Ranjeet is absolutely right. In fact there is no Section 49-O in our Constitution. This is a hoax mail and SMS campaign.
Section 49 deals with historical monuments. On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Ranjeet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Mr. Sinha, You again making wrong reference. I went through the whole > constitution but did not find any section '49-O'. Refer this to our > constitution website. This option is there through election comission of > india. This option is in modern voting machine as well with button marked > '#'. Also don't say that you were choosing your representative. We educated > and aware people normally never came out from home to caste our vote. It was > normally sold out by many ways. Think how many times you have casted your > vote and how many times have seen similar people casting their votes? Regds, > Ranjeet This mail is sent via blackberry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr.V.N. Sharma > Sent: 12/6/2008 5:21:26 AM > To: > Subject: A Must Read : Section 49-O "I vote Nobody" > > *Dear Friends, > > We are a democratic country taking part in Elections of our representatives > (Rulers) for last 56 years. But it looks like that we were forced to make > wrong choices and there is no way out. > > It is not true. Indian Constitution provides an alternative, **i.e.**Section > 49-O. You > go to the polling booth, get yourself identified before the Presiding > Officer/ Polling officer and then refuse to vote. You will be asked to fill > up a Form to formally say "I Vote Nobody". If the majority of the votes are > "No Vote" the election will be canceled and called afresh. > > I think for intellectuals who cannot go around polling booths with a gun in > their hand, this is an option worth trying. Since Elections are coming we > may use this alternative for teaching some lesson to the incompetent, > inefficient, criminal, corrupt and selfish individuals. > Pl. do so. > > I have given two links below -One is a text the other is a video. > > > http://www.youthforequality.com/yfe-news/yfe-news-details.aspx?NewsEventId=555 > & > www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IJ4r9ZinlQ > > > * > -- > > "Those who have the privilege to know, have the duty to act." Albert > Einstein > > Dr.V.N.Sharma > http://canvas.nowpos.com/vnsharma > > > >
