Voting: A powerful weapon

by SHAMIM MERCHANT in English Classic Stories

“Mahatma Gandhi had said, "When the panchayat raj is established, public opinion will do what violence can never do."Everyone kept gaping at Valraj Sahni when he quoted these words of our father of the nation. He was the president ...Read Morethe student council in his college and well understood the importance of voting and that of a good leader. Gram panchayat elections were round the corner and their tattered, underdeveloped village badly needed a strong candidate, who would actually work dedicatedly for the betterment of the commoners. The current sarpanch, Brijesh Kumar, was a wolf in sheep's clothing and Valraj Read Less