Thought Police March in

This is in response to reported move by Indian government to ban exit and opinion polls once the poll dates are announced as reported by Indian express. This goes on to prove that democracy in India has just been a lip service. The real democratic process is so intimidating for our rulers that they have successively rallied together to neuter the Indian democracy and intentions now point to another attack.
Hey my countrymen, unite and resist this new attack on democracy.
The reported move is an assault on free speech which is the most necessary ingredient for building a working democracy. The question of banning free poll is so anathema to democracy that I did not get any historical precedences requesting banning of exit polls anywhere in the western democracies.
This idea can only originate in the stale indian politics with rampant inbreeding.
Umpteen number of times constitutional experts have opined that banning of exit polls is contravenes Indian constitution. Still the government when saddled with stark prospect of loosing seats in the forthcoming elections is trying to misutilize its powers to override law and neuter the democracy further.
I am not a constituitional expert. But my emphasis on retaining exit polls stems from the Greek phrase of “Vox Populi, Vox Deus”. The peoples voice is God’s voice in democracy. Exit polls are equal to gagging the people’s voice.
Present government may think that exit polls influence the poll outcomes and make an impartial poll difficult. But is it not the democratic process? Are’ nt we supposed to reject the representatives who failed to deliver. And don’t we have right to influence others on issues where current government failed. Banning of exit polls is like a gag order. And gag orders are anathema to democracy!!

Tags: exit poll, india polls, Indian Express