The poor: An analysis of the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls from their Perspective

 

I intend to start this analysis from the perspective of this country's poor and middle-class people. I will start with a few positives and then discuss the negatives and heartbreaking realizations of the Loksabha polls in 2024. The positives. First, God helped the poor people of India save their constitution from the BJP and its pro-wealthy policies. He helped the opposing parties gain enough votes to curtail Modiji's unhindered juggernaut of Hindutva. The second positive is that Rahul Gandhi could have become the PM if two or three leaders of Modiji's coalition decided to leave him. If Nitish and Naidu had the courage, they could have said "no" to Modiji this time. 

 

The people of India did not give Modiji and his party the majority because they evaluated the government's past work. Price rises, unprecedented taxation, blatant power abuse, and human rights violations were the hallmarks of this government. If Nitish Kumar and Chandra Babu Naidu had a bigger heart and vision, they would not have joined the NDA to form a pro-wealthy government. Small-brain Naidu and Nitish Kumar cared only for their small regional parties. They made the most of this opportunity to get key positions in this failed government. Bihari and Andhra voters will be disappointed with these two leaders.

 

The election results indicate two things. 1. The Prime Minister and his party do not have the "full majority" to form a government like in 2014 and 2019. The people of this country do not want another five years of the two Gujarati tyrants and the two Gujarati tycoons. 2. The Prime minister and his friends will no longer have the power to change the constitution without their allies' consent. At the same time, the election results also indicate how the wealthy media moguls of this country deceived the poor once again. They deceived the poor into voting for a person who takes their daily meals and contributes to the excess fat in the bodies of wealthy balloon-airs. 

 

The media never showed the poor man the India he could see day in and day out. The real India has roads filled with potholes, garbage all over the streets, unclean public lavatories, and beggars. It also has hungry and sick people who don't get nutritious food or good medical treatment. The commoners of India struggle to make ends meet and save a little for their future. They worry about their children's education and rarely get anything in return for their faithfulness to their country in paying taxes. Instead, they showed us the version of India that glories in luxury trains, monuments, and electric cars that the poor and middle class cannot afford. 

 

We wanted an India where farmers did not die by suicide because they could not repay their loans. We wanted an India where all lives matter equally: the lives of the rich and the poor. We wanted an India where ordinary people have employment and affordable living costs. We wanted a free India that respected all faiths and points of view. We prayed for an India where people could decide the language they speak and the food they eat. We desired an India where people could choose the people they love and the faith they believe in. But it seems elusive at present. 

 

Still, the events preceding and following the elections help us understand some people's real priorities. For instance, I have heard prominent cinema actors talk about the plight of poor farmers in this country in their movies. They described everything graphically. The superstars help people empathize with the farmer who died by suicide. However, in real life, the same superstars have fun at the wealthy balloon-airs' weddings as the poor farmer dies by suicide in his home because he cannot repay his loans. The second example of this kind is the Election Commission's failure to equally discharge justice to all groups. They did nothing to curb the Prime Minister and his party men, who made many insensitive comments that hurt the sentiments of religious minorities throughout his election campaign. 

Modiji knew he only needed the votes of the 80 percent Hindus because India is a Hindu-majority country. Therefore, first, Modiji said that the opposition leaders would take Hindu women's mangal sutra and give it to illegal immigrants. When people questioned, he said, he was not talking about Muslims, but poor people. Does the PM think the poor people will snatch even the Mangal Sutras of wealthy Hindus if the opposition comes to power? Second, to allure devoted Hindu voters, he claimed to be an Avatar of God. Third, he did a show of meditation on the day voting happened in his constituency. The election commission would have invalidated his campaign if it was somebody else.