Choose wisely.


The election season has ‘almost’ begun, and as though a compulsion, ‘publicity stunts’ are also gaining momentum.
Let us talk about a comment that a (so-called) politician made recently.
He said that the Kargil War was won not because of the joint efforts of the army, but because of the Muslim soldiers, and that the Hindu soldiers have played no role in the massive win.
Is this the least that our politicians can stoop to? Have our standards become so low?
Segregating our army on the basis of religion is probably the worst possible form of polarism.
The Indian Army was until now the only part of our ill-minded society which was kept away from religion-based differences. All that our Army does for us is collective effort. They do it out of love for the nation, irrespective of their religion.
Our country is currently facing the kind of situation which it hasn’t faced in years! It is now our responsibility to alert ourselves, and to elect leaders who are worthy of the positions they get.
Leaders like the one mentioned above have NO RIGHT to make such comments. If all they want to do is create religious differences, and create disunity among the already disunited population, then they DO NOT deserve to be a part of Indian politics. We’re in need of leaders who have the ability to unite the population irrespective of caste, creed, sex, religion, or any such difference.
We have seen time and again that the Indian population is highly fickle-minded when it comes to choosing leaders. One day we support a particular leader, and the next day he becomes the evil one.
It is high time now that we decide upon what is good for the nation as a whole, and not for a particular section of the society.
The belief that the nation will develop only if the development begins from various sections of the society is also not completely false. But at this point of time, we need collective development and not selective development. And let us also keep in mind that if we look towards collective development, selective development will also follow.
We need to begin from the constituency-level itself. If such unworthy leaders take up positions at the constituency level, then they will slowly spread their feet try to pollute the higher levels as well.
So this election let us take up the initiative of electing wisely, rather than electing for personal benefits. 

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