{"id":4215,"date":"2009-05-07T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2009-05-07T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T10:15:00","slug":"cant-vote-can-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/cant-vote-can-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t Vote, Can Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"
I love the irony in the fact<\/a> that undertrial prisoners in India are not allowed to vote—but can stand for elections. As Ramesh Srivats, whose Twitter page<\/a> I got this news from, puts it: <\/p>\n Shows that we don’t trust the judgment of potential criminals but respect their leadership abilities.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I don’t have an issue with criminals standing for elections. Government, the way it works in India, is itself a form of larceny—so it fits. But everyone should get a vote, no?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I love the irony in the fact<\/a> that undertrial prisoners in India are not allowed to vote—but can stand for elections. As Ramesh Srivats, whose Twitter page<\/a> I got this news from, puts it: <\/p>\n Shows that we don’t trust the judgment of potential criminals but respect their leadership abilities.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I don’t have an issue with criminals standing for elections. Government, the way it works in India, is itself a form of larceny—so it fits. But everyone should get a vote, no?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15,4,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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