150 million! That we are told is the number of first timer
voters India will see in the 2014 general Election. Will this Stupendous Figure
be a political game changer? Perhaps yes, if one goes by the number alone.
However, what one is not sure about is whether the change would be for good or
bad.
In context to our state. Out of 743350 total voters, we have
30399 first timers voters Arunachal Will see in the 2014 Election. We are a
state where almost very youth is a political pundit and very young guys over in
the high school are aiming for a stroke in the student politics which is very
much visible in our state. Moreover the list of crorepaties that where listed
might have made our young minds more determine in choosing Politics as a
lucricative career option. The Social Medias are flooded with posts of politics
and politicians, allegations and appreciations, either pulling the noses or
elongating the noses. As I said everyone seems to be a political pundit. Now seeing
this, our mind taunts us. Can Youth Change Game?
But then since our literacy rate, even amongst the youth is
dismally low and the employment scenario too is very scary, one cannot perceive
our youth as a thinking or revolutionary force. Thus it appears that our
feloniously shrewd political class would be able to turn their frustrating
gullibility rather easily. For our politicians of all hues and shades are well verse
in selling false dreams, Their chief trade that they have been into for the
past more than six decades.
Undoubted, Our city youths, (youths that access social
networking and modern techs) in comparison to their rural brethren are more
informed and practical in their approached to life. As a youth of this land. I have never ever come
across platforms like student politics where money isn’t involve. And the open
secret is that the highest bidder wins the race. Is it a healthy or a unhealthy
practice especially in Arunachal Pradesh is debatable Because the life style in
our state is such that many of youth financially support their own education and
their life.
So it is understood that majority of the youth are still
depended on the easy money making and election is a festival where politicians
slug out their wealth therefore it’s hard to assume that our youth would
independently be politically mature. But then there is always a hope.
Countdown as already ticked the Red letter Day, It is the
youth and every individual to think and ponder to give their one vote to a
valued selfless leader, who can back the creative wealth of the state and bring
a change of corruption-free state.
