India's common man party and focus on corruption worries world's elites

Ali Muhammed

  I stopped off in India for a few weeks to study the Indian state elections and the rising party of common people that threatens India's status corrupt quo. The symbol they use is a broom and indeed the main focus of this exciting new political party is to sweep out the ruling Congress party. The Congress party is like India's version of the ANC in South Africa and has been in power since independence. India's Aam Aadmi Party is the voice for the millions of India's poor and the ones without the ability to move to the West. Most Indians you see in America are definitely ones that were born into privileged and received the best education and corruption money can buy. Tghere will be a hundred and fifty million first time voters in India's upcoming main elections and rest assured the worlds rich and elite are watching and very concerned about the sudden turn of events. Corruption was a fact of life in India and much of the rest of the world as the neocolonialists in the West love to pick and choose who the main people will be in many of their former colonies. The ruling elites in India do not know what to do about this movement in the world's largest democracy.  The establishment across continents see the upcoming elections as a possible turning point to their inept and corrupt rule over India for decades that benefited a few and kept the masses in poverty so they can live above the "untouchables". Only Maoist guerrillas and the occasional left wing rare terrorism drew light on this economic inequality as most Indian's see religion as a more distinct and important barrier and division. The year-old party, formed by activists who led an anti-corruption civil society campaign two years ago, contested only in the capital Delhi. It did not win a majority. But it stunned both main parties by taking nearly 40 percent of the seats in the national capital. The Congress party and the wealthy clans that have ruled this humongous nation are on the run and their power and rule is threatened.  Voters were attracted by its promise to overhaul a political system which many know is steeped in corruption that provides very few opportunities to those born outside of influential circles. lets hope this peaceful revolution and transition follows up in other areas of the world.