How to leverage One Nation, One Election

 How to leverage One Nation, One Election

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A few days ago , Central Govt announced acceptance of Kovind report on ONOE [ One Nation , One Election ]

Of course , before it becomes a reality , there are many hurdles to cross – main being, convincing most political parties regarding many benefits of implementing . Since millions of words have been spoken and written by the experts on this subject { for and against }, I have only one “ Benefit “ left to voice, viz :

ONOE will vastly reduce the job of Manifesto writers

Instead of having to write ( over 5 years ) , 28 State Assembly Election manifestos and one Lok Sabha Election manifesto , now they will need to write only 2 manifestos ( one for Lok Sabha and one covering all the States )

And obviously a Political Party cannot promise Rs 1000 pm to “ Ladki Bahens “ in one state and Rs 1500 pm to “ Ladli Bahens “ in another State !

They cannot offer Rs 5000 pm scholarships to Dalit youth in one state but nothing in another state !

That would guarantee losing election in one state or other !

But then, our politicians are an “ Imaginative Tribe “. We can never predict what they might come up with !

However , along with ONOE , there should be another reform in the form of my following earlier suggestion :

Ø  Dear PM : Promise PIPPPA – not Freebies……………………….. 21  March 2024
https://lnkd.in/dWqzsJMf

Extract :

( 1 )  Preamble
( 2 )  Name of the Act / Prevention of Irresponsible Promises by Political Parties Act
( 3 )  Objective
( 4 )  Punishment for breaking Law
( 5 )   Examples of typical Freebies ( not comprehensive / Items to be added or deleted )
( 6 )  Process
( 7 )  Coverage
( 8 )  Accountability

Against each and every item ( in Poll Manifesto ), there must be mention of :
#  Amount of Money / Funds required ( One-time CAPITAL amount for Infra
Projects / Recurring Annual revenue expenditure for WELFARE measures for 5
years )

#  How the Party proposes to “ finance “ ( eg: by raising existing taxes / levying
NEW taxes / Borrowing etc )

Dear Fellow Citizen :
This is your ( last ? )  chance to speak up and  write to all MPs  that you expect :
Ø  Simultaneous enacting of PIPPPA
Ø  Lok Sabha and Assembly Election manifestos to incorporate the last 4 columns shown below

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.My-Teacher.in /  23rd Sept 2024