Ramesh was not in class when this chapter was being taught. He came the next day and repeated what he had heard from his father. Can you tell Ramesh what is wrong with these statements?
(a) Women always vote the way men tell them to. So what is the point of giving them the right to vote?
(b) Party politics creates tension in society. Elections should be decided by consensus not by competition.
(c) Only graduates should be allowed to stand as candidates for elections.
(a) This statement is wrong as in our constitution equal rights are given to both men and women and if a woman is pressed by her husband to vote to any particular party then it will be against the democracy.
(b) Election and the representative of the people can’t be decided only by consensus because the sheer number of people involved in the process makes it almost difficult to arrive at a consensus without competition.
(c) Our constitution provides us various Fundamental Rights which give equal rights to every citizen of our country so that anyone eligible can stand up in the elections without any discrimination of caste, creed education on status etc.