Selling Dreams ?
Yesterday , on ABP TV , Arvind Kejriwal ( Aam Aadmi
Party ) promised to Delhiwallas , unbelievable improvements in ,
> Healthcare
> Education
> Electricity Supply & Prices
> Safe drinking water
, etc
Apart from a Jan LokPal
Provided , Delhiwallas vote AAP to an absolute majority
( he expects 48 seats ) , on 4th Dec
At the moment , it appears that he has succeeded in
selling a dream !
That is one kind of ability that most politicians do
possess
But most of them woefully lack the second kind of
ability , viz:
> Management of expectations raised ,
thru delivering on promises made
It does not take a genius , much hard work or a lot of
money , if your promise is :
> 35 Kg of free rice per month to each
poor family
I hope 71 constituency-wise manifestos that AAP
promises to publish by this week-end , do not contain such " Insults
" to people suffering for so long !
Delivering on promises made by AAP , will require :
> A time bound ACTION PLAN (
Roadmap ) with quantitative Achievement
Targets ( Milestones )
> A " Resource
Mobilization Plan " which clearly spells out ,
* How
much money will be required for each initiative ( budgetary
allocations )
* How ( from where ) this money will be raised ?
Raising taxes is bad ! Borrowing is worse ! Begging Central Govt is
worst ! Can you save from " leakages " ?
> Transparent
procedures , open to public scrutiny
> A honest /
corruption-free / committed bureaucracy to implement
> Non - interference
by elected MLAs
> How will public be
involved ?
> Which third party
will measure the " Actual vs Targetted " performance
and publish
the audited results, and how often ?
Surely ,drawing up and monitoring such a Project Plan ,
cannot be a Rocket Science for IIT / IIM whizkid volunteers of AAP
, when their classmates at ISRO are launching Mars Orbiter Mission ( MOM )
today !
If AAP manages to display this second kind of
post-election " Performance Ability " , then it will truly
herald an " Indian Spring " and re-write the rules of how
elections will get fought in State / National elections
Good Luck , Arvind !
* hemen parekh
( 05 Nov 2013 )
Mumbai
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