Ballot box.

Hello readers

Hope you had a good week.

With the banner of Nationalism in our hearts to build up a Mighty India, let us march forward on the path of Duty. This is no time for rest; this is no occasion for faltering. Let us go onwards and onwards, till we reach the Goal.”

-Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

India is one of the biggest democracies in the world, and our election system is also the one of the most complex systems which is used to select the leader of this great country.

68 years ago ,on august 15th we achieved independence from the british empire,all through these years we have been choosing leaders and this whole electoral process is very organised in India and it takes months together until the D-day arrives and the" valuable votes" as usually expressed by the politicians is casted and there we have a new government.

You may be wondering why we have called this blog as the ballot box even though the election commission of India introduced the electronic voting machines ,we feel only the voting methods have but nothing else has changed much.

But there are some slips in the system and we feel they are very much important yes they have been missed: first is the accountability, which almost no leader is taking and willing to take, the second concern will be the guarantee.

Just take a small instance ,if we buy any product we usually get a certificate which is popularly called the warranty for the product say for 1 year or 2 years or even more the manufacturer is sure his product won't screw-up within that time frame is ready for a replacement if some issue happens.

Now do we get any sort of guarantee from our leaders when they get into power that ,they will achieve some milestones in their span of 5 years ,what we get is a big list of all the developments that is said to be fulfilled and ,only few will be done or half done in that tenure .

Then the basic question will arise which is ,why should we vote? One issue has been bothering since time immemorial i.e., the use of rowdy elements by the politicians for election campaigning purposes and many other drives. During the time of Bengaluru Corporation elections we tend to see many rowdies shouting slogans for their leaders.

Rowdies  act as private Z class security for these politicians.

How can one expect good work from the politicians after being elected? The allotted years they serve are only for their betterment.

The nation needs a drastic revolutionary change. Many people think it’s practically an impossible task to turn the gears around. If this attitude persists for ever then our nation will witness a severe grave danger. A day might come where the entire nation would be taken over by the underworld.

It means that it does not hold good only for the Corporation elections, it has its bearings till the MP elections. Does it have any moral ground? Definitely not, it has been deep-rooted in our Indian political systems. 

This problem of electing our representatives has to be addressed from the root. The cleansing work has to begin with our people. We as the common publics of the country, we have to be interested in the upbringing. Unfortunately, only handful of them fights for the upward mobility. Don’t care attitude of the people have to be shattered.

Why we elect our representatives? It is because it’s their duty to see the wellbeing of society. But is it happening in  reality? No because neither common men question nor the politicians show any responsibility. They make sure that their purpose is met and their needs are satisfied.

Can we guess what are their needs, yes of course have we not seen scams and the castle of black money built in and kept safely in many Switzerland banks!?

The two words accountability and guarantee is missing in Indian politics.

The Corporation elections are just a week away in Bengaluru and the we are witnessing the campaigning and canvassing in full pomp and prosperity, we wish they could do their duty after we elect them.

We feel this fabricated way of canvassing the rowdyism, the vote bank politics is definitely good for the leaders but miserable for we the citizens of the nation.

We see in today's parliament they are many convicts  who are still MPs' we strongly condemn this  and appeal to the government to look into matter with utmost seriousness.

We bow to all the freedom fighters that have helped India to breathe the air of freedom after all we are living today, because of the theit turmoil and patriotism.

In a famous Hindi Movie “Rang de Basanti” there is a famous dialog which was told by Flight lieutenant Ajay Rathore: No nation is perfect we need to make it perfect, let’s become scientists, businessmen or politicians and run this nation”

In the upcoming Bengaluru Corporation elections more than half of  them are rowdy sheeters. But, who is raising voice over them?

Let’s hope for a better future and remember the future is with us, we must equally share responsibility with the leaders and we must elect the deserving leaders.

Thanks for your time.

Living with Hope

Harish Murthy and Tejus R.S