed to deposit some money in their Bank account made the police link with the unidentified person’s death.
A curious journalist made some inquiries here and there and brought his story out and made it popular which was copied by all other media persons in the fit of frenzy to maintain stride with other media. In the meanwhile bigger news cropped up due to a bomb blast. The story of the Party founder was drowned and forgotten totally. His family members who thought he might have committed suicide 20 years ago heaved a sigh of relief with the news losing prominence.
It is not a pessimistic imagination. The State could have progressed under the Governance of The Party if it is given a chance to do it. Only thing that stopped it from winning the elections is the money element dictating the politics.
Interestingly, The Party chief never took it as a win over the contesting parties because of which he did not take it as a defeat.
(AW-SriJa)
