Every other day we hear, we say, we gossip, we shout that corruption in India is because of the congress government rule of 55 years. And most of the present day problems are because of systematic trouble that was brought in by ineffective governance by congress both at state and at center. With the current state of affairs it appears that congress government is hell bent upon proving that right by not doing anything except for ensuring way for Gandhi Dynasty to rule by indulging in populist politics (Food Security Bill, Minority Quota Bill etc).
There is very famous saying: “Absolute power corrupts absolutely” and this saying becomes very pertinent with respect to gross level of corruption that our country is facing today. It is primarily because of absolute power that was given to a single party government for 55 yrs that there were no checks and balances on government working leading to system going out of order and taking the present shape. There are many examples at state level that even a single term of 5 yrs can lead to disproportionate amount of corruption so one can get an idea of the amount of corruption a single party government for 55 yrs could have committed. Had there been different parties in charge of governance at center ours would have been different country, for better.
But there is a point to ponder that whenever any non-congress party had got chance of forming government at center or at state, have they done anything different from what congress government had done with regards to anti-corruption? Not much, and the impact of that on country/state is very much debatable. On committing corruption, if not more the non-congress governments have competed with congress government in every aspect. So in most of the cases it is very difficult to conclude that non congress government are lesser evil (exceptions are always there).
With the present hopeless situation of politics and politicians in our country and no new alternatives at disposal we have to make the system work with whatever little good i.e voting power, we have. We as citizen/voters have to use our voting power in a manner whereby ensuring that no government rules for continuously longer period (say for more than 2 terms) at both state as well as at center. By doing that, the governments will not have a dictator like say for long and also the wrong and corrupt practices of previous regime will be checked by present government. The days of loyalty to a single political party are over, now we need to cast votes to change the government not to make them continue.
