People might be thinking that why I am writing on this after the voting of all phases got over.
But I was watching closely this election and got a lot input from the people about this in this period of time.
Lets first hear from some of the people about their opinion:-
Prabhu Chawla a generalist says:
Each vote counts. There are many candidates who won or lost an election just by one vote. If you have the right to vote, please go and exercise it for the sake of democracy.
Abhay singh a software engineer says in his blog:
One of my colleagues in the office could not vote here in Bombay as he is only registered to do so in his home city of Calcutta.
Both of the opinion are taken in consideration in the coming discussion.
Before discussing on the main topic lets have a brief idea of this time of elections:
MORE THAN 16 per cent among 5,573 candidates contesting in the first three phases of Lok Sabha elections in the country have criminal records. Their number is 909. According to the data released by National Election Watch, most major political parties have fielded candidates with criminal records, with top four parties being Congress (100), BJP (98), BSP (88) and SP (39).
314 candidates in 4rth pole have criminal records pending against them. This is higher to the corresponding figures of the first three phases.
This gives an Idea that what is the quality of candidates who are contesting the poles for this election.
I have few questions here.
If all are criminals from your place then whom you will choose? will you select a criminal...
Your obvious answer is No.....Then what will you do? Will you not vote?
If you will not vote then obviously one of criminal is going to select....
People think that we can give a negative vote so that these candidates will get rejected. But unfortunately our election commission does not even talk about negative vote and also in the electronic machines there are no option of negative vote (As I heard from people...Even I did not find...There is also a lack of demonstration of EVM).
If you are seriously interested in giving negative vote then first you need to approach Polling officer. They will hand over you a separate form for registering negative vote. And if you will do so then there is a chance that supporters who always stand nearby polling officers may identify this and you may land up in trouble.
So this complexity avoids people to go for vote.
Also even though if you have a voter ID card then still there are chances that you can not vote. Some of the points that I have noticed are as follows:
1. Every year it happens that some of the names of people always get missing from the voting list
2. If you are not available at your hometown where your name is listed then you can not vote because you can not vote from another polling booth.
If you want to vote at different place then first you need to give an application to some state election office and then still not sure that you will get a chance to vote.
So again people avoid to go in offices because in govt offices "Babbus" never listen to people and it takes whole day to submit the application.
I would like to share my personal experience here on "Farzee" (fake voters who vote in the name of other people) votes.
Everyone knows that 60 percent of Indian live in Villages and in villages in fact I have seen the "Farzee" voting.
Supporter comes with Guns and start the Farzee Voting.....No body can stop them to do so...Because there is no police...no army...
If I am wrong then you can read newspapers that there were repolling in several places of India...these were the places where "Farzee" voting came to notice by media...others we do not get..
In Brief:
Why young people are not going for vote?
1. Because people aren’t registered to vote since registration is not automatic.
2. Voting mechanism is not flexible.
EX:- Abhay singh'S Opinion.
3. They feel that their vote won’t make a difference because people are coming with criminal records.
4. They also feel that in front of Farzee votes how a vote can make a difference.
What can be done?
1. The system needs to be modified and needs to introduce more technology in the elections.
2. If the person is having voter ID then he/she should be able to cast vote in any part of country.
3. Parties must understand the young generation needs and must avoid criminal people to join and contest election.
4. Must stop "Farzee" Voting.
So If government and politicians make sure to take an action on all above four points then I can assure you guys that voting will increase and definitely people will have a feeling that ONE VOTE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
But if all four things could not be implemented then I also with the people who do not go for voting stand on the point that ONE VOTE CAN NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE in India.
So I request to the system and election commission that please make sure you take all necessary actions before saying ONE VOTE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE so that this can made it true and India can be 100 percent democratic country not secular.
But I was watching closely this election and got a lot input from the people about this in this period of time.
Lets first hear from some of the people about their opinion:-
Prabhu Chawla a generalist says:
Each vote counts. There are many candidates who won or lost an election just by one vote. If you have the right to vote, please go and exercise it for the sake of democracy.
Abhay singh a software engineer says in his blog:
One of my colleagues in the office could not vote here in Bombay as he is only registered to do so in his home city of Calcutta.
Both of the opinion are taken in consideration in the coming discussion.
Before discussing on the main topic lets have a brief idea of this time of elections:
MORE THAN 16 per cent among 5,573 candidates contesting in the first three phases of Lok Sabha elections in the country have criminal records. Their number is 909. According to the data released by National Election Watch, most major political parties have fielded candidates with criminal records, with top four parties being Congress (100), BJP (98), BSP (88) and SP (39).
314 candidates in 4rth pole have criminal records pending against them. This is higher to the corresponding figures of the first three phases.
This gives an Idea that what is the quality of candidates who are contesting the poles for this election.
I have few questions here.
If all are criminals from your place then whom you will choose? will you select a criminal...
Your obvious answer is No.....Then what will you do? Will you not vote?
If you will not vote then obviously one of criminal is going to select....
People think that we can give a negative vote so that these candidates will get rejected. But unfortunately our election commission does not even talk about negative vote and also in the electronic machines there are no option of negative vote (As I heard from people...Even I did not find...There is also a lack of demonstration of EVM).
If you are seriously interested in giving negative vote then first you need to approach Polling officer. They will hand over you a separate form for registering negative vote. And if you will do so then there is a chance that supporters who always stand nearby polling officers may identify this and you may land up in trouble.
So this complexity avoids people to go for vote.
Also even though if you have a voter ID card then still there are chances that you can not vote. Some of the points that I have noticed are as follows:
1. Every year it happens that some of the names of people always get missing from the voting list
2. If you are not available at your hometown where your name is listed then you can not vote because you can not vote from another polling booth.
If you want to vote at different place then first you need to give an application to some state election office and then still not sure that you will get a chance to vote.
So again people avoid to go in offices because in govt offices "Babbus" never listen to people and it takes whole day to submit the application.
I would like to share my personal experience here on "Farzee" (fake voters who vote in the name of other people) votes.
Everyone knows that 60 percent of Indian live in Villages and in villages in fact I have seen the "Farzee" voting.
Supporter comes with Guns and start the Farzee Voting.....No body can stop them to do so...Because there is no police...no army...
If I am wrong then you can read newspapers that there were repolling in several places of India...these were the places where "Farzee" voting came to notice by media...others we do not get..
In Brief:
Why young people are not going for vote?
1. Because people aren’t registered to vote since registration is not automatic.
2. Voting mechanism is not flexible.
EX:- Abhay singh'S Opinion.
3. They feel that their vote won’t make a difference because people are coming with criminal records.
4. They also feel that in front of Farzee votes how a vote can make a difference.
What can be done?
1. The system needs to be modified and needs to introduce more technology in the elections.
2. If the person is having voter ID then he/she should be able to cast vote in any part of country.
3. Parties must understand the young generation needs and must avoid criminal people to join and contest election.
4. Must stop "Farzee" Voting.
So If government and politicians make sure to take an action on all above four points then I can assure you guys that voting will increase and definitely people will have a feeling that ONE VOTE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
But if all four things could not be implemented then I also with the people who do not go for voting stand on the point that ONE VOTE CAN NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE in India.
So I request to the system and election commission that please make sure you take all necessary actions before saying ONE VOTE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE so that this can made it true and India can be 100 percent democratic country not secular.
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Saale first do what you preach
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