Friday, May 8, 2009

politically incorrect veiw





Polling for the 2009 general elections has finally ended but all the dust and drama is not over yet,i am sure there is more to come.I remember the 2004 general elections, i was 13 at that time and had made a secret prayer of making the 2009 general elections fall after september 2009 so that i may have got the chance to vote this time.But never mind! Although i didn't vote but did make a point to visit a polling booth.I accompanied my aunt to a polling both in my locality and to my amazement i found that there were 4 polling booths in a span of just 500mts from my home.No way people should have excused themselves from voting, even if they do then no blames on the government!




I thought of spending an hour or so at the polling station which made my aunt a bit crazy in head as it was a very hot afternoon and the sun was smilling at the top of our heads.But after few minutes i found myself getting engrossed in all the activities happening around the polling booth.As i watched more and more people coming to cast their vote,the participation of the rich educated class in my region was very low.I was thinking if this is the story of all the regions in india this time too? and the next day newspaper cleared all my residual doubts.



After 2004 general elections my conviction grew stronger and stronger that its the rural and uneducated india that make and break governments.I can even go on to the extent of saying that intelligensia has no say in the whole electing process.Few months back i met a medical student,a first time voter and asked her about her voting preferences and here comes the awnser " I will not vote! why should i vote? there was not a single political party that supported our no reservation campaign. Even if that wasnt the case,all the voters do is to choose the better of the two devils". Initially her apathetic and callous attitude did annoyed me but she is just returning the apathy back!

5 comments:

yogesh said...

Hi Bhawna,

Do agree with you,it's the rural and mostly uneducated India that make and break the govt.also would like to share with you that one can easily buy their vote by paying 50-100 Rs.or a bottle of wine,this is the main reason why these pepole vote more then the edcuated one....and as per our so called "edcuated society"they do not have time to vote(not all) but celebrate the day in a very planned way to enjoy as they got another holiday.

Really appreciate the way you think......keep on writing, together we all can overcome all the problem to make our country free from all the evils.

Br//
Yogesh

karan said...

i sought of agree wid u.....but i m more satisfied wid the election results dis time...
parties which have been ruling by making caste the main subject have shrunken....(i guess u understand whom i m talking about....
i belive THAT 'KAL TAK JO INDIA SO RAHA THA VO AB JAAG RAHA HAI'

bhawna said...

yaya even i m happy wid the results but the blog entry was made before d results........i ll soon write again after the exams

raghav aggrwal said...

i believe is bar kae result main kuch galat ahi congrees ko hamarae area se kesanae bhi vote nahi kiya fir bhi it got lakhs of vote & above that all atleast is bar youth came forward to vote { may be becoz of pappu camp. ]}}
but after all results gave stable govt. & supported the stock market though this budjet is not sattisfying as it does little to welfare of people in mnc`s

this budget has increased loan of worldbank on every indian to nearly Rs.45000 $ we r thinking our economy is growing
that`s not true its fiscal defeit is growing day by day god save this country...................

bhawna said...

hey no bugdet can be perfect and loopholes are bound to exist