What will they think ?

As they walk to the polling booths over the next few months , what will 725 million Indian voters be thinking ?

Here are some guesses :

>    2G Scam...............................   Rs. 176,000   Crores

>    Coal Scam  ..........................    Rs. 185,000   Crores

>    Wakf land Scam  ...................   Rs.  200,000  Crores

>    Mining Scam ........................    Rs.  150,000  Crores

>    Irrigation Scam  ...................    Rs.  70,000   Crores

>    NHRM Scam  ........................    Rs.  10,000   Crores

>    Foodgrain  Scam ....................  Rs.  35,000   Crores

>    Highway  Scam  ...................... Rs.  16,000  Crores

>    Bihar land Scam....................... Rs.   20,000  Crores

>    Fodder Scam............................ Rs.   50,000  Crores

>    Commonwealth Games Scam...... Rs.  70,000   Crores

>    Forgotten Scams  ....................  Rs.   500,000  Crores

Even on their way to the polling booths , will the voters be conducting a " Pre-poll Opinion Survey  " of their friends and relatives , by asking :

"  Which candidate listed on the EVM will deliver us from the " Scam-Raj " and usher us into a " Surajya "  ?  "

If Congress - and other sundry political parties have their way , they would persuade the Election Commission to ban all such pre-poll , wishful exchange of  " Opinions "  on part of the voters !

They are convinced , that any such pre-poll  opinion-exchange that may lead to Surajya  is,  by definition , " mis-leading "  !

Where does our Constitution provide for " Freedom of Thinking "  ?

*    hemen  parekh   (  06  Nov  2013  )