SP Singh in this issue of Daleel show grapples with this issue with political commentator Dr Pramod Kumar.

Should you vote for the candidate? Should you vote for his party? Should you vote to make someone the PM?

Are issues of your state more important? Should you wait on basis of what your state has gained, or what challenges your country faces from an inimical neighbour?

Deciding which way you cast your vote is a highly complex process.

In this issue, SP Singh engages with Dr Pramod Kumar, well known political commentator, policy analyst and an expert in administrative reforms. Dr Kumar heads the Institute of Development and Communication (IDC), the Chandigarh-based think tank.

The talk hovers around politics of Election Manifestos, the actionable promises these contain and their ideological content. Dr Kumar also engages with the real content of politics and the drama that goes in its name.

Interestingly, Dr Pramod Kumar underlines the importance and centrality of the politics of resistance and dissent, and questions the evolution of politics in which this essential element of politics has been purged from the system.

No effective democracy can function in the absence of forums to voice dissent forcefully, he says.

Daleel debates why BJP has opted for excessively high use of emotions, and the undue stress on matters of national security.