The Boot Diplomacy

"Boot Diplomacy" is a real phrase, though the context of its use differs entirely from as illustrated in the recent episode which caused a dear union minister to smell leather.

Smelling leather happens to be a traditional Indian way to wake people up from epileptic seizures and in this episode it did have the intended political effect almost immediately. But I happen to be a non-political person (as has been drilled into me on account of my profession for past 24 years) and so the cause-effect for a particular political dispensation is not the subject of this discussion but what is interesting to note is that the "Boot Diplomacy" has a quicker response than even the RTI Act.

So is it the time to write the BOOT Act-2009 to make the sloth filled and malice inclined leadership to mend its way as regarding the armed forces of this nation?

This blogger has always been a faithful advocate of the non-violent, legal method of Booting out the non-performers which is through the vote- however there is no denying the shock value of a size 10 DMS followed by the quote-
" Yeh 2.5 Kg ka BOOT jab kisi pe padta hai toh veh uthta nahin uth jata hai"- Applause!!

Just take the strategic voting path for now- DO IT! (Cut it out- No I am NOT hinting at a size 10 Nike).

Also visit http://jaagorefauji.blogspot.com/ to learn the basics.

I hold no brief for one of the major national political parties, but it has at least mentioned our grievance in its menifesto. So go through it and maybe we can vote strategically and hope for the best.
The other way is to continue being a non-entity and hope that the crumbs will be tasty, if at all, they come our way! Good Luck.

You may be interested to learn from the past election statistics- There are a whole lot of parliamentary seats which were decided by wafer thin margins. The sitting incumbent will be willing to offer you the moon and his opponent- two of them!
Read- http://acepost.blogspot.com/2008/11/where-few-votes-matter.html
You are the citizens

Where a few votes matter

I wondered, if the armed forces had two assured votes in the Lok Sabha (very much in the realms of possibility), and the govt was surviving on a razor edge, as this one does, would it have dared to be so insensitive and moreover, unjust.

I have listed a few constituencies where we can make a significant impact. These are not necessarily the closest fought (Which Incidently is Lakshdweep where the difference was a mere 71 Votes) but from where we can expect a sizable no of Service Voters and Veterans and their families.

Closest Lok Sabha Results- 2004

Tumkur (Kar) Mallikarjunaiah S(BJP) Jagadeesh D L(JD(Secular)) 2351 Votes

Raichur (Kar) Venkatesh Naik A (INC) Raja Madangopal Nayak(JD(Secular)) 508 Votes

Hindupur(Andhra) Nizamuddin (INC) B.K.Pardhasarathi (TDP) 1840 Votes
Katihar (Bihar) NK CHOUDHARY (BJP) SHAH TARIQ ANWAR (NCP) 2565 Votes
Amreli (Guj) VIRJIBHAI THUMMAR (INC) DILEEP SANGHANI (BJP) 2030 Votes
Dohad (Guj) Babubhai Katara (BJP) Dr PK Taviyad (INC) 361 Votes
Hamirpur (Himachal) SURESH CHANDEL (BJP) THAKUR RAM LAL (INC) 1625 Votes
Rajmahal (Jharkhand) HEMLAL MURMU(JMM) THOMAS HANSDA (INC) 2974 Votes
Alleppey (Kerala) DR K S MANOJ (CPM) V M SUDHEERAN (INC) 1009 Votes
Muvattupuzha (Kerala) ADV P C THOMAS (IFDP)ADV P M ISMAIL (CPM) 529 Votes
Osmanabad (Maharashtra KR NARHIRE (Shiv Sena) LK DHOBALE (NCP) 1649 Votes
Aligarh (UP) BIJENDRA SINGH (INC) SHEELA GAUTAM (BJP) 2791 Votes
Chail (UP) SHAILENDRA KUMAR (SP) VACHASPATI (BSP) 630 Votes
Farrukhabad (UP) CHANDRA BHUSHAN SINGH (SP) LOUISE KHURSHID (INC) 2745 Votes

There are another 20 seats where the difference was less than 20000.

I hope you understand, it is POSSIBLE, only thing is to awaken now. Take the trouble to register yourself and the families.