To whom should we cast our vote?

[mukeshkumar007]

Dear All,
As all of us know that India is a democratic country but in our democracy there are lots of politicians those have criminal and corrupt background. Not a single party is corruption less. You may find these gunda type politicians in every party whether it is congress or BJP. We have been using our vote in election in the support to a party instead of the candidate.
Sometimes a party gives the ticket in the elections to a person who doesn't deserve it but after it we elect him. Why? ... because we cast our vote to a party not to a candidate.
I might be wrong but at many places it has happened.
A candidate who is well qualified and has a sound vision for the development of that area may not be elected if he has not the name of a famous party like BJP & CONGRESS... And in result we have a leader in government like Lalu, Mayavat, Uma Bharti ..
And if we want to see honest and responsible leader than we have must need to judge the candidate before casting our vote. So that the entry of wrong candidate in the assembly and parliament can be blocked.
So I want to know your ideas that to whom should we cast our vote ? to a party or to a candidate...
I hope many valuable views from your side.

 

[ramksehrawat]

Dear Mukesh,

I am of the view that one should not be blind in support to anyone while exercising one's right to vote and never act like a bonded labourer of a political party. First thing one must judge is the credentials of a candidate. If educated candidates who have the zeal to work are elected, I am sure over a period of time the goonda elements will disappear from the political scene. Personally, I will judge the candidate whom I am casting my vote for, second the leader who is going to be the PM/CM. In Haryana I will go all out for B.S. Hooda whereas at Centre I will go for NDA instead of Congress. You may ask why NDA. Because in the coalition era, the coalition partners of Congress are the worst lot in India. I will never vote for a communist because of their double standards or a Lalu, a Mayavati or Paswan or a Chautala as they have no programmes except dividing the people on caste lines and looting the public money. In Rajasthan my choice would be Gahlaut instead of Vasundhara Raje. In MP I would go for Diggi Raja over saffronites. In Andhra on any given day Naidu would be a better option that the present CM. In Tamil Nadu I will sit back and relax while both DMK and JL are the same for me, however, given a choice I would go for Chidambaram. I mean, whoever shows inclination to work for the development or upliftment of people will have my vote. If you contest from anywhere, my vote is pucca to you !!! LOL.

 

[raj2rif]

Thought Provoking

Dear Mukesh,
You have raised a very thought provoking question. Some time it becomes difficult for a voter to judge between the candidate and the party. Firstly, a good candidate in wrong party is as good or bad as the party would be. Because if that candidate had the vision, and shares the same values as you and me do, then probably he would not have been contesting on that party ticket. While we may comfort with the thought that atleast the candidate is good, the problem is that these candidate probably may not have any say in deciding the developmental program in the area. However if the candidate is honest, irrespective of the party, he is likely to spend more money allotted to the constituency than the corrupt one, who would build his own empire with that money. It is our duty to promote such candidates and not vote against them just because they don't represent the big or famous party.

There is a lot that can be written on this subject. I remember in 1967, Mr. Prakash Vir Shastri contested from our constituency as an independent. We had B.P. Maurya from Congress, Seth Anand Swaroop from Congress (O) and I guess a fairly good candidate from Jansangh and other parties. Mr. Prakash Vir Shastri was asked the question by one village elder "Bhai To Akela Ke Kar Lega". His reply was "Yeh sach hai, ki akela chana bhad nahi phod sakta, but agar tidak jaye to bhadbhuje ki aankh zarur phod sakta hai". How true was that statement. It is a different story that Mr. Shastri never became Akela Chana and never tried to Break the eye of Bhadbhuja. He kept on changing the parties and loyalties, and lost heavly to BP Maurya in 1971 on a Lok Dal Ticket.

I would not only vote for an honest candidate but would also like to promote his name so that he wins. Once he has won, we would like to ensure that he does what he had promissed and we ask for his accountability. It would be easier to ask for the accountability from an honest candidate rather than a criminal. I am pretty sure of not voting against a criminal.

 

[rkumar]

Dear Mukesh,

I am of the view that one should not be blind in support to anyone while exercising one's right to vote and never act like a bonded labourer of a political party. First thing one must judge is the credentials of a candidate. If educated candidates who have the zeal to work are elected, I am sure over a period of time the goonda elements will disappear from the political scene. Personally, I will judge the candidate whom I am casting my vote for, second the leader who is going to be the PM/CM. In Haryana I will go all out for B.S. Hooda whereas at Centre I will go for NDA instead of Congress. You may ask why NDA. Because in the coalition era, the coalition partners of Congress are the worst lot in India. I will never vote for a communist because of their double standards or a Lalu, a Mayavati or Paswan or a Chautala as they have no programmes except dividing the people on caste lines and looting the public money. In Rajasthan my choice would be Gahlaut instead of Vasundhara Raje. In MP I would go for Diggi Raja over saffronites. In Andhra on any given day Naidu would be a better option that the present CM. In Tamil Nadu I will sit back and relax while both DMK and JL are the same for me, however, given a choice I would go for Chidambaram. I mean, whoever shows inclination to work for the development or upliftment of people will have my vote. If you contest from anywhere, my vote is pucca to you !!! LOL.

I totally endorse your views Sehrawat Sahab. In UP we seem to have no one for whom we can vote.. In UP there is hardly any talk of development. Not a single news one will find about anything good happening in UP.

