"Right to vote or duty to vote"

This header may sound cynical to most of them,yet its a sound content which reqires in depth analysis.The topic that stirred a debate across all media.Modi's resolution to make voting compulsory in gujarat is a strong move to make voters realise their right .Though democracy cant force anyone to exercise their right but we Indians have the perception of just talking about politics rather participatig in it.
Every year the voting percentage drops drastically,with an average of just 55-60% of population casting their votesin 2009.This has serious implications on the democratic front,With India being the largest democratic country the process of polling is a colossal thing.Few percentage turn over will lead to failure of attaing majority by any nationalist party.
Though there are supporting points as why voters dont turn out for polling ,firstly due to the nonconforming to the ideologies of corrupt politicians,secondly due to the place of work is far from his native.We could attribute many such reasons for not exercising their vote.But what will be the suitable solution to bring people.
You can be a critic but you need to arrive at a better solution before criticising it.By making voting a mandatory thing to all citizens will it interfere with the rights or it is must be viewed as duty of each and every citizen or just a right to vote were some issues to be dealt upon.Implications of drafting it as mandatory thing might vanish in the long run.As the UID project is underway it can be used as a ID to make voters to vote from anypart of india which can effectively draw voters to the polling booths.This might be an ideal solution according to my belief.People who are discontent about the parties must declare their vote as void,can be done with the same UID number through the webpage.This can have reduction in the costs to a greater extent.
For example if 100 % voting was recorded ,and all the nationalist parites could get only the same 55% share of the votes the rest 45% being void would create a serious thinking on the effects of the former ruling party and a pressure on the upcoming parties to perform to expectations of the public.It would pave way for Youths to enter politics ,to uproot corruption and sustain development to be global power in the future.This might be a distant dream but a realistic one.

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KVS