THE STORY THAT GETS REMINDED ONCE IN EVERY FIVE YEARS

Vote, Not just a Right but a Duty

A week of shame in the history of the Indian democracy .Beginning with the pepper spray incident in the Lok Sabha, the entire week was full of news that has put the entire nation to disgrace. The public representatives, the face of the nation have made the largest democracy in the world to bend down its head in shame. The disgrace was well discussed in every corner of the nation but do we exactly have a solution to this outcome of unruly behavior in the parliament time and again?

Once a disgraceful incident takes place in the parliament we raise our voices blaming the politicians for being selfish and unmindful of the fact that they represent the nation. But, one must keep in mind that much before they step onto the floors of the parliament, they step into our localities to ask for votes. So, it is in our hands to study the capability of the candidates and whether to allow them to represent us or not.

“None of the politicians are correct and politics is a dirty game”, is a universal statement that any Tom Dick and Harry can make. But it takes courage to enter the dirty game to set the rules right. Many such courageous independent candidates file nominations every general elections but finally get rejected by the public. Most of them would be people who dream to be leaders and aspire to clean the stains of the government from within.

It takes few minutes of our precious time to identify such aspirants in our constituency. Instead of voting to a party based on its prime ministerial candidate, let us vote to such person based on their mettle, so that efficient leaders who are not bound by the Centre’s desires but by the needs of the people take the reins of the society.

The percentage of voting in India on an average always stays between 60-70%, out of which almost 20% votes are faked, which implies only 40% of the Indians participate in voting. When not even a simple majority of the nation votes, how can these elections be considered reliable? “There is no amicable nominee to vote, so what is the point in voting?” is what majority of the non-voters think.

Considering this fact, the election commission has introduced an option called ‘NATO’ (None of the above), which allows a voter to state his dissatisfaction with the nominated candidates. So even if we do not want to vote to a party, let us at least vote. This will show the nation that the people are vigilant and the time has come for a change

 We get a chance once in five years to dictate our representatives. So let us chose the right candidates so that the coming five years the nation need not have to bend its head in shame. The statistics state that 10% of the voters in the 2014 general elections are first time voters.

This general elections let’s make it a point that we carefully study the nominees in our constituencies before lending our support to them. Before the elections, instead of spending hours together abusing the past government let’s spend some time to decide the future government. Let these first steps lead to a bright future where politics becomes an inspiring subject and politicians become the real heroes of the nation.