Voting is not compulsory in
India. If you are of the opinion that no candidate of election before you is
good, you can deliberately cast invalid vote or disclose your vote and make
your vote invalid. After EVM's such votes are recorded to be not casted by
presiding officers in the new system. In both these cases the secrecy of
negative vote of a person cannot be honoured and it is his fundamental right to
a great extent, which was infringed earlier.
Recent
decision of Hon'ble Court provides the India voters an option to cast a
negative vote. It will definitely increase the voters turnout. It will also curb
bogus voting and rigging as well as impersonation. It will gradually improve
the stuff of candidates and force the political parties to select only good and
service oriented candidates for party tickets. It will remove people of
doubtful credential.
The
decision is a precursor for a larger canvas of reform and leaves many practical
conditions cropping or practically coming in the future before administration
and election department and parliament will be forced to decide those issues
and other modalities as and when required.
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