Parliamentary elections

Corruption is deep rooted in politics. Trying to find an honest leader in today's politics is like searching a needle in heystack. Today's politics is the politics of personal gains and not the politics of national interest. Our netas have no ideologies and principles. They change parties like how prostitutes change clients. Most of the politicians have criminal records. Some of the politicians are so shameless that even if are removed from chairs, they refuse to vacate govt quarters and Bunglows and keep on staying in them at the expense of Taxpayers money. With such people at the helm of affairs, it is difficult to think of a better tommorrow. Under the circumstances, our election process needs to be revamped totally. To start with, funds required to fight election must be raised through collection from honest taxpayers money and not through donations from Business house or corporates or Builders who have vested interest in politics. Second, there should be some criteria to be eligible to fight election such as minimum qualification, past record as to the contribution made by the person in serving the community, declaration of all assets owned by the person to ensure that assets are not disproportionate to the income of the person, whether the person has been convicted for any offence in the past etc. There must be maximum age limit to bar the entry of old and sick people who are sticking to politics till the very end. The average age of our politicians is 70 years plus. We need young people with fresh ideas and not oldies who can barely stand on their own feet.

In a democracy, the power of ballot is much greater than the power of Bullet. We can pull down the corrupt and inefficient government through ballot box only. Every individual who is eligible to vote should seize the opportunity during election and must cast his vote to the most deserving candidate without fail. If we do not exercise our rights during election, we should blame ourselves for the kind of politicians occupying chairs and ruling us. I would not be too harsh if I say

"politicians are like Diapers which need to be changed everytime for the same reason"