Are we really the largest democracy in the world?
I am wondering after the sting operation by a news channel "Aaj Tak" do the political parties and the politicians really care & understand what democracy means. The nexus of politicians and the builders is an open secret and can be a plausible reason for the enormous increase in the prices of realty sector. The amount of black money that is circulated in the realty sector must be the highest among all the other sectors. The sting operation by the news channel revealed how politicians combine with the election officers to create fake IDs so that the polls can be rigged. Literally every vote is being sold at Rs 2000. The disappointing thing about the sting operation was an executive of a company producing chemicals mentioned the names of national parties purchasing chemicals from them so that the ink applied on the finger can be erased and the voter can vote again. How can such candidates frame laws for the general public? It is a mockery of the entire political system and a shame to democracy. This is one of the incidents which got known to the common people. The sting operation only reiterates that such practices must be prevailing in all elections in past and even prevails in the entire country. All these incidents are demotivating for the voters. It is simple if you play an unfair the chances of losing the game is highly probable & hence discouraging.
Why does poll rigging take place?
The polls are rigged to gain an unfair advantage and ultimately to win the elections. The political parties are quite a strong structure and are capable of rigging the polls. It is extremely difficult for independent candidates to manipulate the results due to lack of contacts, money power, muscle power. Even if an individual tries to manipulate the polls people are more likely to stand against the individual than a political party & its candidate. I have a belief that it is the political party framework which gives the courage to the politicians to do such shameful acts.
What can be the solution?
There should be an encouragement to promote candidates who are nationalist with proven record at the local level with a clean image. The political parties are forced to give tickets to individuals not necessary on their ability to improve the constituency but based on their ability to garner votes & raise funds for the party. The choice of candidate is not driven by performance but based on caste, religion & other factors which should not be the case for selection. Even Anna Hazare encourages clean independent candidates to contest elections and wants more independents to get selected in the Lok Sabha & Vidhan Sabha. Mahatma Gandhi had advised the dissolution of Indian National Congress after independence & advocated decentralization of power. Gandhiji's foresightedness might have expected that stronger political parties might threaten the structure of democracy.
http://news.oneindia.in/india/revealed-how-bogus-votes-can-change-the-lok-sabha-2014-poll-results-1423494.html
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/2014-lok-sabha-polls-fake-voter-ids-booth-level-officers-delhi/1/352386.html
I am wondering after the sting operation by a news channel "Aaj Tak" do the political parties and the politicians really care & understand what democracy means. The nexus of politicians and the builders is an open secret and can be a plausible reason for the enormous increase in the prices of realty sector. The amount of black money that is circulated in the realty sector must be the highest among all the other sectors. The sting operation by the news channel revealed how politicians combine with the election officers to create fake IDs so that the polls can be rigged. Literally every vote is being sold at Rs 2000. The disappointing thing about the sting operation was an executive of a company producing chemicals mentioned the names of national parties purchasing chemicals from them so that the ink applied on the finger can be erased and the voter can vote again. How can such candidates frame laws for the general public? It is a mockery of the entire political system and a shame to democracy. This is one of the incidents which got known to the common people. The sting operation only reiterates that such practices must be prevailing in all elections in past and even prevails in the entire country. All these incidents are demotivating for the voters. It is simple if you play an unfair the chances of losing the game is highly probable & hence discouraging.
Why does poll rigging take place?
The polls are rigged to gain an unfair advantage and ultimately to win the elections. The political parties are quite a strong structure and are capable of rigging the polls. It is extremely difficult for independent candidates to manipulate the results due to lack of contacts, money power, muscle power. Even if an individual tries to manipulate the polls people are more likely to stand against the individual than a political party & its candidate. I have a belief that it is the political party framework which gives the courage to the politicians to do such shameful acts.
What can be the solution?
There should be an encouragement to promote candidates who are nationalist with proven record at the local level with a clean image. The political parties are forced to give tickets to individuals not necessary on their ability to improve the constituency but based on their ability to garner votes & raise funds for the party. The choice of candidate is not driven by performance but based on caste, religion & other factors which should not be the case for selection. Even Anna Hazare encourages clean independent candidates to contest elections and wants more independents to get selected in the Lok Sabha & Vidhan Sabha. Mahatma Gandhi had advised the dissolution of Indian National Congress after independence & advocated decentralization of power. Gandhiji's foresightedness might have expected that stronger political parties might threaten the structure of democracy.
http://news.oneindia.in/india/revealed-how-bogus-votes-can-change-the-lok-sabha-2014-poll-results-1423494.html
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/2014-lok-sabha-polls-fake-voter-ids-booth-level-officers-delhi/1/352386.html
