Poll Reforms : Time for a Consensus

A Parliamentary Panel headed by Shri Anand Sharma , has come out with a questionnaire , requesting Election Commission and all the Political Parties , their views on many issues surrounding Electoral Reforms

Here is what Indian Express reported on this on 21 Aug 2017 :

Changes  in Poll  System

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/08/changes-in-poll-system.html

Over the past 3 years , I have sent a few suggestions in this regard to the Election Commission as well as to Central Government Ministers and Secretaries / Niti Aayog / some State Chief Ministers / major Political Parties / MPs / MLAs etc

Here is a partial list :

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Finding  Candidate  Information   

              https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/09/filtering-candidate-information.html

 

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·         Presidential  or coalition  Government  ?  

             https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/presidential-or-coalition-government.html

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·         Electoral  Reforms Capsule  :  A bitter pill  ?  

            https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/02/electoral-reforms-capsule-bitter-pill.html

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·         Reforming  Elections and  Lok  Sabha  

           https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/12/reforming-elections-and-lok-sabha-real.html

·         One  Nation , One  Vote  ?  

             https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/11/one-nation-one-vote.html

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·         Constitutional  Coalition Aftershocks  

            https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/10/constitutional-coalition-aftershocks.html

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·         A  Blue  Print  for VotesApp  ?  

            https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-blue-print-for-votesapp.html

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·         EVM:  as susceptible  as  MOM  ?  

            https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/04/evm-as-susceptible-as-mom.html

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·         #EVMBahana  

           https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/evmbahana.html

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·         We  are not  bribing  the  Voters  !  

           https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/01/we-are-not-bribing-voters.html

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·         Model  Code of  ( Hypocrite  ) Conduct  

           https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/01/model-code-of-hypocrite-conduct.html

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·         Let  us begin  at  the Beginning !  

          https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/12/let-us-begin-at-beginning.html

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·         A  Freebie that  cannot  be faulted  

          https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-freebie-that-cannot-be-faulted.html

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·         How  will political  parties  survive ?  

          https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/12/how-will-political-parties-survive.html

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·         Simultaneous  Elections :  What do  you  think ?  

        https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/09/simultaneous-elections-what-do-you-think.html

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·         One  Poll : One  Time   

          https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/09/one-poll-one-time.html

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·         Advantage  Incumbent ?  

          https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/09/advantage-incumbent.html

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·         The  Greatest Reform   

          https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-greatest-reform.html

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·         One  day polling  is  possible   

        https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/03/one-day-polling-is-possible.html

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·         Honey  !  Ishrunk  the  EVM  !  

       https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/10/honey-i-shrunk-evm.html

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·         Perennial  Poll  Promises  

        https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2013/12/perennial-poll-promises.html

·         ROMP :  a  Panecia  ?

        https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/08/romp-panacea.html

·         Howto shame MPs / MLA s ?  

       https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/how-to-shame-mps-mlas.html

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But the question is :

Which Political Party is ready to let go its Strangle-Hold on the system and transfer the power to the Citizens ?  Which politician wants to sign his / her “ own death warrant “ ?

Long time back , Karl Marx is supposed to have said :

Religion is the opium of the masses  !

If he was alive today , he would have said :

For suffering / starving citizens , Voting is the illusion of power that the political parties wish to perpetuate !

22  Aug  2017

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