Caste Consciousness Remains a Curse for the Emerging Indian Society
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani The other day, a regional political party member in a southern state solemnly announced, the Chief Minister sitting by his side, their candidates contesting for each constituency by name and his or her caste. In its neighbouring state, the ruling party announced acres of land for constructing buildings in the name of various castes, and to some others funds to promote their traditional professional activities. We also know that when the ministerial cabinet is formed by a ruling party, newspapers carefully analyse the ca…
National Election Watch: ADR Analysis
It's election season and time to take a fresh look at the assets, criminal background and educational qualifications of a few Parliamentarians. Association for Democratic Reforms, New Delhi carried out an analysis of the self-sworn affidavits of 23 re-elected MPs between 2004 to 2019 Lok Sabha Elections . Criminal Background : Re-elected MPs with criminal cases: Out of the 23 Re-elected MPs analyzed, 12 (52%) Re-elected MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves. Re-elected MPs with serious criminal c…
How to Increase the Polling Percentage in Urban Areas
Dr. Rao VBJ Chelikani Set up more Ward Committees, get local residents involved ( The following text is sent to the Central Manifesto Committee of the Indian National Congress Party, New Delhi on their request). Urban citizens are officially 45% of the country's population, if not more, and they are increasing day by day. All of them settle in apartment-buildings, colony welfare associations and gated communities. Most of the residents are all professionally very productive and are the main source of our GDP growth. They pay all kinds of…
A Step Backwards in Our Democracy
Dr VBJ Chelikani Rao The Election Commission of India is an exalted constitutional institution with an independent secretariat paid from the Consolidated Fund of India, and it must play the most indispensable role in the functioning of our democracy. The Constitution has assigned to it the task of “superintendence, direction and control of elections” and hence, the Commission has to function autonomously, and has ample scope to interpret and extend its role so as to conduct free and fair el…
"RWAs are Big Catalysts for Change", Union Minister Shri Rajeev Chandrashekhar at 10th National Conference of RWAs
The 10th edition of the National Conference of RWAs was successfully conducted in the city of Bengaluru on Nov 25-26, 2023. Addressing the widely represented gathering virtually Union Minister H on'ble Shri Rajeev Chandrasekar, MoS IT, Electronics & Skill Development, Govt of India said, “I have myself been a member of a RWA and played a role in reviving a few lakes in this city. RWAs must make the Municipalities accountable. RWAs are the big c atalysts for change. They must fight against the vested interest o…
Handbook on Combating Gender Stereotypes: Supreme Court of India
Indian society is not yet updated with certain sensibilities relating to gender sensitive language, especially while dealing with the women. Some of our notions, and at many times, even of those occupying constitutional seats and responsibilities, and representing the State, fall short of the desired decency and sensitivity. There has been a gap between the benign objectives of the State and its Constitution, and the reality at the ground level. The language men employ and the notions they entertain on women are bafflingly low even within th…
An Appeal by CoRWA to All Political Parties before they Finalise their Election Manifestos
Dear Sir/ Madam, Rapid urbanisation is taking place in all parts of our country and all the new settlers are invariably residing in Apartment-buildings, in colonies and in gated communities. These Resident Welfare Associations are self-governing bodies and they self-finance and manage their community as well as create urban amenities in the area. They are all professionally very active and are the main source of our GDP growth. They pay all kinds of direct and indir…
We need more Democracy, not more Nationalism
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani It is too late to start cultivating ‘political nationalism’ in India now, which never existed in the past. The concept of nationalism has already been tried elsewhere in Europe with catastrophic consequences, and discarded after much bloodshed. In history, for that matter, no pure nation ever existed, and all political states are a concoction of varied people who moved in and settled at different dates. All human beings have always been settlers, ever since they started coming out of the forests in search of plain lands…
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