OMKAR DATTATRAY
The world’s largest democracy is going to polls in a few days from now .The voters of this democracy will chose their representatives who will govern them in accordance with the high standards of democracy and constitution .The conscious and sagacious voters will vote for inclusiveness, development and diversity .The development and inclusive polity will eclipse the emotional ,caste and communal politics and the mature voters will vote for development and inclusivity and will chose a government which will work for the welfare of the common man. There is no place for caste ,communal and sectarian politics and voting and the people will vote for the mundane issues of bread ,butter and development and the caste and communal issues will be relegated to the dust bins of history. The voters should vote for the party which promises and guarantees the development of the country and all those forces should be defeated which unfortunately stand for caste and communal politics .Therefore the mature voters of the country will vote for development ,bread and butter and will frustrate the designs of all those parties who advocate caste and communal politics .The emotive ,sensitive and caste issues should get a back seat and the mundane issues of bare existence should get a priority and the people should vote for the party or parties which guarantee development ,prosperity ,inclusiveness and diversity and for upholding the federal polity of the country while maintaining the unitary spirit of the country and constitution. .Therefore people should vote with insight and foresight and only elect such political parties which guarantee development and inclusive polity and they should shun the caste ,communal and emotive politics so that our developing country marches towards development and this will be possible only when the voters will vote for development ,inclusiveness and diversity as well as for strengthening the federal character and structure of the country .People should show those parties and politicians a door who only indulge in caste and communal politics and do not guarantee development ,but only do emotional and sensitive politics which is far from the requirements of the people .So the people should only vote for such parties and politicians who promise and guarantee a developed India and at the same time defeat those parties and leaders who do communal ,caste and sectarian politics .Development is the mahamantra of the present day politics and so the people should vote for the parties and politicians who not only promise but guarantee development of the country in which lies the good of the people and defeat those parties and leaders who only advocate partisan and caste as well as communal issues which are against the spirit and essence of democracy and give a bad name to democracy .The voters should reject the communal ,caste and partisan politicians who are against the cherished values of our democracy and instead vote for the parties and leaders who promise and guarantee the developed and Viksit Bharat .It is so good that the BJP manifesto stresses the development plank and stand and shun the politics of freebies and populist schemes and concentrate on the development and inclusive politics and it is hoped that the people will vote for development ,inclusiveness and diversity which is the cornerstone of our vibrant democracy .UNDP is working hard for promoting inclusive and participative elections .With presence in more than 170 countries ,the UNDP helps governance institutions in countries bring constitutional reforms ,organize credible elections ,strengthen parliaments and address policy and institutional options for peace ,risk reduction and development through reconciliation ,empowerment and inclusion .UNDP brings people together within nations and around the world for fostering partnerships and promote ways to promote participation ,accountability and effectiveness at all levels .It also offers strategic assistance throughout the electoral cycle ,from support in designing more effective systems ,to mechanisms to address disputes after the votes are counted .It aims to ensure that elections are credible and fully owned nationally ,increase awareness of the role of elections as part of a broader democratic governance framework and as a vital means to safeguard human rights ,exercise choice and express opinions .The objective is to support democratic systems to become more inclusive and accountable and tom meet expectations for participation ,services and security during election processes. The inclusion and participation of youth ,women ,traditionally marginalized groups ,minorities and indigenous people’s into election processes are important tools to strengthen the democratic processes .It has been observed that the people today by and large vote for development ,inclusiveness and upholding the diversity which are the essence of our democratic governance.PM Modi has also said that the people have realized that it is futile to be swayed by emotional ,sensitive and caste issues and they have voted for development ,peace and inclusivity in the UP assembly elections and have voted BJP again to power in the state .Same will be now true in the general elections as the people will be no longer swayed by the sensitive ,emotional and caste issues and instead they will vote for development and inclusive politics .It follows that the voters have become more conscious and they will vote for development of the country and for inclusivity and this will be seen in the coming general elections .People are not moved by the emotive ,caste and partisan issues and instead they prefer to vote for development and inclusiveness as well as the diversity and for strengthening the federal structure of the country .
Thus people should vote for developmental plank of the political parties and they should shun voting for caste and communal politicians and the parties espousing caste polarization and appeasement politics which strike at the very roots of our democratic system .
To sum up, it can be opined that the voters by and large will vote for development ,inclusiveness and diversity which are the cornerstone of our democracy.
(The author is a columnist,social and KP activist).
