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likelihood they will give up their terrorist activities. Only an anekantavādi can do constructive work or softened there heart. It will again be left over for Anekāntavādīs to make some reconciliation efforts in order to solve these problems.
In the present political set-up, we are also witnessing, excessive centralisation of political powers in the hands of a few, and a large number of able and efficient people are deprived of it, resulting into all-around deterioration of society. It is the people who elect their representatives and it is they who suffer. The people have a much right of removing a person for office as of electing them when they became self-seekers. The anekantists have to educate masses to a sense of their capacity to control and regulate authority. There are many good and able people to run the society. It is upto the people to choose the good one. Here, even if people are unable to choose a good person, they should see that the person to whom they are electing is not bad. The anekāntists can very well find out whether a person is anekānti or not by observing actions and deeds of that person. An anekānti may take more time to decide on a problem, but the decision will be without any fault since he will take into account all the aspects of the problem before arriving at a conclusion. Whereas a non-anekānti will make an immediate decision which will not be beneficial to each and every one. He will make decisions in haste and in the process will not consider the problem from every angle and the solution will also be from that angle only and the rest will suffer. In this sense, it is better to have a late but correct decision - maker-rather than having a quick but wrong decision-maker.
Politics, which is meant to give a good system and order in society, in the present days has unfortunately become the centre of creating disorder. In other words, politics has been completely criminalised. Booth-capturing, , rigging and muscle power are playing a free role during elections. If government is not ready to remove such corrupt practices for better order of society, then people, especially, anekäntvādīs will have to take lead and not to participate in voting. People will do this by themselves once they become anekāntvādi because they will realise that an unprincipled man, though efficient,
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