To Vote or not to Vote

Karnataka Elections

Today morning i was on my way to get my voter id made and it struck me then that even if i get a voter's id card for whom should i vote ?? This is the first time in my life that i am in a big dilemma whether to vote or not...

Its not that i dont want to vote ........... I want to vote for a party that would be ensured of a majority in the coming to elections ... Karnataka has seen a very bad phase in the past few years .......... Mainly to the antics of Deve Gowda and his sons..... Another government such as the same would send this state to the doldrums........

There are three major parties in Karnataka ....... The Congress, JD(S) and the BJP.........of the above three JD(S) is clearly out of the mind not only for me but for all the educated voters who have seen the antics of the Gowdas.......

Of the other two parties , both of them have their share of problems ........ The congress seems to be a good choice but there is a lot of infighting within the Congress Ranks..... If they do come to power , there is no clarity on who would be chief minister.......... Would they make Krishna again as the CM or Mallika Kharge or someone else..... So you don't know what would be the push of the Congress government if voted to power..... Would be rural or urban or both... Only time would tell....

BJP also seems to be a good choice..... The biggest advantage with the BJP is that they have a clear CM candidate in the form of Yediyurappa ..... He seems to have the will to do some work ......

The other way of thinking is to think at the Micro level.... Compare candidates in your constituency and vote accordingly...... But this would end up giving skewed results and maybe again a hung assembly........ So its always better to vote looking at the larger picture....

I still haven't decided on whom to vote for this elections........ Maybe by the 10th i will have some clear idea....