714 million and the power of 1 2 3

Elections are over & so are the result- hoping for a stable government this time but a recent article in Indian express made me go to my analytical and research mode although its even more tough for a brain less person like me but lets give it a hit.

Bharatas Darshandas, the priest of Bang Gangeshwar Mahadev Temple at Banej, Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat is no ordinary voter. He need not stand in a queue to vote, nor does he have to worry about someone else casting a vote for in  his name, he never met the politician he has voted for , nor has the party leader approach him to know about the local issues & problems but the booth he votes from has always logged 100% turnout. That because Bharatdas  is the only voter registered at the Barej polling booth deep in the heart of Gujarat – Gir Wildlife Sanctuary . It is India’s only one voter polling booth.

A four member polling party accompanied by five security personnel stayed overnight at a neighbouring village & reached Seradand early in the morning with an EVM. Devraj & his wife cast their votes around noon & polling booth no. 122 recorded ‘’Cent percent‘’ polling –the power of 2 votes.

Devraj Cherve & his wife Phoolwati have no neighbours. There hut deep in Sanhat forest near the Chandbakhar mountain range in Chattisgarh is at a distance of lest 5 km from the next house. There 10 years old son Ram Prasad treks, through the forest for about 6 km everyday to reach his school, where he enrolled this year. This family hardly gets visitors but this election it was different.

On this April 16^th 2009 a team of 10 to 15 peoples crossed 2 streams & trek about 5 km to bring elections to the island of Madai Deep in Charglong district of Arunachal Pradesh .The empeted voter turnout was 3 & the polling procedure was over in 15 minutes. There are two villages & about 600 people among them 163 of voting age on this 385 hectare land Robichand, Chitrasen and Ratnasen Chakma are the only one in voting list.

  667846832 is the combine population of Russia, Japan, Philippines way less than the voting population of India 714 million still a country so diversified and vast there is a high power and value of 1-2-3 votes. This is the power of not the 123 nuclear deal but the power of 1,2,3 votes in 714 million.

Thanks to the election commission’s provision that no voter should need to walk more than 2km to reach a voting booth.

In the end hoping that these 1 or 2 or 3 votes count and leads to more stable govt irrespective to whichever party comes to center