Freedom from foreign rule is a part and parcel of India’s history. As Indians we should definitely remember and salute our freedom fighters but a true homage to them would be casting our vote in favour of the most suitable candidate in any election, be it civic body, legislative assembly or parliamentary elections.
It doesn’t matter if your vote or your family’s vote is all that a good, honest candidate gets. If every discerning voter casts his or her vote without being influenced by a candidate’s or party’s chances of victory instead of complaining about bad governance, in future we will enjoy the fruits of good governance. This is also something, which our freedom-fighters had dreamt of.
Like anything else this will not happen overnight it is a long drawn-out process and the best gift this generation can give future generations. After all, no one can clean a mess without getting their hands dirty.
Every Independence Day should be a wake-up call to India’s youth and middle class to dutifully take a vow that they will not shun democratic politics as something dirty but as something of the people, for the people and by the people. Otherwise our freedom will be hostage to corrupt and selfish leaders and we will have only ourselves to blame.
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