Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Friday 27 September 2013

Glad Day ?



Yesterday , I wrote about “ Sad Day / Bad Day / Mad Day “ , not knowing that by evening , it will turn into a “ Glad  Day “ !

“ Glad  Day “ for 2 reasons :


Ø  Late in the afternoon , in a press-meet , Rahul Gandhi said,


“ My opinion on the ordinance is that it is completely nonsense and it should be torn up and thrown out. I personally feel , that what our Government has done as far as this ordinance is concerned, is wrong “


Ø  Supreme Court said,


“ The voter has the right to negative voting by rejecting all the candidates in the fray by exercising the option of ‘ none of the above ‘ in the EVMs and ballot papers “


Now only if the politicians ( whether clean or tainted )

Ø  dare to meet the people of their constituencies


Ø  care to ask them what are their further “ Expectations “


voters will tell them , ( Citizen's Charter of Demand ? ) ,


Ø  Scrap the ordinance / bill pending in the Standing Committee. Based on Supreme Court verdict , prevent convicted MPs / MLAs from attending Lok Sabha / State Legislatures


Ø  Scrap amendment to RTI Act , which keeps the political parties outside its purview


Ø  Accept all donations / contributions to a political party by cheque only ( irrespective of the amount ) and display these on your web sites , along with quarterly statement of all expenditures


Ø  Display on your web site complete declaration ( financial as well as criminal ) of each candidate / elected MP / MLA , filed with Election Commission – and every year , if elected


Ø  Pass the Jan-LokPal bill ( Anna Hazare version ) before the 2014 elections



By owning-up the “ mistake “ committed by UPA Government ( as far as the Ordinance is concerned ) , not only Rahul Gandhi showed unprecedented courage ( could be political hara-kiri ? ) , he has silenced / disarmed his critics and won over millions of young admirers



If only he continues to display similar “ Courage “ in respect of what I have listed above , I have no doubt , on its own , Congress will win 300+ seats in the 2014 National Elections

Rahul,

Remember , your " Pre-poll Actions " on the ground , will send a very powerful " Message of Hope " to the disillusioned / frustrated youth of India 


Neither Narendra Modi , nor Arvind Kejriwal will be able to match such a challenge !



·          hemen  parekh  ( 28  Sept  2013 )


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