Today the 2009 general elections polling begins. My area goes to poll - Andhra Pradesh first phase. There's this crazy excitement, it's 1:30 in the morning and I get no sleep. You see I'm going to vote tomorrow for the first time. Long live democracy.
In Andhra Pradesh the polls are both for the centre and the state. I get to vote double. It's like I have something so precious in my hands. Idealistic? yeah very and very proud to be too.
I have done my homework. Checked up on the contesting candidates. The mandatory affidavits required of the candidates stating criminal record if any, any pending criminal charges FIRs, their assets and liabilities are available online for inspection on the election commissions website. All cheers to the Supreme Court for declaring that it was the citizens fundamental right to know all about contestants (Association for Democratic Reforms Case and the PUCL Case). Im working on decriminalisation of politics for my election seminar, more on that soon. Details about candidates are summarised on Association for Democratic Reforms Website as well.
Which party I'd like to see in power at first doesnt seem difficult to choose. But then I ask what kind of a party doesnt try to make up for the past. 1984 trial is still not done? Hello....
God knows what is worse. But I can say which leaders are better at least.
But sadly my hopes of voting the congress back to power may have been crushed by the congress itself. Their candidate from my area has an FIR filed against him under Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code for assaulting a government official and disrupting his functioning. Nothing is proved yet. I don't know what to do. Vote for him or not vote for him. Had charges been framed I'd surely not vote for him. Oh God damn the congress for putting me through such testing times.....DON'T PUT UP TAINTED CANDIDATES, SHOULDNT BE THAT DIFFICULT.
We shall vote at sunrise, I will pray that someday, in my lifetime our politics will be clean.
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