Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
1-9-52/F/3, MCH No 2859, Road No 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD 500020
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org emails shodasisai@gmail.com
Phones 91-40-27661613 (Tele-fax), 65581368 Cell 9440422613
16th March 2007
THE REFORMS I EXPECT IN INDIA-THE NEXT GENERATION-(BOOK ADDL PAGE)
ELECTORAL REFORMS
I am noticing quite a good number of enthusiasts for contesting in the elections in the recent times. I appreciate the public intention to keep themselves in the leadership positions. But then, I feel sorry and very bad to look at the shabby walls of public places and even private houses too covered by the handouts, stickers, wall posters and what not. To the extent of contesting in the elections if appreciated, what answers do we have for the ugly and indecent propaganda. What problem does the election commission have to restrict such campaigns and keep the public places clean and neat? It is beyond imagination for any one to assess the individual losses due to this, for the simple reason, soon after the election campaign the owners of the buildings struggle hard to remove the stickers and get their walls repainted and pathetic it is, another election campaign either for local bodies or for State bodies or for central bodies – what not, again starts.
The most important point in the election strategy is, yet, another interesting thing. In a recent election campaign, for just one single seat, there were 60 contestants. Assuming for a while that there are hundred voters in that constituency, 40 votes will be a deciding factor to elect a candidate. It is likely one candidate may get only 3 votes while the rest others get two or less. Invariably, the person who could get only 3 votes gets elected irrespective of the intentions of the majority of the voters.
Keeping these two points in view, I suggest the Election Commission to give clear guidelines to all those who desire to contest, that the candidates shall not under any circumstances cause or damage the public places or private properties either with their campaign stickers or wall posters etc and in the event of some contestant doing so, he shall be disqualified for the candidature.
The second is a sensitive point where most of the political parties need to be taken into confidence for implementation. The candidates who desire to fight the election should be preferably from the National Parties. In the event of anyone contesting the election as an independent, he should be able to mobilize from his supporters or meet the deposit amount on his own, the deposit amount being a huge sum where an individual fancy contestant can not bear on his own. In the event of loosing the election, such independent candidate should wait for a clear year to get back his deposit amount. This may help reducing a number of candidates contesting the election as a matter or fancy or for a division of votes on the basis of caste based politics.
Probably we may help quality based leaders from a selected small lot. The future leaders may at least acknowledge that “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”.
Yours affly HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI ____________________________________________________________________WISH YOU ALL HAPPY UGADI –THE HOLY NEW YEAR
ELECTORAL REFORMS
I am noticing quite a good number of enthusiasts for contesting in the elections in the recent times. I appreciate the public intention to keep themselves in the leadership positions. But then, I feel sorry and very bad to look at the shabby walls of public places and even private houses too covered by the handouts, stickers, wall posters and what not. To the extent of contesting in the elections if appreciated, what answers do we have for the ugly and indecent propaganda. What problem does the election commission have to restrict such campaigns and keep the public places clean and neat? It is beyond imagination for any one to assess the individual losses due to this, for the simple reason, soon after the election campaign the owners of the buildings struggle hard to remove the stickers and get their walls repainted and pathetic it is, another election campaign either for local bodies or for State bodies or for central bodies – what not, again starts.
The most important point in the election strategy is, yet, another interesting thing. In a recent election campaign, for just one single seat, there were 60 contestants. Assuming for a while that there are hundred voters in that constituency, 40 votes will be a deciding factor to elect a candidate. It is likely one candidate may get only 3 votes while the rest others get two or less. Invariably, the person who could get only 3 votes gets elected irrespective of the intentions of the majority of the voters.
Keeping these two points in view, I suggest the Election Commission to give clear guidelines to all those who desire to contest, that the candidates shall not under any circumstances cause or damage the public places or private properties either with their campaign stickers or wall posters etc and in the event of some contestant doing so, he shall be disqualified for the candidature.
The second is a sensitive point where most of the political parties need to be taken into confidence for implementation. The candidates who desire to fight the election should be preferably from the National Parties. In the event of anyone contesting the election as an independent, he should be able to mobilize from his supporters or meet the deposit amount on his own, the deposit amount being a huge sum where an individual fancy contestant can not bear on his own. In the event of loosing the election, such independent candidate should wait for a clear year to get back his deposit amount. This may help reducing a number of candidates contesting the election as a matter or fancy or for a division of votes on the basis of caste based politics.
Probably we may help quality based leaders from a selected small lot. The future leaders may at least acknowledge that “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”.
Yours affly HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI ____________________________________________________________________WISH YOU ALL HAPPY UGADI –THE HOLY NEW YEAR
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