Tuesday, February 15, 2011
BJP on election reforms
It is heartening to note, a political party of the stature of BJP has come forward to set up a high-level panel on election reforms to study comprehensively the election related issues to help the party effectively formulate its stand on all subjects, including the effect of black money on the elections, criminalisation of politics, efficacy of electronic voting machines and reservation for women.
The panel is expected to deliberate on issues like the delimitation of constituencies in terms of socio-economic factors and geography so that the party could take a practically feasible and politically correct stand on contentious issues confronting the biggest democracy of the world.
The announcement assumes significance at a time when the BJP has taken a tough stand on corruption in mega scams like 2G Spectrum allocation, Commonwealth Games and its insistence of bringing back to country the money deposited in foreign banks by Indians outside the shores.
The panel would also study all reports available in the public domain, including the Administrative Reforms Commission, and interact with the Ministries concerned in the Government and the Election Commission of India. It will also get inputs from the state units, experts and interested public.
The citizens of India congratulate BJP and will support them in this initiative. It is the sincere hope of the citizens that BJP will make the study public and transparent for all citizens to participate with their views without fear or favour.
Nitin Gadkari sets up high-level panel on election reforms
New Delhi, Feb 15 : The BJP today set up a high-level committee on Election Reforms to study comprehensively the election related issues to help the party effectively formulate its stand on all subjects, including the effect of black money on the elections, criminalisation of politics, efficacy of electronic voting machines and reservation for women.
The Committee constituted by BJP President Nitin Gadkari will work under the guidance of top party leaders, including BJP Parliamentary Party Chairman L K Advani, and will have party vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi as its Convenor. The panel will also deliberate on issues like the delimitation of constituencies in terms of socio-economic factors and geography so that the party could take a practically feasible and politically correct stand on contentious issues confronting the biggest democracy of the world.
The announcement assumes significance at a time when the BJP has taken a tough stand on corruption in mega scams like 2G Spectrum allocation, Commonwealth Games and its insistence of bringing back to country the money deposited in foreign banks by Indians outside the shores.
The panel would also study all reports available in the public domain, including the Administrative Reforms Commission, and interact with the Ministries concerned in the Government and the Election Commission of India. It will also get inputs from the state units, experts and interested public.
Other members of the panel include BJP General Secretary Thawar Chand Gehlot, former MPs Kirit Somaiya and Banwarilal Purohit, noted psephologist G V L Narasimha Rao, former UP BJP Chief Ramapati Ram Tripathi, activist lawyer Satpal Jain and former bureaucrat Ramakrishna.
--UNI
http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-147817.html
The panel is expected to deliberate on issues like the delimitation of constituencies in terms of socio-economic factors and geography so that the party could take a practically feasible and politically correct stand on contentious issues confronting the biggest democracy of the world.
The announcement assumes significance at a time when the BJP has taken a tough stand on corruption in mega scams like 2G Spectrum allocation, Commonwealth Games and its insistence of bringing back to country the money deposited in foreign banks by Indians outside the shores.
The panel would also study all reports available in the public domain, including the Administrative Reforms Commission, and interact with the Ministries concerned in the Government and the Election Commission of India. It will also get inputs from the state units, experts and interested public.
The citizens of India congratulate BJP and will support them in this initiative. It is the sincere hope of the citizens that BJP will make the study public and transparent for all citizens to participate with their views without fear or favour.
Nitin Gadkari sets up high-level panel on election reforms
New Delhi, Feb 15 : The BJP today set up a high-level committee on Election Reforms to study comprehensively the election related issues to help the party effectively formulate its stand on all subjects, including the effect of black money on the elections, criminalisation of politics, efficacy of electronic voting machines and reservation for women.
The Committee constituted by BJP President Nitin Gadkari will work under the guidance of top party leaders, including BJP Parliamentary Party Chairman L K Advani, and will have party vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi as its Convenor. The panel will also deliberate on issues like the delimitation of constituencies in terms of socio-economic factors and geography so that the party could take a practically feasible and politically correct stand on contentious issues confronting the biggest democracy of the world.
The announcement assumes significance at a time when the BJP has taken a tough stand on corruption in mega scams like 2G Spectrum allocation, Commonwealth Games and its insistence of bringing back to country the money deposited in foreign banks by Indians outside the shores.
The panel would also study all reports available in the public domain, including the Administrative Reforms Commission, and interact with the Ministries concerned in the Government and the Election Commission of India. It will also get inputs from the state units, experts and interested public.
Other members of the panel include BJP General Secretary Thawar Chand Gehlot, former MPs Kirit Somaiya and Banwarilal Purohit, noted psephologist G V L Narasimha Rao, former UP BJP Chief Ramapati Ram Tripathi, activist lawyer Satpal Jain and former bureaucrat Ramakrishna.
--UNI
http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-147817.html
Labels: Action Against Corruption, black money, criminalisation of politics, election reforms, electronic voting machines, EVM, mega scams, reservation for women
