If / Then
Long before our Computer Programmers started using the
logic of ,
> If " this " > Then
" that " ,
our politicians have been using it , for a long time
Quite harmless logic , which cannot be faulted !
For example :
Recently , Beni Prasad Verma - Union Minister for Steel
, said :
" If >
Rahul Gandhi becomes Prime Minister ,
Then > he will send Narendra Modi to
jail for his role in 2002 Gujarat riots"
Now every programmer - and his non-programmer cousin -
knows that ,
> what is theoretically " Possible "
but ,
> practically highly " Improbable "
,
can pose no threat to NaMo !
Another example :
For the Lok Sabha elections starting today , every
political party worth its salt , has published its Poll Manifesto
These Manifestos read ,
> If " We are voted to power at the
Centre ,
> Then " We promise to give each
voter , a 3 bedroom flat , a government
job , a Maruti car , free healthcare
, and admission to school / college of
your choice , for all your
children "
Now , does that pose any threat to these political
parties ?
Absolutely none !
They know they are NOT going to be voted to power !
So , why be " economical " in promises
?
Promise anything to anyone !
When voters don't even bother to ask the party that
does assume power ,
" What is your Score Card ? How far have you
fulfilled your promises ? "
Earlier , in Dec 2012 ( before Assembly elections in
Gujarat ) , BJP manifesto said ,
" If voted to power , we will build in Gujarat ,
50 Lakh houses ( of course , for the poor ) in next 5 years "
That is 2,739 houses per day
Or 12,79,113 new houses in the last 467 days
,since BJP came to power !"
Cannot find these ?
Go away ! Don't ask such embarrassing
questions !
We did not expect to get voted to power !
* hemen parekh ( 07
April 2014 / Mumbai )
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