I think there should be a change in system for voting right where a person should atleast be 10th pass to caste a vote..just a thought..cheers
Until 1989 it was 21 years as the age of voting rights, in 61st amendment of 1989 it was revised to 18 years as the legal age of voting rights.
10th pass means barely 15 years old, I personally think not a matured age to descern right/wrong.
@milaan my main point was a person being literate as to caste a vote..so that they know what could be the consequences of choosing a wrong party.
Yes, you are right.
Democracy is about choice not right or wrong.
Which implies a political executive is entitled to commit a wrong(may not necessarily be right). Vesting choice upon people means people are empowered to make a choice(election) and for that they are the ones who suffer the consequences whether right or wrong.
That is why it is said that democracy works good in an informed society, in the knowledge economy. Otherwise, we have democracies who perform worse than the monarchy/tribal autocracy, if not informed, and restricted knowledge base.