[IAC#RG] Fw: Need for Electoral Reforms -- Fundamental Deficiency

Dear Friends ,

 

 You may already be aware about  the recent  initiative undertaken by   Mrs. Kiran Majumdar Shaw CMD of Biocon Industry  , Mr T V Mohandas Pai ( ex Infosys and now the Chairman Manipal Global Education )  and a few others   to sponsor through the Bangalore Political Action Committee ( B.PAC) , a few young  , honest and dynamic professionals as  candidates for the Karnataka State  Elections  on 5th. May . Out of 14 candidates  sponsored  5  attained the desired success at the polls and got elected and 3 made tremendous impact and got the taste of it  , which will undoubtedly ,open up further options in the oncomming Elections due  in other States and later for the Lok Sabha as well .

 I also have the  pleasure in sharing a self explanatory  document describing the need for Electoral Reforms , which to our mind , are the Fundamental Reforms . We will have to mobilise the YOUTH  ENERGY  to demand this , without which , it will NOT happen and we will remain where  we are today or become even worse .
 The attachment is a self explanatory  document written by Mr P P Rao , Eminent  Senior Advocate Supreme Court and one of the REVERED  EXPERTS  on  the Constitution Law . This document  is well  worth reading and sharing with your friends / associates , the  family and also  the GROUPS OF  YOUTH , wherever you may  access  them in your circle , so as to Enlighten and Awaken  them  for  their Honest Focus on what our specific Hopes and  Demands should be about the "  FUNDAMENTAL   REFORMS " in our NATIONAL AND THEIR  OWN  PUBLIC  INTEREST  . I wish the present  Activists and the Speakers  comming regularly  on the Prime Time  Television Programs  every day , instead of just  Preaching / Denigrading the Political Leaders and / or the  Parties  and highlighting ONLY the  prevailing  problems without proposing any  Viable and / or Available  Solutions / Options   , should concentrate more  to Educate and Energise  the Youth about the Various  Issues of Priority  Concern such as  the  Uninspiring , Untrustworthy and Self-Seeking   Political Leadership , Divisive Politics , Incapacity of Governance which is NEITHER being able to Formulate Policies  NOR  is  it being able to  Handle the Huge , Costly and  Ineffective   Administrative  Machinery  in  it's Delivery of Services to the Public , thereby , Remaining  Unable  to Fulfill it's Responsibilities to Serve Our National Security and Public  Interests .

 . In order to Inclusively  Develop Economically , India needs  Mental Resources , Material resources and the WILL  to Progress. While we  have the First Two , but NOT  the Third in Reality  . We have the Wish to Progress ;  but we have yet to Develop the WILL at the Helm of Leadership  to progress  through  Determined Actions .However , there seems to be some Glimpse of  Evolutionary  Stocktaking , currently  going on  amongst  the pubic , which will hopefully  lead us to the desired  CHANGE in ATTITUDES .  To note , a Bad Government is the Inevitable Consequence of an Indifferent  Electorate and  it's Vague Level of  Awareness .

It is also  a Vicious Circle wherein , the Men / Women of Talent and Integrity will NOT Enter Public Life because of the Existing  Filth and the Stench; and yet Public Life cannot be Cleansed unless Men and Women of Talent and Integrity enter it and Assume their Social  Responibilities .

Nevertheless , I have great hopes in our Young Men and Women of Talent once they are Awakened to Combine their Energies  . The National Conscience will  Continuously  be Aroused till it  Reaches  such a Degree that it will Cease to Tolerate any further   Falsehood and Dishonesty in Public Life . Standards of Ethics and Decency in Public Life are less Easy to Enforce by Law than by Public Opinion . What our country today badly needs , and sadly lacks, is not  Political  Leadership but  Moral  Leadership, which can Inspire and  Lead to a Renaissance of the True Indian Culture .

The Bleak Socio-political Environment, as it exists today however , need  Not  make us Unduly Despondent . India has the Traditional  Gift of Producing Great Souls / Leaders  in the Darkest Hour . With Deep Seated Faith , I have to confess that when the HOUR STRIKES  , the Situation will CHANGE  like  Volcanic Action and the appropriate Leadership will be found on the Horizon to get us out of the present  QUAGMIRE . Hopefully , by then we will also see surfacing of the Collective Wisdom / Experience  of the Elders duly  integrated with  the  Energy of the Youth .

AS WE LIVE IN THE  UNCERTAIN  AND YET VERY   INTERESTING TIMES TODAY , THE DESIRED CHANGES ARE  SEEMINGLY  IN THE PIPE LINE TO BE SEEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE   AHEAD . WHILE WE   WAIT IN HOPE FOR THE GREAT  FUTURE TO ARRIVE SOON BUT WITHOUT ANY FORTHRIGHT CONSIDERATION / ACTION , IT MAY BE DELAYED BEYOND REDEMPTION ! Therefore , it is time for the real India to stand up and it is time that the Ex servicemen stood up as a collective  force to demand the Electoral  Reforms without any partisanship for or against any POLITICAL  PARTY . 

Thankyou very much . Kind Regards.

R.Adm (retd.) H.C.Malhotra

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