RK^2

 

[ramksehrawat]

I totally endorse your views Sehrawat Sahab. In UP we seem to have no one for whom we can vote.. In UP there is hardly any talk of development. Not a single news one will find about anything good happening in UP.

RK^2

Rajendraji,

In UP the politics is at crossroads. There is hardly any leader whom one can trust. As regards western UP Ajit Singh is still the best bet provided he can keep the Harit Pradesh issue simmering so that some day someone can make it a reality. However, Anuradha Singh is earning a good name but she is a new comer and has still to prove her mettle. Khurshid is a good man too but his party is in doldrums. In the present circumstances UP will have to bear Miyan Mulayam and Mayavati for some time say for about a decade. I am bewildered as to how people can pose their faith in such people !!!

 

[deepender]

Mukesh Bhai,

You have raised a good question. While I am a Congress man at heart and soul, overall I endorse views put forward by Sehrawat ji. I think we should vote while giving serious considerations to the Candidate/CM/PM in front of us rather than blindfolded by our faith in a particular party.

At the end of the day, we should have a reason why we voted for one person as opposed to another. Like the question Socrates, put forth the ancient Greek assembly when the citizens were voting to have him poisoined (incidentally, Greeks at Athens were the first truly democratic society in western world) - "Ask yourself, why? Ask yourself, why my friend? Ask yourself, why are you voting to have me killed? -- because I know, if you do that, I will live"

Regards,
Deepender

 

[mukeshkumar007]

Dear Mukesh,

I am of the view that one should not be blind in support to anyone while exercising one's right to vote and never act like a bonded labourer of a political party. First thing one must judge is the credentials of a candidate. If educated candidates who have the zeal to work are elected, I am sure over a period of time the goonda elements will disappear from the political scene.

Thank you very much uncleji for your kind views.

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It is our duty to promote such candidates and not vote against them just because they don't represent the big or famous party.

. Mr. Prakash Vir Shastri was asked the question by one village elder "Bhai To Akela Ke Kar Lega". His reply was "Yeh sach hai, ki akela chana bhad nahi phod sakta, but agar tidak jaye to bhadbhuje ki aankh zarur phod sakta hai". How true was that statement.

I 100% agree with you uncleji. we should really promote such a good candidate in the election who has a vision for the development of that area.

Hame aise chane ko jarur support karna chiye jisme tidkkar badbuje ki ankh phod ne ka madda ho...
Again I thanks to all of you for your valuable views.

with regards.

 

[ozyjat]

To me the purpose of voting is to elect the "best" possible candidate to office from the group of people running for that office. The meaning of the term "best" will vary from person to person. For some, it simply means "the person from my political party". For others, it is "the person who supports key positions that I support". Still others take the "lesser of two evils" approach, voting against a particular candidate rather than for someone they support.

The question remains, how do we decide. Should we vote blindly out of party loyalty? Can we take a "smorgasbord" approach, and vote for whom we wish without regard to party affiliation? Must we join a party at all? The answers to these questions are No, Yes, and "it depends".

I would argue that voting blind party loyalty is wrong. Careful consideration of the issues must be taken if a voter is to cast an informed and responsible vote. This means, yes, you may pick and choose. And not just among the two major parties.

This isn’t a horserace in which one attempt's to pick a winner; its an attempt to elect the person you think best for the job, based on their politics, morals, personal philosophies, and what ever else you deem important for the position.

In short listen to the Spirit. Remember that character does matter.

Swami Vivekananda once said,

"We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act. "
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Dear All,
As all of us know that India is a democratic country but in our democracy there are lots of politicians those have criminal and corrupt background. Not a single party is corruption less. You may find these gunda type politicians in every party whether it is congress or BJP. We have been using our vote in election in the support to a party instead of the candidate.
Sometimes a party gives the ticket in the elections to a person who doesn't deserve it but after it we elect him. Why? ... because we cast our vote to a party not to a candidate.
I might be wrong but at many places it has happened.
A candidate who is well qualified and has a sound vision for the development of that area may not be elected if he has not the name of a famous party like BJP & CONGRESS... And in result we have a leader in government like Lalu, Mayavat, Uma Bharti ..
And if we want to see honest and responsible leader than we have must need to judge the candidate before casting our vote. So that the entry of wrong candidate in the assembly and parliament can be blocked.
So I want to know your ideas that to whom should we cast our vote ? to a party or to a candidate...
I hope many valuable views from your side.

 

[itsnavin]

Vote! Vote!! Vote!!!

As per my views, it's the most difficult question. I don't know to whom I'll cast my vote but I know whom I would never vote. These are Chautala, Laloo, Advani, Mulayam, Gehlot (for his anti-Jat activities in Rajasthan), Madan Lal Khurana..and the list goes on.
Don't think this list as just a collection of names but I am targeting more on the ideology of these guys. Atleast I'll refrain from voting these people in power.

OTHERWISE, another big question for me is: How many of us(max. educated and resolved) vote in elections?
I think, as voting %age is normally 55-60%, the remaining 40% are crucial one who can change the picture. These are businessman, Govt. servants, Educationist, Military personnel, NRIs etc who never or almost never vote.

This all comes from my personal experiences. I was involved in atleast 4 elections in Rajasthan (both as RO and PO) and I found these stats. The higher %age is labourers, Farmers, JhuggiWalahs, unemployed youths, housewives etc. The major educated stream just doesn't have time for voting.

Do u guys agree with this? If yes, we need to involve ourselves more in the election process and advise the same to others as well. Personally, I do the same.