General Election - 2019

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General Election - 2019
Source: https://www.eci.gov.in/
General Election, the biggest Democratic 'Festival' (comes every five year) was ended on 19.05.2019. This festival was observed in 543 constituencies across 29 states and 7 Union Territories (UTs), spread over a month, in seven phases. About 900 million citizens were eligible to vote in one of the seven phases depending on the region. More than 350 political parties of various sizes and ideologies contested to win the trust of the people and vie to win seats in Lok Sabha. The finale (counting of votes) will be concluded on 23 May, 2019.

Some of the important national issues (according to me) on which General Election - 2019 was fought on are as follows:

National Security

India in the recent times have been struggling with the problem of terrorism. Action against terrorism and extremism was the main focus by the majority of the political parties. The issue of lousy procurement policies in defense and declining defense budget was also raised during the campaigns.

Farmers

Increasing farmers' income, financially supporting them and eradicating the agrarian distress was one of the top promises by almost all the major political parties. Some political parties also advocated for farm loan waivers to please the farmer community.

Taxation Policy and Economic Road map

Since the launch of Goods & Services Tax (GST), it was always in debate be it because of its multiple tax rates, poor implementation or late disbursement of claims. Simplification of GST and faster adjustment of claims was another priority for the parties.
Stability of macro-economics and speedy development of economics and work towards making India the third-largest economy in the world by 2030. GDP growth was also the issue.

Jobs

With the huge buzz over the state of employment in the country in the past few years, parties advocate to put significant focus on creating new employment opportunities and protecting existing ones.

Poverty

Eliminating poverty was on the top priority for the parties, The political parties have come up with their own plans for eliminating the poverty.

Manifestos were released by different political parties focusing on range of issues that have been a burden to citizens. Taking these manifestos the two biggest national parties - BJP and Congress - were seem to be competing on contrasting claims on most issues.

Exit polls are out, each one is claiming a clear mandate for NDA+. Lets see what result day (23.05.2019) bring to us.
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

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