There are many things that baffles ones sense of logic and reasoning.
When we had paper ballot, the polling used to be across India in 1970s and 1980s in a single day, and the counting took place the next day. Remember, it is a tedious process, as each and every ballot has to be checked physically, segregated, bundled and then counted. 99% of the results were announced by the end of the Counting day.
Everyone welcomed Electronic Ballot using the Voting Machine. But look at the ridiculous scenario. Now, polling across the country takes place in 5 schedules spread over 45 days! Counting starts at least one week after the last vote is casted. And EVMs were expected to expedite things. Counting using EVM is easy and can be completed in 3 hours, even for Parliament elections. The Election Commission cites the reason of security for having such a length schedule, but to me, it sounds absurd.
Take the recent Delhi Assembly Elections. Can anyone tell me why the Counting had to be done 3 days after the polling day? Why not on the same day, after the polling was over.
If Srilanka can start counting for the Presidential poll on the same day evening as the polling day (and their polling was only for a day), and declare results by midnight, why cant we, at least in a small state like Delhi?
But then Election Commission is a holy cow, like the Supreme Court.
I read recently that Manmohan Singh had sought a stay from the Supreme Court, on the lower courts order to appear before it on the Coal Block Scam, which was promptly given, and the case is likely to come up for preliminary hearing in 2018!!!! He is already 80 plus and who knows whether he will be alive till then!!
We have a Government which has an absolute Majority through popular vote, and we elected them to implement their agenda. The people had expressed their preference without any ambiguity. And what do we have? The Government is held to ransom on important legislations by Rajya Sabha, which comprises of has been, rejected politicians and where opposition has a majority. This doesn't make any sense at all. I am not arguing about the desirability of these legislations. But we have elected a Government, and they should be allowed to work with a free hand, whatever be the outcome.
But then many things don't make sense anyway. Why is Ravindra Jadeja in the Indian Cricket Team, or for that matter Suresh Raina or Ishant Sharma? or Rohit Sharma? or even M S Dhoni? Why consider Virat Kohli as India's Captain, when one knows he is a disgrace to the nation with his boorish behavior?
Why is the majority in the Country suppressed by the voice of the minority?
Some things don't ever change...........We are like that "only".................................
