Post by Kal_1993 on Mar 15, 2017 22:08:38 GMT
Inspired by NTR's Telugu vari Atma Gouravam back in the 80s and 90s, I am starting a new series called Bharatiya Atma Gaurav.
This is the just a short version of my first ever (to be written) blog post and it is on much needed reforms in Indian elections.
After looking at the history of governments in India it makes one wonder, is parliamentarian democracy causing more harm than good? What purpose does it actually serve to cast our vote to the inconsequential MLA/MP than directly electing our PM/CM who would have a direct impact on lives of citizens. An MLA/MP's worth is no more than a vote. Most of them are not responsible for any decision taken by the government.
On the top of that, we are being burdened with coalition governments that literally paralyze the functioning the government. What good does it do to the people of a state or the country, if a coalition government is busy keeping itself together at the altar of governance and perpetually at the risk of collapse?
And since we can't become presidential form of democracy, as the wife-murderer suggests, here's an alternative I have been contemplating.
How about making introducing dual-MP/MLA constituencies, where the second MP/MLA to contest for the seat would be the PM/CM candidate? This essentially means, people would be voting for the MP/MLA in their constituency and also their PM/CM candidates directly. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the seats, then a second phase of election with top 2 contenders can be held, which is the norm in most countries across the world. It may seem like an exhaustive cumbersome process, but once this election culture starts to set in, I can imagine people slowly adapting to voting for two candidates in the subsequent cycles. This would not only end caste politics in the country which is mainly stems from MP/MLA campaigning and also may also contain the regional parties to the states without their annoyance at the center.
The only power such a PM/CM would get would be a compulsory 5 year term, irrespective of his numbers holding in the parliament/assembly, unless in cases of criminality.
A detailed version would soon be written on my blog.
This is the just a short version of my first ever (to be written) blog post and it is on much needed reforms in Indian elections.
After looking at the history of governments in India it makes one wonder, is parliamentarian democracy causing more harm than good? What purpose does it actually serve to cast our vote to the inconsequential MLA/MP than directly electing our PM/CM who would have a direct impact on lives of citizens. An MLA/MP's worth is no more than a vote. Most of them are not responsible for any decision taken by the government.
On the top of that, we are being burdened with coalition governments that literally paralyze the functioning the government. What good does it do to the people of a state or the country, if a coalition government is busy keeping itself together at the altar of governance and perpetually at the risk of collapse?
And since we can't become presidential form of democracy, as the wife-murderer suggests, here's an alternative I have been contemplating.
How about making introducing dual-MP/MLA constituencies, where the second MP/MLA to contest for the seat would be the PM/CM candidate? This essentially means, people would be voting for the MP/MLA in their constituency and also their PM/CM candidates directly. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the seats, then a second phase of election with top 2 contenders can be held, which is the norm in most countries across the world. It may seem like an exhaustive cumbersome process, but once this election culture starts to set in, I can imagine people slowly adapting to voting for two candidates in the subsequent cycles. This would not only end caste politics in the country which is mainly stems from MP/MLA campaigning and also may also contain the regional parties to the states without their annoyance at the center.
The only power such a PM/CM would get would be a compulsory 5 year term, irrespective of his numbers holding in the parliament/assembly, unless in cases of criminality.
A detailed version would soon be written on my blog.