Yes We Can!

The core components of a country are its citizens. They continuously work together contributing in the progress of the society and are themselves responsible for proper functioning of the democracy. All the fundamentals rights and duties listed in the constitution should be given utmost priorities in the day today life. 

But in reality, people hardly practice the most important tool at their disposal i.e. right to vote for electing fair and responsible representatives. We always talk about high inflation rates, corruption and scams which are terrorizing everybody in the country but have we ever thought that what we can do at our own level to fight these problems? Everyday a new scam is revealed, a new corruption story finds the headlines of the newspaper and televisions news channels but we just discuss these things for a while and then forget them. Today, we have enough time to go to McDonalds, KFCs and PVRs but when it comes to cast the all important vote, we have a very unjustified answer – ‘we don’t have enough time’ or ‘our vote won’t make a difference.’ Is that the end of our rights and duties? Can’t we do something to correct it? Well of course we can. The constitution has provided us with a right which comes into play as soon as we reach the 18 year old mark i.e. the right to vote.

So do you have a voter ID card? If not then what all steps have you taken in the direction to make one? Do you really cast your vote? A responsible citizen is answerable to all these questions. If we really want to bring a change around us then we should ourselves first become the change.