Is IPL more important than Elections?

These days Lalit Modi is busy motivating himself to hold the second season of his brain child IPL and having frequent meetings with various top government officials scheduling and rescheduling IPL for the second season. Chidambaram on his part has done a decent job in trying to ensure that IPL goes on as usual (inspite of facing shortage of security personnel) so that the organisers don't incur huge losses. If the Indians considered IPL more important than the elections scheduled later next month then we really need to introspect as to which is of a higher priority?

Many of them would say its better to go to the stadium and watch IPL rather than go and vote for the politicians who will disappoint us as always and we say they are going to loot us as always. Well then we need to ask ourselves are we not being looted here again by going to watch IPL? The answer is a big "YES". By giving up our basic fundamental right to watch the IPL you are making few others rich who is as bad as the politicians we scold. Lalit Modi makes crores at the expense of die hard cricket fans like us who are willing to make him richer and not getting anything in return for making him richer except losing precious time and increasing his coffers. There are many cases pending against Lalit Modi(was given in detail in OUTLOOK recently) and he was also known as the Super Chief Minister of Rajasthan when Vasundhara Raje Scindia was CM due to his proximity to her and he has probably made the same amount or much more in a very short span of time which our politicians have made slowly over the years. Contrast this to our politicians for whom we go and vote on the given day agreeing to the fact that they may not deliver and make a lot of money but here you get to use your basic fundamental right and your representative from your constituency may take up your problems with the government(as he is at the voter's mercy literally our mercy since he has to decide whether he has to retain his seat in Parliament or Assembly before he comes back to the voter for the next election) and try to do something whether he does it or not? You may vote for a guy who helps in forming the next government whose support can either help make or break a government. The government which is formed post elections will do its best to ensure the economy grows, implement policies which may be favourable to us and give us tax relief, give us jobs, give us better roads etc. though finally we'd end up criticising the government for evrything because we as citizens would prefer to go and watch Dhoni, Yuvi, Gilchrist and others hitting the ball all over the ground as we believe that we are going for something which is very important in our lives.

At the end of all this what is it that we gain from sacrificing our voting right and going for IPL? The answer is obvious Lalit Modi and co become richer along with a few top cricketers. And with all this comes a cost of additional tension for the security personnel to guard the celebrities who come to play and the IPL board has ordered for bullet proof vehicles for the safety of players at the expense of the junta's contribution. Given both the cases what would you as a citizen prefer? To make a few individuals richer or get something in return which is rightfully yours either through good roads, jobs, prosperity of your nation and a better standard of living.

Inspite of all this many of them would forgo their fundamental right and go for entertainment and when the next government is formed we'd get back to doing what we love the most "Government Bashing". Well probably for once let us try change by using our fundamental right as it is not going to make a difference in our attitude as we would continue government bashing, after all thats what is the advantage of a democracy. Let it not be for the want of trying and see if it can make a real difference for a change.

So people decide whether you want the concentration of wealth to be in the hands of already wealthy people who would become wealthier directly with our money or would you like your wealth to increase which can become a reality if you choose between the two given alternatives? Does this ring bells about something called Opportunity cost??? Cheers!!!