Monday, June 29, 2015

Democracy and Ballot

In a democracy citizens are empowered with the tool of vote. The vote you cast to select your representative is very vital. While a good leader with clean intentions can change lives of people. A bad leader who is selfish and corrupt can destroy the lives of millions. So a citizen of a democratic nation must exercise his right to vote with extreme caution and not go by rhetoric. 

Unfortunately in India and in many countries of South Asia the fact is people do get carried away by speeches and most of them time and again end up voting for people who are simply making a fool of them. The bad leaders of South Asia have made life hell for the people in this part of the world, and who is responsible for electing them , you the voter. 

In India we have criminals with tainted lives , gory criminal records , people who are under trail for committing murders and rapes, frauds etc who are today MLA's and MP's in almost all states except the state of Delhi,where we have the AAP government and most of its ministers are clean , only  MLA Jitender Tomar is now undergoing trail for producing fake BSc and law degrees. 

In India the difference between other states , centre and Delhi can clearly be seen. While people feel cheated by the central government that promised the sky during the elections but has hardly done any good work in its tenure till now, on the other hand, most people in Delhi are happy with the Arvind Kejriwal's government that has delivered what it promised. 

The data of corruption done by the the MPs and MLAs is so vast that books after books can be written about it. The AAP government that came out of an anti corruption movement is changing the rules of the game as its popularity grows around the country. 

While corruption plagues most parts of India , the government officials in Delhi are now scared of taking bribes. While health and education budgets of central government has gone down by 15% and 16% respectively. AAP's Delhi Government has increased the health and education budget by a cool 45% and 106% respectively. 

AAP's path is not easy. The central government is trying every bit to thwart the work done by AAP government. The Lt. government of Delhi is acting on their direction and getting in the way of every development work done in Delhi. Delhi is one of the most polluted cities in the world. A major part of its pollution is because of vehicular pollution although Delhi has a excellent metro service .

One way of tackling this situation is encourage more people to take public transport. The bus transport infrastructure is not good. The Delhi Government plans to buy 10,000buses to boost Delhi's public transport. However to station this buses a vast bus terminus is needed. The DDA which is currently under LG is asking for Rs 4cr per acre for the land to be given to the Delhi government. This land belongs to the people, DDA is its mere custodian , so it is improper for them to charge Rs 4cr per acre for a bus terminus. 

If the LG wanted he could have intervened and made the land allocation free , however he didn't. For he is not interested at all in people's welfare. The LG is doing lots of other things to someway somehow stop AAP's work. The history of the nation will never forgive him for this. 

The AAP government in Delhi is a government with an intent of serving the nation honestly, that is why it got such a huge public mandate. The popularity and love for AAP has gone up even after the elections in Delhi. 

The vote you cast is very important , thoughtfully done by the masses it can bring happiness and prosperity. When done stupidly it brings misery. Wake up, vote for correct, vote for the honest, vote for the one who has clean intentions of serving the nation. 

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