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A Reluctant Voter

Ever since that dramatic day 6-7 months ago, when namma MP became namma Mukhya mantri, we knew it.... by-elections would be forced on us. And, today, we, the people of the Chikmagalur - Udupi Lok Sabha constituency had to choose our new representative.

I have been unenthusiastic about this by-election right from the start. For one, I have not been able to tell the difference between having & not having a representative in the Lok Sabha! Secondly, those noises Mr.Y has been making about returning. Lastly, those noises didi has been making about mid-term polls.

Mid- term or full term, our new representative doesn't have much time to prove himself. And, quite frankly, I'm tired of all the petty bickering and scams. I decided to skip the parties and vote for an independent candidate this time. My choice would be someone with a likeable symbol.

Our representatives may be a little muddled up about their responsibilities, but, we, the dutiful citizens of the country aren't! Telling ourselves so, husband and I trudged to the polling booth this morning. We had it easy because the booth had opened only a couple of minutes ago.

There were about ten independent candidates - their symbols ranging from a boy playing cricket to a broken half of a coconut! I chose the ceiling fan, because, it is an appliance that we have been using 24x7 these days....

As I came out, I hoped that Mr.Y & didi can't have their ways. Either of the two will make this by-election a futile & expensive exercise :(
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  1. Subru19 March, 2012

    Excellent blog article! I am eager to know the outcome!!

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    1. Soumya21 March, 2012

      Thanks :)
      The results were out today. Mr.Jayaprakash Hegde of the Congress won by a good margin.

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    2. Soumya01 April, 2012

      For the record, the candidate I voted for managed to garner 1377 votes...it was in the local newspaper yesterday!

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  2. Sandhya22 March, 2012

    ha! ha! Didn't Sreeramulu also choose the fan as his symbol while contesting the Bellary by-election? And he won! Well, he had money also.

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    1. Soumya24 March, 2012

      Now that you say so, I remember seeing pics of Sriramulu campaigning with a ceiling fan in his hand. If I had remembered this at the time of voting, my vote would have gone to the coconut....after all, coconut burfi is my fav sweet :)

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