Have we given a thought, on what basis do we elect our leaders, MPs, MLAs.
Some of us are religious follower of a party say Congress, BJP,JD, Akali Dal etc. So we do not bother much about who is the representative. Whether he has a criminal case pending against him, is he educated, is he of good character, Will his bank balance match with his previous service/ job, can he read/ write ( and in some case unlock their mobile phones ). We blindly go to the voting booth and like a loyal party follower we cast our vote.
Some of us do not know whom to vote, they either get an allowance called ' election allowance ' every 5 years to vote for a party (by the respective party). They are the poor chaps who struggle a lot even to arrange a days meal to their families. They Unlike Raj Babbar cannot survive of a 12 Rs meal every day. So they are ignorant about who's who. We cannot explain them the greater political scenario of the county ( because they would not understand ).
Some of us, the so called think tanks of the society vote for ideology. Be it Secularism, socialism or some other 'ism'.
So what makes our representative who they are? Are they experts in any field ? ( scams are excluded for obvious reasons ). Say for example, Agriculture minister - does he know all the woes of farmers from different regions of india, Does he has a Master degree from any agriculture University? If no, what makes him a choice for that portfolio ? If he does not know about the field in which he is a minister what contibution can he make. Forget all this, if an under qualified person is holding a particular portfolio, wont a well educated in that particular field perform better that the latter ? There are no experts in our country's politics. Hence all of them have a committee of experts. If committee of experts give all their opinion to the minister and minister just reads them out, what makes him special, what is his contribution in policy making, why should we elect him but not a well qualified person in the relevant field ? Do we think all this while voting or do we resort to our own classic reasons for voting.
Some of us are religious follower of a party say Congress, BJP,JD, Akali Dal etc. So we do not bother much about who is the representative. Whether he has a criminal case pending against him, is he educated, is he of good character, Will his bank balance match with his previous service/ job, can he read/ write ( and in some case unlock their mobile phones ). We blindly go to the voting booth and like a loyal party follower we cast our vote.
Some of us do not know whom to vote, they either get an allowance called ' election allowance ' every 5 years to vote for a party (by the respective party). They are the poor chaps who struggle a lot even to arrange a days meal to their families. They Unlike Raj Babbar cannot survive of a 12 Rs meal every day. So they are ignorant about who's who. We cannot explain them the greater political scenario of the county ( because they would not understand ).
Some of us, the so called think tanks of the society vote for ideology. Be it Secularism, socialism or some other 'ism'.
So what makes our representative who they are? Are they experts in any field ? ( scams are excluded for obvious reasons ). Say for example, Agriculture minister - does he know all the woes of farmers from different regions of india, Does he has a Master degree from any agriculture University? If no, what makes him a choice for that portfolio ? If he does not know about the field in which he is a minister what contibution can he make. Forget all this, if an under qualified person is holding a particular portfolio, wont a well educated in that particular field perform better that the latter ? There are no experts in our country's politics. Hence all of them have a committee of experts. If committee of experts give all their opinion to the minister and minister just reads them out, what makes him special, what is his contribution in policy making, why should we elect him but not a well qualified person in the relevant field ? Do we think all this while voting or do we resort to our own classic reasons for voting.
