With our country inching towards the end of current general elections, the onus of electing a non-corrupt and performance driven government which can govern the nation well and can deliver its promises and commitments made to the people of the country in an effective way, squarely lays on us. The ongoing Lok Sabha elections which will witness sixth phase of polling today, assumes significance more so because of the fact that it will see participation of the highest number of young as well as the first time voters who will be exercising their franchise.
The country over the years has witnessed a marked shift in the voting patterns. Unlike the past, when religion, caste used to be the main influencing factors in moulding opinions of the voters, things have undergone a sea change with issues of corruption, development, price rise, welfare of common people, crimes emerging as dominant factors for the common electorates to cast their votes.
Voters of today unlike the past cannot be cowed down by empty rhetoric of our politicians. Gone are the days when politicians used to derive political mileage by whipping up communal and religious sentiments of the people and formed governments both at the centre as well as in states. Elections in various states in the past few years have categorically shown that elections in India can no more be won by caste or religion based politics. If the government of the day fails to deliver, voters are mature enough to oust it from the power. Assembly election results of the key Indian states which went to the polls last year are testimony to this fact that only those states which performed well have been voted back to power.
As far as ensuing general elections are concerned, the issues of price rise, corruption at various level, inflation, lack of employment opportunities , crime against women, recession in economy have been dodging the common people and they want to get rid of these problems for once and all. Keeping in mind the sentiments of the people, almost all the political parties which are in the electoral fray this year have made these issues as its main electoral planks but there are parties which keep raking communal and religious issues to polarize votes in its favours and derive electoral mileage.
It is high time the valued voters of our country needed to be wary of parties playing divisive politics and should consciously vote for those candidates and parties which can arrest issues of price rise, corruptions and which can provide security, employment opportunities to its people without any malice towards any section of the society.
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