Why to vote?

1. What Elections? This is Valentine Week.

2. Is it Lok Sabha elections or Assembly elections?

3. Ya!! We know it’s Assembly elections. But why to vote?

 For the first two categories, I feel pity for their impotent minds. But people in the 3rd category persists a great threat to our society and thus, I wrote this article addressing their question.

 India is said to be the largest democracy in the world. Democracy is derived from the word ‘ Demo Kratia’ meaning ‘Rule of People’. A friend of mine neglected this concept saying that it persists its importance only in books and practically its not ‘Rule of People’ but ‘Rule of Politicians’. Many of you would agree with it, but let me ask you how these political parties and leaders to be more specific, gain power? They can’t have power if ‘We the People Of India’ don’t vote for them.

 Take a look at Kazakhstan, where the dictator, Noor Sultan, faced civil protest in large scale lately. In India too we criticise our incumbent government for acting like a dictator. So are we facing any such massive protests? It’s because we are ‘democracy’, we have a magical tool to make a hero to zero and a zero to hero. And this magical tool is ‘Voting Right’. If this Right to Vote is snatched away then it is certain we too will face such revolts.

 Right to Vote holds its utmost significance and thus has been guaranteed to us by our Constitution under Article 326. It is a right which has its own struggle in Indian history during British era, be it 1919 Act which granted franchise to a limited people or be it 1935 Act which extended franchise to 10% of total population.

 And after Independence also India saw a deligency of political leaders to conduct first ever general elections in 1951 and dissolved the interim government soon after the elected government came into power. This is the beauty of India’s democracy. That is why, it is the most stable and beautiful democracy in the world and had not collapsed since independence unlike others in the subcontinent.

 It’s not that India always had a pleasing story regarding democracy. We too had black spots in our history, the era when many sycophants clamoured ‘Indira is India’. She too tried to dissolve the elections by imposing Emergencies in 1970’s but the people retaliated under the banner of ‘सिंहासन ख़ाली करो की जनता आती है।’ And this is in Indian history that ‘We the People Of India’ have always been intolerant against exploitation. One should always remember, every country is what it is because of its citizens. Politicians don’t make a country. We do. And our Constitution has guaranteed us with Rights and duties. Voting Right is one of those mighty and powerful right. The Indian democracy gives us a chance to try and test government for 5 years and if they fail, we are given a chance again to remove them from their power.

 So do vote for your society, for your motherland. Be greedy in this matter, because your single vote will decide the destiny of your State and your Country for next 5 years.