In the Bihar state assembly elections to be held in November, huge crowds can be seen in the streets of Chhapra in support of the RJD candidate Khesari Lal Yadav, the famous Bhojpuri singer, and it seems certain that he will win by a massive majority in the Chhapra constituency.
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This only proves my point that the vast majority of the Indian people are immature and emotional, rather than being mature and rational, and hence do not deserve the right to vote. Democracy and the right to vote are only suited to people who are rational, and have a developed political understanding. It is unsuited to India.
Apart from the fact that he is a Yadav by caste, and will therefore get the vast majority of votes of the backward castes and minorities ( in a constituency where these are numerous ), his additional advantage is that he is a famous and popular singer.
Khesari Lal Yadav is not from Chhapra, and he has done nothing for the people of that constituency. Yet the majority of voters will vote for him because of his fame as a singer.
One is reminded of the film star Amitabh Bachchan’s thumping victory in the Lok Sabha elections of 1984 from the Allahabad parliamentary constituency, although he had done nothing for Allahabad, and had nothing to do with Allahabad ( except spending his early childhood there ), and spent his time in Mumbai making huge money as a film actor.
One is also reminded of the film actor Rajesh Khanna who won a Lok Sabha bye election from Delhi in 1992, Shatrughan Sinha who won Lok Sabha seats from Patna in 2009 and 2014, and in 2022 from Asansol, and Hema Malini who won the Mathura Lok Sabha seat in 2014, 2019, and 2024.
In South India, film stars like MG Ramachandran, NT Rama Rao, etc have been hugely successful in politics, and of late the actor Vijay has been making waves in Tamilnadu.
Thus, being a famous film actor or singer makes one an ‘electable’, regardless of whether the candidate will do anything for the people of the constituency or not.
Khesari Lal Yadav had been living and working for long in Mumbai, where it is believed he was making a lot of money. But suddenly he has returned to Bihar, jumped into the political fray, and has started making all kinds of promises about what he will do for Chhapra if elected ( which in all probability he will, considering the huge crowds coming to his rallies ).
The most important consideration for rational voters should be whether the candidate, if elected, would serve their interests. But Indian voters either see the caste or religion of the candidate ( or the caste or religion his party claims to represent ), or whether he/she is a well known film star or singer ( which should be irrelevant considerations ).
This shows they are not mentally fit for being voters, and do not deserve the right to vote, as I said in some interviews and articles, whose links are given below :
In Plato’s book ‘The Republic’, the Greek philosopher Socrates gives an example. Suppose there is a choice between voting for a sweets shop owner or a doctor. The sweets shop owner will say to the voters “Vote for me, because I will give you a lot of sweets, which will delight you, whereas the doctor will give you bitter medicines, and perform painful operations on you.”
The voters, who are short-sighted and often silly, will vote for him, forgetting that politicians rarely keep their election promises. And even if the sweets shop owner does give them sweets, that may give momentary delight but may be bad for health in the long run. On the other hand, the doctor gives bitter medicines and operates on them to save their lives, that is, for their own good.
Most Indians are like the voters who will vote for the sweets shop owner i.e. the party or candidate who distributes freebies just before the elections ( as is being done in Bihar ), and this proves they are not fit for democracy.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-i-dont-have-faith-parliamentary-democracy-markandey-katju
https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2024/11/02/opinion-why-democracy-is-unsuited-to-india.html
https://www.hastakshepnews.com/2025/07/democracy-is-not-holy-cow-justice-katju.html
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