whenever in any field if one has to judge/select the best of all available lot it is left to the team of experts who are capable and knowledgeable to do the responsible task.then why such an important task be left in the hands of our electorate who you all admit have very poor knowledge ,vague level of awareness and which can be easily lured by tiny materialistic benefits. what i want to suggest is why not work out on the option of finalizing some minimum eligibility criterias for the electorate itself as we talk of the same for the contestants in our discussion over electoral reforms. i know it will be a stupendous task but has to be carried out if we really keep on alleging our public that you get the government you deserve.the cost factor in doing all this exercise is not big enough when we compare it with the damage up till now occured to our nation.dr.sadhana 30/5/13, Dharmendra Kumar Dewan <dsmcho@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Dharmendra Kumar Dewan <dsmcho@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Fw: Need for Electoral Reforms -- Fundamental Deficiency
To: "Dr. NC Jain" <j_nc2000@yahoo.com>
Cc: "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net" <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>
Date: Thursday, 30 May, 2013, 12:13 AM
The only solution ( as electoral reforms ) lies in curbing/disqualifying any person who is an industrialist/manufacturer/businessman/ has corporate interests etc, from contesting elections so as to remove 'conflict of interest' which has been currently playing havoc through policy adjustments suitable to these people in power. The privy purses were abolished in early 1960's but the same has come back in this form of such people coming to power & becoming Raja's over the exploited Praja'.
Electoral reforms also MUST include that frequent fiddling with constitution to suit vote bank interests will not be permitted by the elected representatives
True secularism means non participation of the 'State' ( includes any political party in power or outside power) in any religious entity/celebration/functions/congregation
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Dr. NC Jain <j_nc2000@yahoo.com> wrote: good suggestion but it will not work where majority of voters are illiterate . Dr N C Jain 29-5-13
Dear friends,
I am attaching a research document on the subject, how to select the best public supported candidate in election process. There are various ways to do it. One of them is Approval Voting System. Time has come that we introduce a new thinking on how to select a representative out of many candidates. In a democracy people must be given sovereign and wider powers to select a candidates. The current process is introduced by British rulers whose motto was to divide and rule. Currently a candidate manages to get himself elected by dividing opposition votes and feeding to his own vote-bank. People have to understand this problem. The answer could be a Run off Election between two best voted candidates, and whoever secures more than half (50%) votes is winner. But here we have to bear the cost of two times election process, it is a drawback for our country.
I will talk about one time election process and people to select the best of the candidates. Here we allow voter (people) to vote for multiple candidates to as many as he or she likes (No limitation of single voting). Every candidate so voted gets one vote each. In this way the whole constituency rates good candidates from the list of all the contestants in the election. The candidate who gets maximum votes (majority public support) wins the election, as he or she is the best rated or selected candidate out of all. It is so simple and without the fear of vote divisions among multiple candidates. In this election process, the only hardship will be for election commission to count more number of votes.
This will have multiple benefits. Divisive campaigning will become a thing of past as a candidate will have to work for entire section of society rather than his vote bank. Secondly if people see more options to choose from and meaningful electoral process, they will turnout in large numbers to vote. It will strengthen the democracy and also unite the population.
The other suggestions as right to reject, right to recall, control of muscle power and state funding of election are also very important suggestions and must be adopted in our framework. after all, all the money spent in election, white or black, it is public money. So why not state funding of election.
BRIJESH KUMAR RAI +91 9619346740 Nerul NaviMumbai On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 4:49 PM, harish malhotra <hc_malhotra1@yahoo.com> wrote:
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 Sector 15-A , Noida
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