Re: Arvind Kumar on India's voters: more nonsense

[Arvind Kumar <arvind.kumar@rocketmail.com>]

---Charu datt <charu@brahms.mmc.lucent.com> wrote:
> I second Subroto here.
> Consider this- in US elections voter turnout is
around 40-50% of the
> population
> eligible to vote, meaning those registered to vote.
A win by getting
> 50-60% of
> the polled vote means that a candidate was voted
for by a mere 20-30% of
> the
> electorate. By contrast Indian voter turnout is
much higher, which to me
> gives
> the elections a much greater democratic legitimacy.

Completely irrelevant point. The right to choose also involves the right
to abstain. A person who abstains should be considered as a person who
is either open to any of the choices or feels that no choice is good.

Whatever be your arguments, to me it looks like voting for any party in
USA leads to improving the quality of life of the people while in india,
it is the reverse.

-Arvind


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