India Going To Vote Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

India going to vote
With crores of voters
As for a mandate
With the promises made
And assured
As for a mandate
Fractured or in full,
The election commission
With the long-long charters of it,
Walking on tiptoe
The chief election Commissioner,
But the polling people at a loss
To see so many useless papers
With clauses
To be filled up at the booth
And to move to a nondescript village
With the ramshackle boxes.

If the mandate or verdict is clear,
The there is no question of bargaining
Otherwise the ragtag coalition
Will put up conditions
For joining and supporting
With the claim for the prime minister
Or other major portfolios,
A bargaining will
Hit the stands,
A give and take policy
And they will do politics
Under the banner of regionalism, factionalism,
The turncoats will making appearances
After changing loyalties
And the horses will be traded
As to form a govt.
Falling short of a majority,
And lo, he is emerging from the train,
People running with garlands and bouquets of flowers
To say it loudly,
Mantriji amar rahe,
Amar rahe, zindabad, zindabad
And the minister with the folds hands
Hinting towards a namaskar.