Friday, July 18, 2008

Wanna Contest Polls, First Have Toilet in Home

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"Barack Obama", do you have a toilet in your home??? Oh!!! sorry, I am an Indian & I think you live in America & this rule is going to be applicable in India only & not in America. O.K. you can go out in open if you want to!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, Jokes apart, In many parts of India having a toilet at home is still considered unhygienic in rural areas, leading to defecation in fields and open spaces.

The political class too is not above such practice in villages. And what better way to spread the message of hygiene than making it compulsory for a candidate to have a toilet at his residence?

The state government of Maharashtra in India is planning a legislation to disqualify candidates from contesting any elections if they don't have toilet facilities in their residences.

In an effort to strengthen the sanitation campaign, chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has taken keen interest to bring in a law banning candidates from contesting elections if they don't have toilet facilities in their homes, Mallinath Kalshetti, state co-ordinator of the total sanitation campaign, said on Thursday. Read more...............................................To contest polls, home toilet is necessary

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