ARISE and AWAKE !

यथा प्रजा , तथा राजा    ?

Citizen’s  Charter  of   Demand

Recently , Shri Chidambaram held a public meeting in Bandra to get suggestions for framing of 2019 Election manifesto of Congress

Hindustan Times ( 28 Oct ) reported as follows :

“ Cong to draft manifesto using people’s feedback “

Participants submitted following suggestions :

·      Water Scarcity

·      Infrastructure

·      Solid Waste Management

·      Land Mafia

·      Increasing prices of houses in the city

·      Need for 50  % reservation for women in politics

·      Upgrading education standards

·      Encouraging secular atmosphere

Shri Chidambaram added :

“ Congress does not want to sit in a room and announce generation of two crore jobs and assure crediting Rs 15 lakhs in the accounts of each Indian.

We want to know what people want from the government and hence we have undertaken the exercise of interacting with people before preparing our manifesto for the 2019 lok Sabha elections “

May be Shri Chidambaram remembered that in its manifesto released on 24 March 2014 , Congress has promised to create 10 Crore ( = 100 million ) new jobs in next 5 years , if voted to power !

He may be even thanking God that Congress failed to win a majority !

But no such problem with the 8 items listed above , since these are in the nature of,

“  Motherhood is Good “

No quantitative / measurable targets to be achieved by xyz dates !

It is “ your word against my word “  !

So nebulous that other political parties may even decide , not to repeat this exercise but simply “ adopt “ whatever list Congress finally comes up with !

Or just change the date and re-publish their 2014 election manifestos !

The shrewd politicians know that public memory is short and that voters have , all but forgotten those 2014 promises !

Dear Voters ,

For letting the politicians take us for a ride , we have no one to blame but ourselves  !

We have miserably failed in coming up with a citizen’s “ CHARTER  OF  DEMAND “, which :

·      Lists our demands

·      Groups these into,

#  Urgent but not Important

#  Important but not Urgent

#  Both , Urgent as well as Important

·      Devise / launch a Mobile App to solicit citizen’s response to the above , with PRIORITY RATING for each listed item ( 1 = Low  /  2 = Medium  /  3 = High )

·      Then arrange in descending order of priorities

·      For each item , lays down “ Quantified / Measurable “ targets , with target dates

·      Send this CHARTER of DEMAND to each political party , insisting that the Party comes out with a public statement , accepting to implement the Charter ( if voted to power , of course ) and also publish this on its web site

·       

Charter will begin with following “ Declaration of Intent “ :

“  We the people of India , submit the following Charter of Demands to the political

   parties contesting 2019 General Election and ask them to accept the same for

   implementing , if voted to power

   We will not vote for those parties which refuse to accept this charter

   However , if several parties accept this Charter , citizens will vote for those parties

   and their candidates , who will begin their every Election Rally Speech with re-

   affirmation of its acceptance

   Once a party has accepted the Charter prior to the election , it will need to publicly

   confirm its support to its implementation , even if it fails to form the government

   and sits in the opposition. “

·      Using the same Mobile App, every quarter , compile citizen feedback on their perception of “ Actual Achievement %age as against Target “ and provide this FEEDBACK of People’s perception , to the government

      

If you want to know how the gullible citizens of India have been taken for a ride over the years and what items might be considered for inclusion in that Mobile App, please refer to :

BJP Poll Manifesto     …………………………………………………………………………….[  19  Oct  2013  ]

Congress Poll Manifesto    ………………………………………………………………………[  25  Oct  2013  ]

 

Issues Vs Non – Issues    ……………………………………………………………………….[  18  Nov  2013  ]

 

Perennial Poll Promises    ………………………………………………………………………..[  15  Dec  2013  ]

Poll Promises ? Tall Promises ?     …………………………………………………………..[  23  Feb  2014  ]

Manifesto Misconduct ?    …………………………………………………………………………[  26  March  2014 ]

 

If / Then     ………………………………………………………………………………………………….[  06  April  2014  ]

 

What Are the Chances ?    …………………………………………………………………………[  18  May  2014  ]

 

BUDGETING     BY    OBJECTIVES   …………………………………………………………….[ 05 Dec 2014 ]

 

But You have Promises to Keep    ……………………………………………………………..[  14  May  2016  ]

  

Model Code of ( Hypocrite ) Conduct ?   ………………………………………………………[  07 Jan  2017  ]

We are not bribing the Voters !     ………………………………………………………………[  10  Jan  2017  ]

 

Time to ditch Model Code of Conduct ?    ……………………………………………………[  22  Jan  2017  ]

 

Electoral Reforms Capsule : A Bitter Pill ?    …………………………………………………..[ 06 Feb 2017 ]

 

Innovative Financing ?    ………………………………………………………………………………[ 06  Mar  2017  ]

 

It is Catching On !    …………………………………………………………………………………….[  06  Dec  2017  ]

 

AN OBJECTIVE GOVERNMENT ?    …………………………………………………………………[ 06  Feb  2018  ]

 

 

People’s Pulse ? People’s Confusion ?    ………………………………………………………..[  12 July 2018 ]

 

 

 

I urge the following office bearers of ,

 

ASSOCIATION  for  DEMOCRATIC  REFORMS ,  [  ADR  ]

 

to consider implementing my suggestion , if found to be desirable

 

ADR may consider requesting  Pratham Mittal  to modify his mobile app “ NETA “ for this , much more urgent need or develop an altogether new app

 

Congratulations , Pratham Mittal !    ……………………………………………………….[  23  Aug  2018  ]

 

 

 

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29  Oct  2018

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