On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 7:25 PM, . <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Deepa Mohan<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What we need in some system that would prevent the kind of votes that are > > cast because the politicians suborn the voters with promises of pay, free > > food, and so on...essentially, "bought" votes. How to achieve this in > > India, where education does not prevent bribery? Any ideas? > > heh, the voter who is bribed usually just pockets the money and votes > as s/he pleases-- heard this from the horses mouth, so to speak.
All politics is and always will be based on bribery anyway. Sometimes it's money, or sarees, or free TVs; sometimes it's promises of this policy or that. That's the nature of the beast. -- Amit Varma http://www.indiauncut.com
