Never have bypolls taken up as much primetime news as they did in the recent bypolls to Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha seats. Given the antics of endlessly politicking netas, and bypoll after bypoll, most would like to say bye bye polls.
One line slogans capture voters’ imaginations. In the lush sugarcane fields of western UP, is Kairana where an important bypoll took place. During the campaign the opposition yelled: “They say Jinnah but we say ganna (sugarcane),” a reference to the ruling party’s campaign on religious issues like Jinnah’s portraits while the opposition was at pains to emphasise economic problems faced by sugarcane – or ganna – farmers in the area.
After all, democracy does translate as ganna-tantra in Hindi not Read More
