Is this the price of development? Are bulldozers targeting the right issues?
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Imagine if the government used the same bulldozers they sent to flatten people’s homes to clear out the mountain of “on-paper” schemes that never seem to make it to reality.
As Punjab BJP protests against the Aam Aadmi Party Government’s decision to replace EVMs with ballot papers in upcoming local body elections, the controversy has sparked a wider political debate because parties across India have often changed their stand on EVMs depending on whether they are in power or in opposition. While the BJP has traditionally defended EVMs at the national level against opposition criticism, it is now accusing the Punjab government of trying to create room for manipulation through ballot papers. With political parties repeatedly switching between defending EVMs and demanding ballot papers based on political circumstances, has the debate over election systems now become less about technology and more about political trust and convenience ?
पंजाब में आगामी स्थानीय निकाय चुनावों में ई.वी.एम. की जगह बैलेट पेपर से मतदान कराने के आम आदमी पार्टी सरकार के फैसले के खिलाफ पंजाब भाजपा के विरोध ने अब एक बड़े राजनीतिक विवाद का रूप ले लिया है। यह बहस इसलिए भी दिलचस्प हो गई है क्योंकि देशभर में राजनीतिक दल अक्सर सत्ता और विपक्ष की स्थिति के हिसाब से ई.वी.एम. पर अपना रुख बदलते रहे हैं। राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर भाजपा लगातार ई.वी.एम. का बचाव करती रही है, लेकिन अब पंजाब में वही भाजपा बैलेट पेपर के जरिए चुनावी गड़बड़ी की आशंका जता रही है। ऐसे में क्या चुनावी व्यवस्था पर यह बहस अब तकनीक से ज्यादा राजनीतिक भरोसे और सुविधा की राजनीति बनती जा रही है ?
Harbhajan Singh’s sudden security changes after moving from AAP to BJP have once again triggered a larger debate over whether VIP security decisions in Punjab are being influenced more by politics than by actual threat assessments. With questions now being raised in court as well, has Punjab politics entered a phase where even security cover is increasingly viewed through the lens of party loyalty, political messaging, and power equations rather than purely administrative judgment ?
