WHENEVER WE TAKE HEED OF WORD VOTE , WHAT COMES IN OUR MIND FIRST , SOMETHING LIKE….. WHEN YOU WILL BECOME 18 YEARS OF OLD THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO CAST YOUR VOTE AND HAVE TO TAKE PART IN IT. BUT , SERIOUSLY TELL ME DO WE MAKE THIS WORK COME TRUE . NO , NOT ALL THE PEOPLE MAKE THIS WORK COME TRUE .
GOVERNMENT GIVES US HOLIDAY FOR CASTING VOTE BUT SOME PEOPLE TAKE IT AS A GRANTED AND SOME PEOPLE TAKE REST AT HOME . ONLY FEW , ONLY FEW PEOPLE OBEDIENTLY CAST THEIR VOTE. SECOND THING I.E. , MOST OF PEOPLE HAVING MISAPPREHENSION THAT THEIR SINGLE VOTE CAN’T CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT AND THEIR FAVORITE LEADER WON’T BECOME P.M. LEMMA TELL YOU THE VALUE OF SINGLE VOTE IS MORE THAN YOUR EXPENSES. BUT IF YOU BEHAVE LIKE THIS THEN THE BAD OFFICIALS ELECTED BY GOOD CITIZENS , WHO DON’T VOTE .
ONCE A KENNEDY SAID , “IGNORANCE OF ONE VOTER DEMOCRACY IMPAIRS THE SECURITY OF ALL .”
LITERALLY , THE PHRASE WHICH IS “ IF YOU GET SOMETHING FOR A FREE , YOU WILL NOT APPRECIATE IT. ” YOU CAN’T ENVISAGE ,
HOW MUCH STRUGGLE DID BY OUR FREEDOM FIGHTER FOR THESE SINGLE VOTE . IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT TIME I.E. BRITISH ERA , AT THAT TIME ONLY FEW PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO CAST THEIR VOTE . FOR THESE SINGLE VOTE , FREEDOM FIGHTERS DID A LOT OF THINGS WHICH WE CAN’T ENVISAGE .THEY DEMAND FOR UNIVERSAL ADULT FRANCHISE , THEY DID WOMEN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST THEIR LIFE TOO . IT SEEMS EASY BUT IT ISN’T .
THERE ARE VARIOUS INSTANCE OF DIFFERENT NATIONS LIKE SAUDI ARABIA , CHINA ETC….IN SAUDI ARABIA , THERE IS ONLY CROWN PRINCE WILL BE THE RULER OF THE NATION IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR VOTES . IN CHINA YOU HAVE TO VOTE TO SINGLE PARTY ONLY BUT IN OUR COUNTRY INDIA , IN OUR CONSTITUTION RIGHT TO VOTING IS MENTION. THANKS TO DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR FOR SUCH A VALUABLE THING.
EVERY INDIAN DENIZEN CAN VOTE UNDER ARTICLE-326 OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR AGE, RELIGION, CASTE, RACE OR COLOR AND SEX . EVEN IN ANOTHER SECTION 62OF THE PEOPLE ACT 1951 , YOU CAN VOTE FROM ANY OTHER CONSTITUENCY TOO. THAT IS IF YOU ARE NOT PRESENT AT YOUR PRESENT ADDRESS AND YOU MOVE TO DIFFERENT STATE OR CITY IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY REASON BUT YOU CAN CAST YOUR VOTE FROM THAT STATE OR CITY TOO .
AMAZING THING WHICH COMES IN THE 27TH SEPTEMBER 2013 THAT IS LANDMARK JUDGMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT . CHIEF JUSTICE P. SATHASIVAM SAID THAT THE EVM AND THE BALLOT PAPER SHOULD HAVE A OPTION THAT WILL ALLOW THE VOTERS TO CHOOSE NONE OF THE ABOVE THAT IS THE RIGHT TO REJECT ALL CANDIDATES IN THE ELECTION.VOTE IS WEAPON IN DEMOCRATIC NATION . NOW BY THESE LANDMARK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE POWER OF BALLOT IS STRONGER THAN BULLET. THESE VOTE CAN MAKE THE REVOLUTION , THESE VOTE CAN BRING THE CHANGES FOR THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO GO AND WILL HAVE TO CAST YOUR HAVE VOTE.BECAUSE VOTING IS NOT ONLY FOR FEW , IT IS FOR EVERYONE.USE IT AS A WEAPON OF REVOLUTION .
VOTING IS A INSTANCE OF EQUALITY OF OUR NATION . WHEN YOU WILL GO TO VOTING CENTER THEN YOU WILL SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE QUEUES WHERE NO ONE IS HAVING THE TWO OR MORE VOTES ON THE BASIS OF THEIR RELIGION OR THE CASTE OR RICHNESS. EVERYONE IS HAVING A SINGLE VOTE FOR EVERYONE. THESE IS THE INSTANCE OF EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY.SINGLE VOTE IS PRICELESS BUT IT IS MORE VALUABLE.
ONCE A JOHN LEWIS SAID , “THE VOTE IS PRECIOUS . IT IS MOST POWERFUL NON-VIOLENT TOOL , WE HAVE IN DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY AND WE MUST USE IT. “
BUT WE SAW THAT MANY POLITICIANS ARE TAKING BAD ADVANTAGES OF IT BY BUYING VOTES OF NEEDY . BUT IF YOU DID THESE AND GIVE YOUR VOTES TO SUCH PEOPLE WHO DID SUCH ERRONEOUS WORK , THEN SUCH A KIND OF WORK LEAD TO HOOLIGANISM AND DICTATORSHIP LIKE IN NORTH KOREA AND OTHER PARTS OF WORLD .
SO PLEASE USE YOUR POWER WISELY AND SINCERELY .
LET’S TAKE A OATH THAT ,
- MY VOTE , MY VOTE IS MY VOICE…….
AND A VOICE OF ALL WHO STRUGGLED , SO I WILL USE IT WISELY….
BY-AFSHA SHEIKH ….
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