The Supreme Court has given the right verdict before the general
elections in 2014. The Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission of
India to include a button in all the electronic voting machines by whose side
‘Reject all candidates’ will be mentioned. I welcome this decision. This
verdict is very much appropriate to the current situation. Although few
political leaders and parties are saying that the Supreme Court doesn’t have
the authority to make any constitution. It’s the work of the Parliament. But
those leaders are forgetting that the Supreme Court is doing its job. In the
constitution it’s already written that if the voter isn’t satisfied with any of
the candidates then the voter can disqualify all the candidates. Those leaders
are saying that people don't go to the polling booths to caste their vote is
equivalent to their right of rejection. I strongly disagree with those leaders.
Although, the voters, who aren’t interested in the polling system, are
staying at home. They are giving the logic that they don't like any of the
candidates. But this is not the reality. They aren’t going to the polling
booths because they would be in compulsion to select one of the candidates. But
if the option of rejection is there then the public will obviously go to the
polling booth. Previously, this right wasn’t there that’s why the turnout at
the polling booths was very low. Now this verdict will encourage the voters to
go and to caste their vote. I would like to say to those leaders that instead
of telling Supreme Court that what it can do and what it can’t, it will be much
better to improve their images. Those leaders should do their duties rightfully
and should clean their images in public’s opinion so that people should vote
them instead of rejecting them.
Actually, the UPA government has passed an ordinance where it’s allowing
tainted and convicted leaders to contest in the elections from the jail. I
think this should be eliminated first. None of the political parties are coming
forward in favour of eliminating criminals to become MPs and MLAs. A lawbreaker
can’t become a lawmaker. The political parties and the UPA government should
think over this before challenging or commenting over the Right of Rejection
verdict of the Supreme Court. I don't know what the real intention of Rahul
Gandhi is. I don't know what he is trying to show to public when he said that
these types of ordinances should be torn and thrown. I would like to ask him
that where was he when his party was framing this particular ordinance? Why
didn’t he raise his voice against his mother on this issue? It’s openly known
that the Congress party has drafted this ordinance after getting the approval
from Rahul Gandhi’s mother. Sonia Gandhi gave her consent over this ordinance.
So, why didn’t Rahul Gandhi said anything at that time? Is he trying to show
that he has become a real well wisher of the mass? I think it’s just the
political drama to confuse the general mass. Nothing more than that.
As
far as the verdict of the Supreme Court is concerned then I would like to say
that this verdict has given the authority to the voter to come to the polling
booth and to show their real intention. This will make the political parties
feel that they just can’t put any candidate in the election from the particular
area. Not only this verdict will make the voter more powerful but it will
increase the turnout percentage at the polling booth. In the coming assembly
elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the Election Commission of
India has declared that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), the button for
reject all will be there.
Now this is the thing, according to me, which was most awaited thing for
the Indian voters. As a voter, couple of times, even I wasn’t satisfied with the
candidates or the parties on the list on EVM. That time, I have wished that I
could have got a button for rejecting all of them at a time. Now it’s possible.
If I won’t be satisfied with the person or the party, I’ll simply press the
rejection button. With this addition, the Supreme Court and the Election
Commission has empowered a voter to express his or her views clearly. Now the
politicians won’t take it for granted that they have to choose any one from the
list. The political parties will be now careful in selecting the suitable
candidate for any constituency. This decision is indeed going to change the
system a lot.
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