The writer is a senior citizen of the nation. He was born before Independence of India and was ten years old when our country achieved independence.
The writer has seen several elections and by-elections for Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and State Assembly.
It is seen that several wrong men are selected to Parliament and Legislative Assembly by the voters, who fail to achieve the purposes to build our nation. So the writer seeks to express his views on what should be the qualities of a good leader to represent causes and problems of the people in the Parliament and in the State Assembly.
The general elections and State election are going to be held this month. The member, who is not opening his mouth in the Parliament or also in the Legislative Assembly and not taking part in the debates, can we again select him for such membership? We should remember that who we are going to select for such purpose has to prove his/her mettle.
Those who do not attend the debate sessions reasonably and are dozing in the hall and not serious to their duties,n should we cast our votes in favour of them?
Those who behave in most undisciplined manner and are expert in creating ruckus in the House and rise up to the Speaker’s podium, break mike, damage articles, can we prefer such types of people as our representative and can a civil society tolerate it?
Those who were previously elected by us to the State Assembly and to the Parliament, is it not the proper time to ask them for submission of their work performances of the tenure? Should we not expect all these information from them?
Those who are involved in several litigations and having relations with goons and vandals of the locality, can we expect them further to be our representatives? Is it not the proper moment to think over it? To cast our vote is not just our right but our constitutional obligation and duty. Hence our decision needs to be unbiased. Is it not true?
If there is no befitting candidate from among the contestants, the None of The Above (NOTA) button is there to utilize. It is the best way to reject the useless candidature.
The candidates, who do not know either the local languages or the national languages and are illiterate; are they fit to represent us either in the Parliament or in the Assembly?
In our democracy, the tradition of family politics is rising very fast. Such tradition is polluting the democracy and encouraging corruptions in the general administration. Should we not oppose this?
We should remember that we have a matured democracy. How best we can utilise our voting rights is to be decided by ourselves.
(The writer lives at Plot 479, Sailashree Vihar Bhubaneswar, Mob: 993746064)