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Take any
Election. Most of educated persons do not
bother to go for voting. May be they keep
themselves away from (dirty) politics, as
they put it. May be they think it is waste
of time standing in queue, as their vote
is really not going to make any difference.
Many persons do not even bother to check
their names in the voters-list. They show
total apathy, distrust and indifference
towards voting process. They get chance,
to elect right persons, which they willingly
forgo. And yet they cry fowl, and blame
the Government when any thing is not to
their liking.
On the
other hand, people in slumps, people in
minority, who have lesser means, they religiously
vote. They create large and trusted voting
bank. The person, who gets elected, naturally
will look to their difficulties, because
they have voted for them. They get more
facilities like water, toilets, protection-
against- eviction (Nothing wrong to that).
The elected person becomes their Godfather.
They get support from the elected candidates,
for hawking on road, selling Liquor, selling
drugs, gambling, and things like that, which
always may not be hygienic or lawful. Thus
they are appeased and favoured at every
occasion. This also is the reason probably
for increment in slums, and unplanned development.
Talking with a few candidates, who were
in fray in Municipal elections, gives an
impression that they would have liked to
get elected with support of educated people.
This will give them status and chance to
work in systematic way. But since they do
not get required support from this class
of people, they have to, as necessity, depend
on support from the slumps, and appease
them too. Why not? They get them elected.
Things will only change, if educated people
leave apathy, and take out time, and vote
religiously. Educated class must vote, or
they leave complaining about wrong people
in Politics, or call Politics as dirty,
for that matter.
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