There is no greater civic responsibility than taking the time to cast a vote whenever the polls are open. Unfortunately in India the story is different. In any democratic country voting is necessary for healthy democracy, but in India, people do not think the same and they should not be blamed also for this perception. They believe that voting is a useless process, because it cannot bring changes in the system. It is the initial set of mind people are having in our country and this is more predominant in the rural areas compare to urban areas.
People in India experienced very little changes in the system even after casting votes at different levels of elections for last so many years and so they prefer to remain at the sidelines during any electoral process.
Then what is the solution???
To me instead of making it mandatory which people may feel it is being forcefully imposed; the government should try to held fruitful discussion with facts and figures and making people understand that their precious vote can bring positive and constructive change in every nook and corner of the country. It is because of people not casting their votes, the deserving candidate is not winning at each and every level and this in turn fails to bring changes in the system. So if they really want to bring changes....then they should come out and caste their votes. I think by creating awareness we can change the mindset of the people.
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