Debate: PCP vs RPP

The Day 4 of the Mock Parliamentary elections 2023 was underway and what better way to start the day than a fresh round of debates! The first debate was between the P.C.P (Progressive Conservative Party) and the R.P.P (Reformist Progressive Party), moderated by Apoorva Ramakrishnan and Kaushiki Das. R.PP. was the first one to put forward their opening statements. They started their oratory by providing a clear set of distinction between the opposition party’s words with respect to their manifesto. They further contested the ideology on which the opposition party was formed as they promoted their update on the manifesto but the link which they had provided was not functional. In response to the opening statements, P.C.P gave a point of reply which said that the manifesto had been presented for the public online and it could have been the negligence of the Election Commission for the inconvenience caused. R.P.P and P.C.P kept on bouncing their ideas off each other by citing their indifferences towards appropriateness of the ability and inability of clicking on the drive link.

P.C.P were the next one in line, to provide their opening statements. They apologized for the inconvenience caused due to the network issues as they were joining the debate online. They established the comment upon being one of the first political parties to respond to the emergency attack that took place in the midnight hours on the 29th of March 2023. The point of information posed by the other party revolved on them providing vague and dilutable statements that did not have any basic information required for reference and that would be the identity of their manifesto itself. R.P.P went on to provide their main statements which included improving surveillance and deploying more troops and border infrastructures, and reducing the reliance of foreign countries on imports of goods and services. They criticized the opposition by exclaiming that the party who does not have a vision for policy formulation is arguing about the betterment of the society.

P.C.P argued about their hypocrisy in their statements as they were ‘sleeping in comfort’ while a cybersecurity attack ravages on. R.P.P replied that they were evaluating their choices and they were going to form a committee which would deal with the crisis and this is why they did not issue a public statement. P.C.P provided their main arguments where they put forward their plans of being instant in their decision making skills and work with the ruling Government to solve the problem at hand. The point of information from the opposition party attacked the party for using vague words such as ‘intelligence gathering’ and not providing any amount of roadmap of undertaking their policies. The answer was provided by P.C.P where they concentrated on the idea of the Quick Response Team as every individual was at a vulnerable risk and the people would have to be immune to the threat.

The closing statements were put forward by the R.P.P where they criticized the manifesto drafted by P.C.P which reminded them of class 7, 8’s essay competition. There was no clear strategy in the opposition party’s manifesto and for this reason, they aim to launch an initiative to promote awareness of cybersecurity. P.C.P provided their closing arguments where they focussed on not believing in false promises but inclining with the ideals of optimization. They hoped to protect the national interests and the citizens of India, if they came into power.

This was followed by a Q/A session from the different media houses and the think tanks who posed serious questions regarding their party manifestos and criticized the ideologies and the vision and mission statements of the dual political parties in conversation.