Article 326 of the Indian Constitution mandates adult suffrage, which means that every person who is a citizen of India and who is not less than 18 years of age can vote. However, India is one of the few countries in the world which does not allow prisoners or under-trials to vote. Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (ROPA) prohibits all those who are confined in a prison or are in lawful custody of the police from voting.
Now the Question may arise that...
Now the Question may arise that...
Should India upheld the ban on voting of criminals or not ??
NO, Prisoners should not be allowed to vote because they are kept behind bars in order to constraint them to use their claimed rights which they had misused to hurt others sentiments or interests.
ReplyDeleteVoting in elections are done to have a justified democratic body to run a society in a disciplined manner but if one (prisoner) doesn't able to utilize their claimed rights in right manner and moreover spoil the discipline of the society, prisoners should be punished and must be kept aloof from the process of voting. Society spoilers must be isolated from the society building process as they lack knowledge of having a good society where one doesn't commit any crime.
These people can get their rights back after they have served their prison sentence and trying to work their way back into society.
I am fully satisfied with the above comment, but atleast those criminals should be allowed to vote whose tenure of punishment is going to end soon and after the completion their tenure these criminals should again become the part of the society. That is why they should be allowed to vote to choose good for them.
ReplyDeleteBut after the punishment is over....right bro...
ReplyDeleteno ..never.... criminal dont hv any entitlement to vote. they hv become criminal bcz they dont know the difference btween what is wrong and what is right.if we exclude these criminals ,we may hv better probability of virtous leader by a non criminals vote..
ReplyDeletemai eh kahana chahunda wan ke pure world wich uk te kai hor deshan ne voting da haq criminal nu deta hai par kehare base te eh criminal nu vote pon te kahade han. menu lagda hai ke uhna nu v vote da right hona chahida hai. kayon ki mai sochada han ke jadon koi insan 20 30 saal de saja kat ke bahar aunda hai tan is di kon guarantee dinda hai ke oh dobaara galti nhi karega te vote da right mil jave... so koi is da javaab nhi de sakda jis karan eh gal da koi matlab nhi ke criminals nu vote paun dave ya na davo...
ReplyDeleteWell !! Voting is practice which is only excercised aftr5 yrs...so its not the question of present bt future up holdings too...so at leadt fr parliamentry elections votes must be casted they are also humans n their opninion matter not every prisoner is serving for horofic crimes..fr a nrl view most sentnces tenure are frm 2-5 yrs so i believe for parilamentry elections prinores must vote!! Its more than just a fundamental right it has more extensively trnsformed into human right now..so lets be open to the amendment!!
ReplyDeleteAccording to me there's no need to spend money to create infrastructure for arranging polls in prisons or howsoever. During the term of their confinement there is no need for giving them special privileges, which are denied to many. Paramilitary forces, intelligence people, army deployed at election duties are not allowed to vote in their home constituencies. Why u don't worry abt their fundamental rights rather discussing the rights of prisoners who have violated rights of others.
ReplyDeleteAccording to me, there's no need to spend money to create infrastructure for arranging polls in prisons or howsoever. During the term of their confinement there is no need for giving them special privileges, which are denied to many. Paramilitary forces, intelligence people, army deployed at election duties are not allowed to vote in their home constituencies. Why u don't worry abt their fundamental rights rather discussing the rights of prisoners who have violated rights of others.
ReplyDeleteif u ignore the aspect of conscience of a criminal or what type of crime he or she did. if we go by the norms of democracy thn i must say in democracy everybody : small, tall, fat thin, dark have their rights no one can take away them thn how these political leaders who career, livelihood, future all depend upon the votes polled by thm during elections. this is to be depend upon the crime commited or sentence of prisoner. not all prisoners come under the same category. and remember "democracy everybody counts"
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