Agree with u , Keep it UP!
On 5/2/09, akalpitap <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear Friends > > I have firsthand experience about voting in this general election, since I > contested this Loksabha election from Mumabi North Central. Many people, > well meaning, came to help me. All said, "hamare volunteers ko khush kardo". > One person came and told me he controls 1000 votes and would like to talk > about give and take. This I am talking about Mumbai. Earlier, I have > witnessed the same thing in villages. > > The situation is hopeless. I went around the constituency, visiting various > booths. What I found is, in Anushakti Nagar, voting was very poor, booths > almost empty. Whereas in slum areas, even at 4 PM, there were long queues to > vote. What did I perceive? Where there was either incentive or pressure to > vote, there were long queues. Where this was missing, there were no people. > Moral of the story? > (1) Make voting compulsory. > (2) Person is not born corrupt. Hence, concentrate on people at the entry > point of voters list. > (3) Electoral reforms, simplification of the procedures are a must. > > This year, in spite of jagore, agni and other ngo's pleading ppl to vote, > no body who matters bothered. > > I feel, one action talks more than thousand words. > > Akalpita > > > -- Praful Mehta Deptt. of Computer Science & Engineering MBM Engineering College Jodhpur - India Handphone - 9414916982
