Is this Democracy?

We as citizens have no control over the governance of the country. There is a free for all loot prevalent in the working of the government departments and we have no control over it. We have no control over the government funds. We have no say in the formation of the government policies. We have no control over the process of creation of laws. We cannot question the actions taken by the parliament or the state assemblies because we as citizens have no control. 

We have no control over the sale of our own properties, over the mindless exploitation of our national wealth like minerals, forests, water and other natural resources. The country is for sale and we citizens stand by like mute spectators, helpless but angry.

Is this the Democracy we had opted for? 

Is this the democracy that gives us right only to vote that too once in five years, elect our representatives and give them free rein or run to do what suits them. Is this the democracy we wanted where we pawn our ambitions, aspirations, national wealth and our welfare in the hands of greedy and avaricious political leaders and their equally greedy and avaricious government stooges, who do not care? 

This cannot be democracy. Needless to say there is an inherent fault in the whole system. The fundamental problem is that this country does not have a democracy. We need a democracy. The politics of voting for your representatives once in five years cannot go on. Now the citizens of this country need to be partners in sharing the power that the government has. 

The representatives who are selected by us with our votes must be answerable to us for all their acts of omission and commission. The government servants who are paid salaries through the taxes that the government collects from us are our servants and must be accountable and subservient to us the citizens. 

The decisions on what to do and what not to do should be taken by the people. Political parties, political leaders and government agencies should only implement them. What we need is change in the way we operated for last sixty three years