How To
Shame MPs / MLAs ?
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Two days back , Shiv Sena MP , Ravindra
Gaikwad slapped an Air India officer 25 times and threatened him with dire
consequences , for not providing him with a seat in Business Class ( -the
aircraft did not have a Business Class ! )
Nothing new !
Over the past decade , we have had hundreds of cases
of MPs / MLAs :
·
Assaulting ordinary citizens / public servants
·
Insulting anyone and everyone / inside and outside of Parliament
·
Breaking all kinds of laws with impunity
·
Increasing wealth 10 times in 5 years of their tenure !
Once in a while, some Newspaper / TV
channel conducts a SMS-based poll to
find out what general public thought of a given incidence
In the present case , a poll conducted
by Times of India , got 1.33 lakh
responses , of which 78 % said “ YES “ ,
when asked :
“ SHOULD SHIV SENA MP
RAVINDRA GAIKWAD BE DISQUALIFIED FROM LOK SABHA ? “
Does anyone think Smt Sumitra Mahajan or
the Hon Supreme Court can take a suo-moto notice of this incidence and citing
the poll results, disqualify this MP ?
Unlikely , since there is , as of now ,
no law for disqualifying an MP / MLA , based on a public poll !
For a couple of years now , I have been
writing to Ministers / MPs / MLAs / Political Parties , etc to enact such a law
based on my following suggestion
I don’t expect them to
listen to my lone voice !
But , if an Institution ( such as Association for Democratic Reforms / India Against Corruption etc ) were to take the initiative and launch the
Mobile App : ROMP : , then things can –
and , WILL – change
Any internet – based START UP , would be
able to come up with such an App , within ONE MONTH
!
Thursday, 6 August 2015
In
past few years , our Lok Sabha has been repeatedly paralyzed by slogan shouting
MPs
Perhaps
, the past two weeks were the worst in the history of Lok Sabha , with no
business conducted
Someone
suggested that MPs be made to lose their salaries for this period , following
the universally / legally accepted rule : No
Work , No Pay
This
won't work . Our crore-pati MPs could not care a hoot for loss of pay !
Only
thing that might work :
A
mobile app called , " ROMP / Recall
Our MP " ( Idea for a Start-Up ? )
Only
voters who qualify as follows , will be permitted to use this App , in order to
recall an MP :
*
He must be on Electoral Roll
*
He must have actually voted ( even if NOTA ) , in the last general election
{ This criteria is bound to boost voting percentage to 95 % ! No need to
make voting compulsory ! }
*
He can " Vote to Recall " ,
only MP who got elected from the constituency
from where he cast his vote in last election
*
He can vote only if there is no Criminal
charges filed against him
*
The App itself will accept his " Rating / Vote " only on two days of the
year
announced by the Election Commission for each constituency
*
Any other criteria that readers may wish
to suggest ( crowd-sourcing )
ROMP will
show following criteria , with " YES " or " NO
" buttons against each :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOG-IN
:
#
Suspend MP for next Session................................
YES.......NO
#
Recall MP.............................................................YES ..... NO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Justify
your recommendation by " Rating " your MP , below
(
Unless rated on each criteria , your vote will be invalid )
Is
this MP ( who is being rated by you ) :
#
Honest..............................................
YES........NO
#
Of high Integrity.................................
YES........ NO
#
Sincere..............................................
YES........ NO
#
Hard-working .................................... YES........
NO
#
Punctual..............................................
YES....... NO
#
Dignified............................................
YES........ NO
#
Follows Speaker's Orders.....................
YES........ NO
#
Good Listener.......................................
YES......... NO
#
Awaits his turn to speak.......................... YES........
NO
#
Asks only relevant questions.................. YES........ NO
#
Approachable to Voters..........................
YES....... NO
#
Answers Voters' Emails promptly............... YES...... NO
#
Provides regular feedback to Voters ............. YES.......NO
#
Addresses other MPs with respect............... YES..........NO
SUBMIT
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Conditions
governing use of ROMP :
*
It can be downloaded from the web site
of Election Commission , upon
filling up a form, requiring all kinds of proof that you are a genuine voter
*
Upon being satisfied ( that you are a
genuine voter ) , the Server will
issue a User ID and Password, to log in before you can use the App.
It would be better still , if biometric identification is integrated with the
App , since AADHAR cards are already
having such identification
* ROMP can be downloaded only once
*
At least 66
% of the Voters who had actually voted in that Constituency
during the last General Election , should take part in ROMP event for it
to be considered valid
*
Only in case more than 2/3rd ( > 66 % ) of " Ratings " cast
recommend
Suspension or Recall , will the Election Commission / Speaker act
according to People's Mandate
*
However , in case where those 66 % are
divided between " Recall " and
" Suspend " , then " Suspend " will prevail
*
Rating results will be
made public on Election Commission web site on the
next day and also published in
leading Newspapers
I
do believe that the present NDA government is keen to introduce / pass ,
"
RIGHT TO RECALL BILL " in Lok Sabha as part of
Electoral Reforms
Except
that the combined opposition may defeat it in Rajya Sabha !
Which MP would want to sign his own
death-warrant ?
But
even without a legal backing , I feel ROMP would have a salutary
effect
on
the behavior of our MPs , who would know that they are being watched,
and
their conduct is being evaluated ! - and will be made public !
ROMP ,
along with my earlier suggested mobile Apps ,
will
take us many steps closer to a Digital India
If you endorse my views , please forward to all Policy
Makers
If not , please do come up with a better idea !
25 March 2017
www.hemenparekh.in
/ blogs
With Regards,
hemen
parekh
(
M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08
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