How important is voting for democratic countries like India
Voting in India is a Constitutional Right. Anybody who is above the age of 18 years can vote for a candidate who has contested in the election and he can vote for his choice.
On January 25th 2011, the then President of India, Prathibha Devi Patil initiated the celebration of National Voters Day. The day is also when the Election Commission of India came into its existence in 1950.
Why everyone needs to vote?
Voting is a stage for citizens to choose and elect right candidates to represent them. Its a medium to express your pleasure or displeasure towards the representative or his government.
You need to understand this carefully, “You can either vote by voting or vote by not voting. If you don’t vote, someone else’s vote counts more.”
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Here are a few important factors why you need to vote:
1. Voting is a medium for change:
If citizens of India think that the present government or representative is not doing their duties satisfactorily, they can show their dissatisfaction and elect different representatives to represent them. When people stop themselves from voting, they might face the same old issues they were facing before. These upcoming consequences would be faced by the people.
2. Every vote matters:
Sometimes a voter might feel that his vote alone does not have any impact on the result. However, this is fine to some extent. This attitude would cause an issue when lakhs and crores of voters think in the same way. This could have an impact on the effective selection of leaders as the balance tilts. So, by not casting their valuable votes, people may end up electing unsuitable and unfit leaders to represent them. At the end of the day the sufferers will be “YOU”, the citizens.
3. Voting is a responsibility:
Voting is the foundation for the entire system and structure of a country for development. When unreliable leaders are elected it is the nation that suffers. In a diverse country like India, different regions have different problems and concerns. By not casting your votes, the citizens are giving up on their voice being heard.
4. Voting is a honour:
By casting votes citizens of a country demonstrate their respect for the democratic republic state.
If we see the past, India is suffering from corruption, unstable economy and improper foreign policy. Citizens have seen inefficient leaders and its government in power. This condition will remain if citizens don’t cast their votes. It’s our responsibility as citizens of the country to decide and elect good leaders.
Stop considering the Election Day as a day of rest. Skipping the vote casting may not have an immediate harm but in the long-term it will be disastrous consequences, not only for you but the entire country.
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers are not our leaders, but the voters of this country.
Let’s join hands and work towards bringing a change TOGETHER.