Incentives for votes

When the people are so poor, they will be ready to sell the only right they have--right to vote. We really cannot blame them. Money and food that it can buy are immediate necessities of people. We want just elections, so we have banned giving away of freebies. Freebies are promised for reaping votes. To stop that the biggest court of the land has banned political parties from  saying "if you vote for us, you will get TV set, or laptop" But in a country like ours, where there is so much poverty, individual citizen have no hope of buying a TV or  a laptop, such freebies are a big thing. They would give them votes for anyone who offers them these. Free rice or wheat is not so attractive as free TV. Even if we stop the freebies, we would see that voters would sell their votes for parties which offer them money. We cannot stop that when it is done clandestinely without our knowledge. Voting is done so voters get favors done. Immediate gratification in form of food (money) is better than long term goals of voting for a perfect democratic party.Utopia is not existing in India, so people do vote for some or other gains. Unless we get rid of abject poverty, rights offered by democracy cannot have real meanings.In a single wave of the magic wand, we cannot wish away poverty so that we can have just elections. Our first goal must be to reduce disparities which poverty creates, so that we have a more equal society. When people are not equal or can ever become equal, we cannot have a just government. Our democracy becomes meaningful and truly be representative if people can elect whom they feel will solve their problems. And freebies or not, we must give people the opportunity to choose whom they want.