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| www.voteforindia.com | | Now a website on current LS polls | |
New Delhi | Mar 29
If you are a young voter seeking to make a conscious decision in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, this website giving details about all aspects of the polls might help you in making right choice while casting your ballot.
From maps of constituencies to the election schedule to the working of Electronic Voting Machines, the site, launched by cartoonist Neeraj Gupta combines the technical information needed by the electorate with highlights of the "flawed" functioning of our political system.
So, the next time you want to know the percentage of people with criminal background making legislations for you or details regarding the states which send the maximum "notorious" men to Parliament, you can log on to www.voteforindia.com, the website initiated by independent organisation 'Mass for Awareness'.
And if you desire to have a look at some of the "most embarrassing moments" in the history of our legislatures, you will find video recordings of incidents such as infamous cash-for-vote scam and the unruly scenes of violence witnessed in the Uttar Pradesh assembly among others.
"We chose to invest our energy in an online venture because that is where you can catch the upwardly mobile young generation which is mostly oblivious of the democratic process in the country," said Gupta, who is also running a campaign to exhort the electorate to cast their votes.
"It is an irony that the rural voters, who are less educated are regular participants in the electoral process, while the urban ones whom we expect to make more informed decisions do not often go out to vote," Gupta said.
With opinions blaming disenchantment with the leaders for the low voter turn-outs in the world's largest democracy, the website also provides you an option to sketch out a profile of the "leader of your dreams".
"Atal si sirat, Priyanka si soorat, Shastri sa maan, Indira sa abhiman, Gujral sa gyan, Baapu si dristi, Ambedkar si srishti – my leader," reads a post on the website by a contributor.
While such a combination of qualities in a leader was impossible to locate, Gupta believes that people can make a difference by always selecting the least corrupt among the candidates on choice.All this, he said, might force outfits to field more cleaner candidates.
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