For the past few months, Shri Narendra Modiji has been
requesting all concerned to debate:
" Should we not have simultaneous polls on the
same day , both for Lok Sabha and all the State Assemblies ? "
He would like all citizens to express their views on
this , even as he tries to get a consensus on this issue from all political
parties , whose whole-hearted cooperation in this is essential since this
reform would require amending the Constitution with two third majority
I suggest that NDA government , go about this process
as follows :
# AWARENESS CREATION
PHASE { Now - March 2017 }
* Publicizing ( in Newspapers / TV / Social Media / Government
web sites / Hoardings / Radio etc ) , the advantages / benefits of this reform
* Debates in Town-Hall type of meetings all over the
country
* Debates in Schools / Colleges / other Educational
Institutions
* Competition
among Start-Ups / Entrepreneurs for creation of Mobile App for " Opinion
Survey
" and selection of winning app { #OneNationOneVote }
# OPINION GATHERING
PHASE { 18 - 19 - 20 th APRIL 2017
}
* Exhort citizens to download
mobile app { #OneNationOneVote } and record opinion
( app can be downloaded ONLY ONCE on a given
smart phone and self destructs after a
single use . Additional security features can
be incorporated to prevent duplicate use
eg: Aadhar Card Number )
* Those not
having Smart phones can log in at the Election Commission web site ( Aadhar
No and Voter Card Number ) and give their
opinion
* App will stop
working on 21st April
* Software will
display the OPINION
SURVEY results ( on Election Commission web site )
on 22nd April
. The results will also be viewable through the App on mobile phone
# CONSENSUS GENERATION
PHASE { May 2017 }
* Central
Government to hold SEVERAL meetings of all political parties in which , the
Government would ( step by step ) present ,
# Opinion Survey
findings
# Provisions of the Constitution
which would need amending - and its " wordings "
# Nature of amendments in State
Laws ( if any )
# Time table / Schedule for implementation
# Logistics ( Manpower / Software
/ Hardware required )
# Onetime Cost ( expenses ) vs Recurring Savings
* Just as in the
case of Lok Sabha proceedings , these meetings must
be televised so that
citizens get
an opportunity to listen to the views expressed by the leaders of political
parties
# IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
{ 20 April
2019 }
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2012/12/votesapp.html }
As far as the OPINION SURVEY is concerned , I suggest
following questionnaire :
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# Do you believe holding simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha
and all the State Assemblies, on
the same day , is desirable ?...............YES / NO
# Do you believe simultaneous polls would result in less
hardship for people ?......YES / NO
# Do you believe
simultaneous polls would reduce the cost of conducting elections ?
YES / NO
# Do you believe simultaneous polls would enable Administrations
( both at Center and in
States ) to focus on matters of importance / priority to citizens
?....... YES / NO
# Do you believe
such polls can be conducted much more efficiently / transparently /
economically , using mobile app such as
" VotesApp
" ?................. YES / NO
# Do you believe , use of Mobile App ( such as " VotesApp "
) would result in a huge saving
due
to eliminating the need for
* 935,000 polling booths
* 1.7 Million EVM ( Electronic Voting Machines / each costing Rs
41,000 )
* 10,000 tons of paper
* 10,000 liters of indelible ink
* Deploying 11 million Election Officials and Security staff
* Declaring holidays to enable 863 million citizens to
go out and vote
* Millions of man-hours of
advance preparation, stretching over one year
* Weeks of counting before
declaring results for 5000
seats ( MPs and MLAs )
.... YES / NO
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I urge NDA Ministers / Secretaries / MPs / MLAs etc to
look up my
earlier blogs as follows :
# OnePoll , One Time ( 06 Sept
2016 )
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/09/one-poll-one-time.html
# OneDay Polling is possible ( 31 March
2016 )
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/03/one-day-polling-is-possible.html }
# Honey ! Ishrunk the EVM (
21 Oct 2015 )
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2015/10/honey-i-shrunk-evm.html }
# ROMP - A Panacea? (
06 Aug 2015 )
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2015/08/romp-panacea.html }
# Filtering Candidate Information ? ( 18
Sept 2016 )
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/09/filtering-candidate-information.html }
# Advantage Incumbent ? ( 05
Sept 2016 )
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/09/advantage-incumbent.html }
# How to Save Rs 5511 crore ? ( 12 Dec
2015 )
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2015/12/how-to-save-rs-5511-crores.html }
# A Software Powerhouse ? (
24 April 2014 )
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2014/04/a-software-powerhouse.html }
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In 2016 , "
technology " is the MOST POWERFUL force which is re-shaping the social /
economic / political behavior of our citizens .
Millions of our citizens ,
taking to Mobile Wallets / UPI etc , is an outstanding example of how smoothly
/ eagerly , they are " embracing " technology for their day to day
transactions
And , in the process of
" adapting " , they do not mind temporary inconveniences / hardships ,
for a long term benefit ! Just look at
recent local body election results in Gujarat and Maharashtra !
The citizens , seem to be
saying :
" We are fed up of indecisive regimes of
the past . Just decide something / anything . There is no way we can get any worse . From where we are , things
can only improve , if you decide "
No one understands this
better than our " decisive " PM , Shri Modiji !
And no one understands ,
as well as he does , the power of technology to improve lives of millions of
poor Indians !
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30 Nov
2016
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs