Click to play videoNew Delhi: India needs a CEO who will run the country like an efficient corporation—that’s the view of many Indians who blame politicians for the Mumbai terror attacks. But wait, voters have not given up on politics or politicians.
Public anger against politicians for failing to prevent terror attacks in the country has grown, but so has voter turnout in the recent state elections.
Chhattisgarh, which went to polls before the terror attack, recorded a voter turnout of 68 per cent. Mizoram, which went to polls on December 2, saw a voter turnout of 72 per cent.
Madhya Pradesh, which went to polls when security forces were still battling terrorists in Mumbai, recorded 69.35 per cent polling
Rajasthan went to polls after the attacks in Mumbai, and more then 66.38 per cent cast people cast their votes in the state. And finally in New Delhi, where elections were hold on November 29, the polling percentage exceeded 57.72 per cent.
Mongolpuri recorded the highest voter turnout in Delhi: of 64 per cent. It is a cramped and chaotic locality and far removed from the affluent constituencies in South Delhi. It’s a place where one might get an inking of why Indians vote.
Voting is a once in a five-year date with destiny that must be kept, says Mongolpuri resident Gaurav. “VIP people and big shots don’t wait because they don’t have time,” says Gaurav.
Political Scientist Zoya Hasan says the voter turnout proves Indians’ faith in their political system. “People seize this opportunity of voting to express their opinion and their voice. They do not have a voice as strong as the rich, the vote is their voice,” says Hasan.
Vikas Ratanjee believes the state elections prove that the Indian middle class is getting involved in the political process. Ratanjee runs the Jaago Re Camapign, a group which promotes voter registration, and in the last 100 days he has registered over 100,000 voters.
“Aft the terror attack we have been getting calls from many people who want to get involved in the voting process of the country,” says Ratanjee.
For people who would rather have a CEO than a Minister for governance that is a message. “Politicians at the end of the day are not very different from the rest of us. There are some good politicians and there some bad ones,” says Gautam Adhikari, Editorial Advisor to the Times Of India newspaper.
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