Elections Today – Yet another Holiday
Today the largest Democracy in the world is going to polls in the first phase to elect the new rulers. And it has been declared a Holiday. With the brickbats it received recently DDT doesn't dare to take the day off. But is a holiday justified? Many employees have made advance planning on how to spend the holiday. Liquor shops have been closed since yesterday, but those who want to booze have stocked their home bars; others have collected enough DVDs to watch their favourite movies. But voting doesn't seem to be anywhere on the top of the agenda of the holidaying employees.
Voting is not a right, it is a responsibility; but should employees be given a day off even when they don't vote? Why can't they be given another day's leave subject to the condition that they give a declaration that they have voted. It is an insult to Democracy that employees enjoy a holiday in the name of elections and don't vote.
These elections are crucial to not only our economy but also our security.
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