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Cast your vote without fear IN his front-page editorial “People must assert: Time to cleanse the system” (March 1), Mr H.K. Dua has rightly observed that the democratic system has been infiltrated by the self-servers, the criminals and the corrupt and this has helped parasites to grow at the cost of the people. The time has come for the voters to use their franchise to cleanse the system of such people. They can if they want to and so the onus of doing this lies on them. The ensuing Lok Sabha elections provide them a golden opportunity for asserting themselves through their sacred right to vote. They should cast their vote with care and caution without being influenced by the selfish and dubious elements through any inducement, pressure, threat or intimidation. The voters should make a fair choice in electing only the competent and deserving candidates, those with a clean image who may be fit to form a qualitative government at the Centre and work sincerely for the betterment of the people. O.P.
CHHABRA, SAS Nagar
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II In his editorial, Mr H.K. Dua has dealt with the issue with a view to awakening the voters. Before exercising their franchise, the people should keep in mind that a stich in time saves nine. Any wrong decision will lead to repentance for the next five years. The do’s and don’ts mentioned by Mr Dua are a sort of questionnaire which the voters must consider while going to cast their votes. The recent elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chhattisgarh show that the voters have become mature and that they must cleanse the system of the people with criminal and corrupt backgrounds. The local people know the candidates’ past history well. They should take the false promises made by the candidates during the campaigning with a pinch of salt. R.S. HAMDARD, Hamirpur (HP) III Criminals contest and win elections on the ground that none is a criminal until and unless one is proved guilty by the court. Legally and morally, it may be true for those who are actually innocent and not otherwise. It is in this context that the people should think and select the right candidate without fear or favour. RAJINDER MALHOTRA,
Chandigarh
IV The views expressed by Mr H.K. Dua are thought provoking. An election is the sharpest weapon in the hands of the public to cleanse the undesired elements from society. But how many of the Indian voters are educated enough to fulfill their responsibility in this regard? There is a need to spread awareness among the people at the grassroots level, educate them on the parties and the candidates contesting the elections and, above all, rise above caste and religious considerations. Parliament could prescribe a minimum educational qualification for the voters. But this is not possible right now as we have the universal adult suffrage. JAI PRAKASH BHATIA,
Nalagarh (HP)
V Mr
H.K. Dua’s editorial makes an interesting reading. However, whatever he has written is easier said than done. Whatever Mr Dua has suggested should be transformed into electoral laws. Every outgoing MP seeking another term should publish a paper/poster showing inter alia how many sittings he has attended in the dissolved Lok Sabha, the duration of his participation in the debates and what kind of issues he raised in the House. He should also inform how many times he or his colleagues in the party stormed into the well of the House and obstructed the proceedings, and how many manhours were lost in the process? Every MP has a duty to inform the people on how he/she has spent the Rs-2 crore fund from the MP’s Local Area Development Scheme? K.S. KHURANA,
Amritsar
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