If / Then

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  )