Voters’ Awareness

Active participation of informed voters in the system is the key to a successful democracy. India was a democratic country long ago. Democracy was blessed again after that much time in 1947 but people were made adaptive to monarchy in between. Resultantly democracy stimulates as well as forces us to be worthy of it.

Voters’ awareness is part of this worthiness. Let’s confess that awareness is seldom given from without. It is rather groomed from within. Still the awareness in environment percolates.

What awareness do we need? Let’s focus upon the context. It sounds relieving to see that we have been discussing this awareness for quite some time. The core of this discussion is the worthiness of the person to be elected.

So let’s define the worthiness of a representative.  Education will make us wise can not be taken for granted. Ability alone is not fruitful. It is passion for the betterment of the people of the constituency that must come above all in the person who wishes to be a representative. Passion leads to ability. Passion makes us honest. Let the passion be the guiding principal of the worthiness in a leader.

Next: The voters must be cognizant of the person/s wish to represent them well in advance. I recommend 5 years in advance. This will prove his/her worthiness in every manner. How can I vote for a person I know nothing or little about?

Again: a label labeled to a person is of no value. It involves voters’ awareness that we pay no attention to it.

It’s our duty to spread this awareness among the voters to ensure we elect the best among us as our representative.