Criteria by which a candidate gets " elected
" are simple , viz:
" The one who gets maximum
number of votes "
Criteria by which a candidate gets " selected
" to contest an election , are equally simple :
" What is the amount
that you can spend in fighting the election ? "
And this is always accompanied by another question to
the candidates aspiring for a ticket , viz:
" How much money can you give ( in cash , of course ! ) to the party
treasurer for funding the forthcoming election ? That is , beyond what you
would spend for your own fight "
For parties recognized as " National "
parties , the thumb rule for state elections , is :
* To
fight your own battle..............Rs 10 crore
*
Contribution to party.................. Rs 5 crore
So , on an average , it is Rs 15 crore per contesting
candidate ( of course , all in cash ! )
For the forthcoming elections in 7 states during 2017 ,
how does this stack up ?
* Total no of seats being contested ............................................
940
{ UP, 403 / Punjab, 117 / Uttarakhand, 70 / Goa, 40 / Manipur, 60 /
Gujarat, 182 / HP,68 }
* Average no of
candidates contesting each seat........................... 10
*
So, total no of candidates in the fray........................................ 9400
* Total CASH spent ( 9400 * Rs 15
crore ).....................................Rs 141,000 crore
QUESTION :
Even if Supreme Court / Election
Commission / NDA government , succeed in bringing down the upper limit for
those " Anonymous Donations " from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2000 . will that
make any change to the above mentioned figure that those candidates will spend
?
No doubt , Election Commission requires
each contestant to file a statement of amount spent but who submits any figure
other than what the law ( or EC guideline ? ) prescribes ?
And my oft repeated suggestion to hold
simultaneous elections using mobile app ,
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.com
/2012/12/votesapp.html }
/2012/12/votesapp.html }
is not going to make any difference as far as this expenditure by the
contestants is concerned
Even with a Mobile App based election ( on asingle day for all the States ) , campaigning
by the candidates , spread over a few preceding months , will continue
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/11/one-nation-one-vote.html }
And , that is where those Rs 10 crores will get spent / distributed !
Is anyone expecting those 9400 candidates
to be making payments using mobile wallets / credit - debit cards / UPI - AEPS
/ RuPay cards etc ?
It is high time we stop fooling ourselves
and hurry up with embedding RFID sensors , not only in Rs 500 / 1000 / 2000 notes , but also in Rs 100
notes !
Why Rs 100 notes , as well ?
Because that is the denomination in which
the candidates carry the CASH in the luggage compartments of their vehicles ,
for distributing among the voters !
Every vehicle carrying , even 5000 notes
of Rs 100 each ( totaling Rs 5 lakhs ) , will show up on the Mobile App of the
IT / ED / EC officers , in that area !
If NDA government is really serious about
eliminating the BLACK MONEY and the CORRUPTION , this ( RFIDembedded currency notes ) , is the ONLY ANSWER !
{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/03/oracle-has-spoken.html }
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Dec 2016
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
