Young crop cold to polls

Some are excited about their poll booth debut, some disillusioned. And there are nearly 1.2 lakh of them since the 2003 assembly elections. But the Capital's first-time voters are certainly not ready to be led up the garden path.

Some are excited about their poll booth debut, some disillusioned. And there are nearly 1.2 lakh of them since the 2003 assembly elections. But the Capital's first-time voters are certainly not ready to be led up the garden path.

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Voting or not, young citizens are in no mood, as one of them puts it, "to be fooled" by the gimmicks of actors, saas, bahus and netas.

Most of those HT spoke to said they were looking forward to casting their first vote, but a sizeable number expressed their disillusionment at the futility of politics.

Satenderpal Singh has never voted, as he thinks none of the politicians really deserved his vote. "Whenever I look at them I realise they are all the same," Singh said.

"Political parties can't really fool all people all the time," said Shonali Verma who's awaiting her Class 12 board examination results.

"It's quite amusing to see actors who can't seem to distinguish between real and reel life. It also become a little annoying at times. Do they think people are so dumb to vote for saas, bahus and actors who can't even think clear without reading the script?” asked Tushar Malhotra, 19, a first-time voter.