Saturday 26 April 2014

Jaisi Praja, waisa Raja. Use it or lose it.

Take 3 minutes to read this inspiring success story from a small village near Rajkot, Gujarat that has made voting compulsory!
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Voting-is-compulsory-in-this-Rajkot-village/articleshow/34127219.cms
Two other interesting things about Raj Samadhiyala in democratic India: the move to prevent bogus voting and the unique way of allowing only small meetings with candidates, barring candidates from using large hoardings, banners and leaflets.

Possible in a small village. Also possible in a large country! Anything is possible. If authoritarian rule is possible over 1.35 Bio Chinese by single Communist Party then why not this? Compulsory right to exercise one's freedom to elect a government. Compulsory Freedom?! Sounds like a paradox?

I recommend: Withdraw the names of habitual non-voters from the electoral list. Why just Right to Recall the elected representative? First reform the people. Jaisi Praja waisa Raja. People of India, stop whining. The Satyamey Jayate show on elections in India is a must watch for all those who missed it and who feel that we need better leaders. Watch this and you will change your mind:

http://www.satyamevjayate.in/Criminalization-Of-Politics/EPISODE-5Watchvideo.aspx?uid=E5-EV-V1&lang=hindi

Speak up. Most of us end up wasting our most precious rights as citizens of Democratic India. As a first step, we must be prepared to Lose it if we don't Use it.

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