To Vote is more IMPORTANT than just holding the Candle marchs.!

The voting percentage in urban areas ( metros) is relatively low than the voting percentage in the rural areas. This some how depicts that the the people who belong to these rural areas are more educated in terms of exercising their universal adult franchisee i.e. their power to elect the people who they feel about and who should run the country. But why the urban class lack the drive to exercise it.......... The reason behind this not so encouraging outcome is that they dont find it worthy or may be the politicos themselves. But when it comes to a roadshow, one can find a flock of people hovering around the INDIA GATE holding candles in their hands and shouting slogans... I am not saying that its not important to show solidarity with someone but its equally or more important to vote with the same enthusiasm. This largest democracy saw its largest voter turnout in 1984. Apart from that the voter turnout remained a mere 50-52%. we should understand that a democracy needs the involvement of their people and without it the democracy holds no importance. If we dont vote then we dont even have the right to say in the government proceedings. However, this time the election is somehow different in many terms ( you can refer to the other articles in this blog to know how is it different?). Earlier the motive of the various awareness campaigns, regarding elections, were limited to just making people understant thet they need to vote but this time it has beeen followed by the slogan to choose the right people and " no criminals in politics". This shows that earlier campiagns to bring people out to the polling booths have been relatively successful,if not completely, but we have to go a long way to be prudly call us a true democracy. Remember : Change is universal and a slow but constant process. So what we need now is patience and optimism. I hope this time the people in the urban sector too realizes their worth and comeout of their air conditioned havens and show some some involvement because its us who decides the fate of the country by hitting the right button.