Will you Vote?

Only 6 out of 10 young people who are 18 and 19 years in age have registered themselves as voters in New Delhi. And yet, this age group formed almost the backbone of Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption. Even now very many of them are playing an active role in the Aam Aadmi party of Kejriwal.

If the educated and socially aware youth of Delhi are ignorant of or indifferent to their right to vote, we can only imagine what is the situation of young people in other parts of our country.

Perhaps we, the youngsters, have lost faith in political parties. Perhaps we do not trust democracy itself as capable of delivering what we are looking for. Yet, we do not have a better alternative for the governance of our country than the democratic one, and in this system, the role of political parties cannot be replaced right now.

It is already too late now for the state level elections. Can we register ourselves and encourage all our friends to do the same we ll in time for the general elections of next year?