Thank You, Shri Shekhawatji,

 

 

Context :

BJP ready for virtual rallies: Union minister   / HT / 30 Dec 2021

Extract :

Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Punjab election incharge, said on Wednesday his party was ready to hold virtual rallies if the situation so demanded -- a remark that came amid concerns of a fresh wave of Covid-19 cases fuelled by the Omicron variant.

“The BJP is fully prepared. The BJP did virtual rallies during the West Bengal assembly polls also. And when the political parties across the world were in hibernation, during the first and the second wave of Covid-19, even at that time, BJP workers were reaching out to people through virtual platforms,” Shekhawat said, when asked if his party was ready to hold virtual rallies.

 

The Election Commission, which is on a three-day visit to poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, recently held a Covid-19 review meeting with Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan. While experts say that large political gatherings may cause localised spikes in infections, the Allahabad high court last week urged the commission and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider delaying elections or banning large political rallies.

 

 

Samajwadi spokesperson Abdul Hafiz Gandhi said : “ If any decision regarding virtual rallies comes from the Election Commission, then the party will look into it. It will be hypothetical to say anything now.”

 

Naveen Pirshali, spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party’s Uttarakhand unit, said: “The AAP has always been a responsible party. Unlike the BJP, it has always valued human life above all. Having said that, the party will follow the government guidelines in case of a Covid-19 outbreak and accordingly find appropriate ways to campaign for the assembly elections in Uttarakhand.”

 

The meeting between Bhushan and the election watchdog was part of the commission’s agenda to keep a close watch on the spread of the pandemic. “This is a preliminary meeting, the commission will continue to do more such meetings to keep a check on the situation,” a person aware of the matter said.

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MY TAKE :

 

Dear PM ,

Before a start of any session of Lok Sabha, you have always convened an “ ALL PARTY “ meeting of ( elected ) legislators, for ensuring a smooth / productive working

I urge you to convene such an “ ALL PARTY “ meeting and persuade all parties to,

#   forego physical rallies,  and

#   solely depend upon VIRTUAL RALLIES for their current election campaigns

I have a feeling that all parties will agree with your “ Appeal “ .

Any party disagreeing, runs the risk of getting exposed in the eyes of the voters, who , in the physical rally, will ask their Neta :

“ Are our votes more important to you than our lives ?  “

 

Dear PM,

To convince the political parties, I request you to immediately launch “ Campaign TV “ channel ( just like Sansad TV ) and make this channel available to the contesting parties for spreading their message

Number of hours to be allotted to each “ contesting party “ can be based on a transparent formula which takes into account, for each party :

Ø  Number of seats held in Lok Sabha / Rajya Sabha

Ø  Number of seats held in state assemblies

Ø  Number of seats being contested in forthcoming elections

Ø  Percentage of Popular Vote garnered in last State Election

Ø  Number of seats “ lost “ in last State election

Ø  Any other relevant factor

Related Reading:

Controlling Crowds at Election Rallies ? ………………………………[ 28 Dec 2021 ]

 

Extract :

Dear Chief Election Commissioner, { Shri N Gopalaswami /  gopalaswamin@eci.gov.in }

We must ask ourselves :

Ø  Why can elections not be postponed by a few months ? – even by amending our Constitution , if required ?

 

Ø  If, for whatever “ inhuman “ argument / “ twisted “ logic, postponement is not possible, then how about holding VIRTUAL ( DIGITAL ) elections , where :

#   Total ban on physical rallies ( all campaigning through Mobiles-Tablets-

      PCs-TVs , using ZOOM – Holograms etc )

     

#  Voting through use of a Mobile App ( VotesApp ) ?

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 30 Dec 2021

 

Copy :

Supreme Court  …………….. ………………………………………..supremecourt@nic.in

Chief Election Commissioner……………………………………… gopalaswamin@eci.gov.in

Shri R. Balakrishnan  [ Dy. Election Commissioner] … balakrish@eci.gov.in

Shri J.P. Prakash [ Dy. Election Commissioner ] ……… jaipriye@eci.gov.in

Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat……………………………….g.shekhawat@sansad.nic.in

Shri Rajesh Bhushan [ Health Secretary ].............. secyhfw@nic.in