Politicians are aware of the fallacies in our public service delivery system and what makes the voter tick. Before every election they go into an overdrive, doling out freebies offering rice, alcohol, money to those who struggle to earn two meals a day and electricity to those who sleep in the dark.
They also give them access to a system that is out of their reach. Corruption in India is like oxygen. It's integral to our lives. Corruption is as rampant as potholes on Indian roads. Every election result presents a bleak statistic about the percentage of elected political representatives that have criminal charges against them, and the number keeps escalating much like pollution levels in Delhi.
Our collective failure to break the cycle, is why same politicians keep winning. It's is the people who are irresponsible and apathetic, else why would they vote for and dishonest candidates?
Being a citizen of the world’s biggest democracy it's not only our right but a responsibility to elect the right set of people to administer the functioning of the country.
Only those who perform their duty towards the nation have the right to raise their voices against the system. People fail to understand that to run the country they need to elect, relatively good candidate.
Democracy in our country will be effective only when people will vote wisely.
