Election ke din agar aap vote nahi kar rahe..to aap so rahe ho- Tata Tea's Jaago Re campaign
This is the second elections after I became eligible to vote, however couldn't vote in the State elections as I was im Goa...so for all practical purpose, this was the first time I was voting.
Though I have to admit, none of the people who were standing for elections came to campiagn..though there are some 900 houses inside Asiad Village. Though some Congress worker had come earlier to distribute calenders with photos of Sonia Gandhi and Ajay Makken (the guy who is standing from this area..)
But I still went to vote (though because it's a secret ballot I can't tell you whom I voted for :P). The polling booth was infact waliking distance from my place. And there wasn't much of a line...voted and came back.
But watching the news giving the polling percentage, it was actually a disappointing figure..till 3PM it was just 38% voting in Delhi...which increased to 53% when voting closed. That still means that nearly half the population did not vote.
The reasons for not voting included missing names from the voter lists to the holiday on voting day. In fact school vacations are also on. In UP, election was on a Thursday, Friday was a holiday. The Monday before the elections was a holiday too. And the Tuesday and Wednesday of the week was also declared as holiday for Government schools (citing the reason that the teachers have to be on Election duty on Thursday and they might have some last minute work..) So all in all the whole week was closed for school children and 2-3 days off for most of the population of the state. So which person will not take 1-2 days leave and enjoy 9 days of holidays..and jab 9 days ki chutti hogi...to koi ghar par to baithega nahi...sab ghoomne hi jayenge..I think its high time we stop giving a holiday on election day. Voting doesn't take an entire day...Vote and get to work..SIMPLE.
In all countries that have democracies...the majority of voters are the middle class. Not many uneducated people vote...however in India is the exact opposite. Also with such a large population working in MNC and staying in the same place as the one where their voter id were made. This means that they are not able to vote as opposed to they do not want to vote. The EC should seriously consider making the procedure for transferring a voter id from one place to another easy, hassle free and fast so that more middle class people vote.
And now when the counting has begun..we will see political parties getting down and dirty trying to woo smaller parties...but according to the trends..looks like Congress led UPA would be back in power...
This is the second elections after I became eligible to vote, however couldn't vote in the State elections as I was im Goa...so for all practical purpose, this was the first time I was voting.
Though I have to admit, none of the people who were standing for elections came to campiagn..though there are some 900 houses inside Asiad Village. Though some Congress worker had come earlier to distribute calenders with photos of Sonia Gandhi and Ajay Makken (the guy who is standing from this area..)
But I still went to vote (though because it's a secret ballot I can't tell you whom I voted for :P). The polling booth was infact waliking distance from my place. And there wasn't much of a line...voted and came back.
But watching the news giving the polling percentage, it was actually a disappointing figure..till 3PM it was just 38% voting in Delhi...which increased to 53% when voting closed. That still means that nearly half the population did not vote.
The reasons for not voting included missing names from the voter lists to the holiday on voting day. In fact school vacations are also on. In UP, election was on a Thursday, Friday was a holiday. The Monday before the elections was a holiday too. And the Tuesday and Wednesday of the week was also declared as holiday for Government schools (citing the reason that the teachers have to be on Election duty on Thursday and they might have some last minute work..) So all in all the whole week was closed for school children and 2-3 days off for most of the population of the state. So which person will not take 1-2 days leave and enjoy 9 days of holidays..and jab 9 days ki chutti hogi...to koi ghar par to baithega nahi...sab ghoomne hi jayenge..I think its high time we stop giving a holiday on election day. Voting doesn't take an entire day...Vote and get to work..SIMPLE.
In all countries that have democracies...the majority of voters are the middle class. Not many uneducated people vote...however in India is the exact opposite. Also with such a large population working in MNC and staying in the same place as the one where their voter id were made. This means that they are not able to vote as opposed to they do not want to vote. The EC should seriously consider making the procedure for transferring a voter id from one place to another easy, hassle free and fast so that more middle class people vote.
And now when the counting has begun..we will see political parties getting down and dirty trying to woo smaller parties...but according to the trends..looks like Congress led UPA would be back in power...
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