Congress party is trying to get suggestions from the
public for drafting its 2019 election manifesto
There is no doubt , other parties will pretend to be
doing the same , to give voters a feeling of having “ participated /
contributed “ in the preparation of a deceptively disguised “ Statement of
Intention “
All political leaders know that no one is ever going to
read that document or refer to it during the next 5 years !
They also know that people not only have short memory
but they are unusually forgiving !
Conducted by online and offline media / political
parties / Policy Think Tanks etc , opinion polls have been around for years –
especially just before the polls .
These might have influenced the “ Voters “ to vote for
or against a particular party / candidate
But these have miserably failed in “ directing /
instructing “ those MPs and MLAs who get elected , to vote for or against a
particular resolution in Lok Sabha / State Legislatures
Now , it seems technology may manage to
empower the voters to “ direct
“ those MPs / MLAS to vote the way they “ want “ him / her to vote !
Just think of the legislature as a “ Stage “ where a drama gets played and those MPs
/ MLAs as “ Actors “ playing out a “ Script “ handed to them
Read about that technology at :
Extract :
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology has built a software program
called BeeMe that enables web users to suggest actions for
a hired actor to perform.
Dear Shri Ravi
Shankar Prasadji,
Through your mobile app UMANG , in a short span of one year
, you have managed to deliver some 313
services , through 69 apps in 17 states
Very commendable
!
Now how about modifying UMANG in following way :
·
Links users’ Mobile phones with their
respective MPs / MLAs
·
Flash on the voters’ mobiles , each proposed
resolution requiring voting by MP / MLA
·
Enables each Voter to “ direct / instruct “ his / her MP , to vote “ for “ or “ against “
·
Aggregates “ FOR
/ AGAINST “ votes polled by UMANG from all
voters,
# MP ( or MLA ) wise
# Party-wise
# Overall ( for all Members put together )
·
Publish these results on the web sites of
Lok Sabha / Parties / MPs and MLAs
Irrespective of weather the majority of the voters
desired “ FOR “ or “ AGAINST “ any given resolution, voters do not expect a MP / MLA to
go against the whip of the party to which he / she belongs
But at least this mechanism would provide the MPs / MLAs
/ Parties , a QUANTIFIED
MEASURE of the wishes of the voters and become “ sensitive “ to their wishes
And the voters will get an opportunity to question
their elected representatives !
Dear Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji,
If it is not possible to modify UMANG as suggested
above , I urge BJP to develop such an App ( to be called , VotersWill
? ) on its own and launch it by next
month
That will be a proof of BJP’s desire / willingness to concretize
its concepts of :
·
From Main to Hum
·
Subka Saath, Subka Vikas
Immediate launch of VotersWill , will convince the 900 million voters that BJP holds itself answerable /
accountable to the people , whether in power or in opposition
It is only through such conviction / trust that BJP can
hope for 400 +
seats in 2019
!
03 Nov 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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