Our vote may barely be contributing for the deciding factor, because, majority of the population still likes free stuff, and political parties are smart to feed them in name of free schemes and keep them like that.
Unfortunately, that's the bitter truth. The most productive member of society(the tax payer) bears the burden of freebies.
On top of that, we still run reservation even after 76 years of freedom, and not let people compete and select best brains
Some parties are even demanding reservations in the private sector. Meritocracy is being marginalized.
Everything is possible in this world's highest populated country in the name of Democracy - except Transparency - a true need of a country to make it corruption free and excel.
I hope one day you will be voting through Blockchain based system, and the entire system will be blockchain-based to bring transparency.
In any case, unless the larger society is activated with th faculty of reason, and gets aroused with informed choice, democracy will be manipulated by the nexus of elites/powerful/fanciful cartels.
To choose the right person for next five years, but it's only relative.
Glad that you have a strong sense of civic duty.
Have a great day.
Jai Jagannath
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