Generally, at eighteen we get into
colleges where with our first step inside the college campus, a sense of hope,
trust in ourselves, and a passion to do anything in our life generates in our
heart.
The weight of heavy bags on our
shoulders reduces. The uniforms disappear from our views. Suddenly a sense of
freedom starts running through each single cell of our body. We forecast a
carefree life.
During admissions, seniors help us so
much that a feeling of love and respect develops for them inside us
automatically. We come to know that there are many people other than our
parents who have just walked into our life to help us. To guide us. It injects
the next level of confidence into our soul.
Till then, we don’t have any idea about
university election and we also don’t know that the seniors, who have just
helped us belong to some party and they would come in groups in our class to make
us understand the right of voting! They talk big and small issues which look
senseless to us because we have just forecasted a carefree life and now, they
try to make us realize that how important the voting is, which actually has
nothing to do with what we have dreamt for. They make all efforts to make us
understand that we should cast our first vote here only. Or we need to start
voting right from there only. At the same time they stay neutral when we ask
‘who to vote for?’ They say ‘it’s your choice.’
At this age, our country allows us to
vote and our constitution think that we are now ready to take our decisions
which will involve us in the selection procedure of leaders.
Now, we understand what voting is and
its power that shows our importance in our own eyes!
But the question is; who to vote for?
On what ground we should cast our votes?
Which party is clean?
How they have been doing since the
university was built?
The warm air of election generates some
interest in knowing more about it, its workers and the college issues at
different levels but at the end of the day we try to stay out of it. The party
workers, seniors, the nominees and the old veteran leaders (whose political
career start and end inside the boundary of college campus) talk big whose
major portion cross over our heads.
After some dramas, we come to see cops
roaming around in our college campus which generates curiosity at one side and
on the other side, the fear of facing cops disappears from our heart.
The day of voting comes!
In the morning of the day, we don’t have
any idea or till then we don’t decide which party should we vote for? We call
our friends over phone and talk of it. Their situation is similar. We gather
and meet outside the voting area and on the spot it is decided which party is
the best!
Next day, we see the election result on
national news channels and read it in newspapers as well and then we come to
know which party we’ve voted for. And that’s the beginning when we sit and
think of the value of our voting rights.
Some lucky guys already know their
rights and duties but almost 85% of the kids are not that fortunate to have
such parents who could teach them that they are of more use that studies. In
place, they suggest their kids to stay out of the election stuffs as they say ‘goliaan
chalti hai. Yeh sab gunde mawaliyon ka kaam hai. Maar kaat karte hai!’
In the evening some people sit in the
studios of different news channels and discuss over the result. Most of them
are the politicians at national level. If their party in college wins they pat
themselves and talk big. The loosing parties drag the discussion to the right
direction and talk of development and other stuff and sing the song of their
past when their parties had won some time.
But where are those leaders who win
these elections at university level across the country?
