Want admission in a good college? Your aggregate should be at least 70 percent. Want to appear for civil service exams? You should at least hold a Bachelor’s degree. Want to be someone who runs the nation? Just make sure you’re a citizen of India and above the age of eighteen. Want to try for a higher post? Wait till you cross thirty. Now if that’s not a joke, then I wonder what is!
We have people who don’t even know how to read and write properly governing our nation. Some don’t even know the national anthem properly! And then we wonder why decisions don’t come soon enough or why India, in this 21st century, is still battling with problems of differences in caste, religion and sex.
With education comes the ability to rise above these age old beliefs and customs but education is what our political leaders lack. It’s no wonder why even 65 years after our independence we have not risen up to our true potential.
India is an emerging superpower with plenty of resources, amazing talent and promise. What is holding us back then? It’s just the educational barrier and the lack of better understanding and intellect that comes along with it.
I ask you. How can the people who haven’t studied beyond the eighth or tenth standard decide how and what the children of the country should be educated? Do they have the qualifications to decide this or the knowledge?
The solution to India’s problems lies only with the Election Commission of India. Some better reforms and higher qualifications for participating candidates is just a small beginning of a great future that the results will bring. A clean criminal record of participating candidates can be another step.
When we look at the British and American Parliament, we find the qualifications as holding a Bachelor’s degree or in some cases even a Post Graduate degree. It’s no wonder that India is an emerging superpower that they are superpowers.
So to the Election Commission I say: It’s time to rise above caste and religion and look at the bigger picture. It’s time to give India the chance to rise up to the challenge and live up to its true potential.
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