Contd..As a result we don't hold our elected officials accountable, measure them against their performance in parliament, ask how they have been voting inside the parliament, what issues have they raised, how many days they attended the parliament, have they been changing parties, have theybeen involved in criminial activities or corruption. How they have spent the money given to them for development, were those projects left midway or completed, did they do what they promised 4 years ago. We don't let competing candidates debate so that all the voters can judge their competence, awareness and sincerity. In thsi modern age of communications, we are not using TV, Internet, BLogs, news media to full advantage. Our democracy is full of flaws, we need to change. Even our bigger parties do not talk to electrolates about issues of national interest- schools, colleges in villages, roads, hospital, telephone, bus service, electricty, water. Good teachers, libraries and doctors that the villages have been lacking.
Do any of our elected leaders have a plan to change our villages? Why don't we seek loans? They seem to canvass only before elections. I say BJP and future netas of Congress have 4 years to canvass, go to 5000 villages, make people aware of their rights, the importance of political participation, the importance of their vote in their own lives, their children lives, how they should question their elected representatives,...
