Governments, Elections & Stringent Policies

It is quite common practice in India among all the ruling parties or alliance to avoid take stringent steps or impose taxes to increase government exchequer or revise prices of basic services’ which are related to public few months before elections time or during elections time contrary they announce populist policies or scheme to lure voters but once the elections over then they are unstoppable to declare anti public policies without any worry. Below coded are two examples of it-

•  Punjab State Assembly Elections were completed in the mid March, then state government pass budget for the 2012-13 session which was without new taxes despite  huge deficit and there was not mention of any new policy how to cover the losses, but it has other side of story as in the coming days span of fortnight state had to go for local bodies elections in lot of areas, hence state finance ministry don’t touch revenue side by playing with taxes’, once the elections of local bodies completed, then one more by poll election were due of Dasuya assembly seat due to sad, sudden and untimely death of Amarjit Singh Sahi, now seat is won by ruling party candidate and from the time of announcement of by polls constituency areas get round the clock non stop electricity despite other parts of state was under huge undeclared power cuts. It appears that coming days store for public of harsh policies as ruling alliance has no more election burden on to them in coming days hence first glimpse was seen on gone by  Monday when  Chairperson of Punjab State regulatory Commission Romila Dubey declared new tariff policy for the period of 2012-13 and shockingly it will be effective from April of this year but state public was vocal for the service of electricity corporation as state was going through the period of power cuts, then why public will pay in coming days the money through arrear whom they have never receive , nobody can justify it. below is glimpse of different categories of customers existing and new tariff -

  Sr.No:	Slabs	Existing Rates	New Rates	Increase in Tariff Paisa/Unit	Percentage
  Domestic Category
  a	upto 100 Units	3.11pa	3.48 pa	37 pa	11.90%
  b	101 to 300	4.52 pa	4.88 pa	36 pa	7.96%
  c	above 300	4.78 pa	5.15 pa	37 pa	7.74 %
  Non Residential Category
  ---	---	5.19 pa	5.56 pa	37 pa	7.13%
  Industrial Category
  1	Small power	4.14pa	4.47 pa	33 pa	7.97%
  2	Medium	4.58 pa	4.95 pa	37 pa	8.08%
  3(i)	Large(General Industry)	4.58pa	4.95 pa	37 pa	8.08%
  3(ii)	Large(PIU)	4.58 pa	4.95 pa	37 pa	8.08%
  3(iii)	Large(Arc Furnace)	4.58 pa	4.95 pa	37 pa	8.08%

• Country is going to have election for the President of India on 20^th July, no doubt in this election participation of public directly or indirectly is almost zero but rumour is in the air among media circles that government of India has made mind to take stringent action why increasing the price of diesel which will boil public as it will leave effect on every sector and will boost inflation, and it will declare by government after President elections.

So it shows that ruling parties or alliances shun to take needed policy on right time but wait for elections to complete so that it may not effect the results and become reason of defeat of their candidate, in this regard demand of Anna Hazare of Right to Recall and Right to Reject should have tool with public so that it make ruling parties or alliances on their toes to take correct steps always as it will remain always in their back of mind when there is no elections.