Competition is a good thing in politics

Modi is without a doubt a good orator. He is able to connect to millions with his speech. He is also wise enough to understand what will connect with the audience and changes his subject accordingly.

There will be a vast difference in what he will speak in Kerala and in West bengal. Another such example was seen when he went to speak in Kolkata this week and gave a very interesting statement:




"Third front ke naam par desh ko teesre grade pe dhakel rahe hai"  



So mr Modi ji says : There's third front is RESPONSIBLE for under-developed east.
Few interesting observations:

• There's no third-front in Chattisgarh. BJP is there, then how come it is under developed?
• In Punjab no national party makes space. Why is it developed?

Third front is not the issue, third class politics is the real problem and national parties like Cong/BJP are not much better than the bad third front that exist in East today

I am Sorry Mr Modi ji, its not about Third Front. Its about Third Class politics. Yes, too much of communism is wrong. But only because someone is wrong, does not make automatically makes you right. (Or better alternative for that matter)

Those who say there must be only two major political parties please answer this.

Are you suggesting that allow monopolies in politics? Do you even imagine the side effects of such a case?

Remember the days of 1990's when people had no option other than BSNL? Today, BSNL has changed. Know why? Because new entrants are in the market. Even today, BSNLs service sucks but it is MUCH MUCH better than what it was in 90's

Competition is a good thing. Today, because of AAP and other alternatives, congress and BJP are becoming more answerable.


Competition forced the mainstream political parties to take steps "In the lines of AAP"
See.. how BJPians have started doing things similar to AAP, in MCD they have started SMS systems. In Rajasthan Ms Raje declined bungalow. Asked beaurocrats to reduce security.

Everyday in the newspapers we see things like:

• Congress started building manifesto in the lines of AAP.
• BJP doing this in the lines of AAP
• And so on...

I repeat. Yes, without a doubt! Competition is a good thing. Without this third front and independent candidates, the crony capitalist imperialism will then run in its full course.


But you say that third front causes troubles and restricts development.

Sure, i agree that governance is different than telecom, but hey. Can you imagine what will happen if we don't have options when we go out to vote??

We will left in the mercy of the TOP people in both parties. They will put out the candidate they like and not necessarily what people like.

Competition FORCES the players to improve, innovate and be more answerable to the people.

AAP will become a better third front!
AAP will give a true alternative as a third option. Why were people voting for these third front regional parties in first place if Cong/BJP were so good? Because. first these local parties are able to exploit local sentiments.

Like Shiv Sena does in Maharashtra with taking up Marathi maanus issue.

Second, these parties targeted a niche with specific propositions.

AAP will be seriously taking away the third front as the problem with third front is that they are always limited to particular sect or area.

WHO  does AAP appeals to (voterbase?)
Even the AAP critics will agree that AAP has the more versatile voter base. Which is beautiful to see in Indian democracy which has always been stuck with votebank politics!

• In Delhi Muslims voted for AAP
• Sikhs voted for AAP.
• Poor people living in slums voted for AAP
• AAP won in rich constituencies.
• People from all castes, OBC, ST, SC voted for AAP.

AAP is a movement which is unifying the nation. Other parties can only be symbolic in doing Sadbhawna fasts etc, but in all the election results it is evident that BJP and Congress are restricted their traditional voter bank and unable to make inroads.

While Congress is getting a major loss, BJP will face tough competition. And this will make BJP more answerable to the people. Today, open any page of BJP twitter accounts, they are talking only about AAP. They are comparing their work with AAP.

This AAP is bringing BJP on its toes. Even if AAP does not win more seats. The benefit will be MUCH larger because, AAP is here to change and improve politics not to grab the seats.


Competition is a good thing. 
Not the perfect thing in government, because too much competition and opposition restricts innovation. But it also does check balances.

It restricts the monopoly and stops major players to take unfair advantage of their power!

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AAP - the "Apple" of Indian politics - Inexperienced but not incapable!

AAP and Apple, is it just a co-incidence that they both sound similar?

Your vote is like an investment. Investing your trust in the politician that he will bring good results for you.


Let's see World's best investor Warren Buffet has to say about what to look for before hiring anyone!

“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you."― Warren Buffett

I will vote for a politician THAT WILL HAVE >>

• Integrity,
• Intelligence
• Energy

Without the first. the other two will kill you. I will not hire a politician who does not have integrity.
Inexperience is not a bad thing, this inexperience is better than stale experience of theft and robbery!

Yes, AAP is inexperienced, but does that make them any less deserving?

 Inexperience is not always a bad thing. IIM grads get best jobs in the world, not because of their experience but because of their knowledge and capability. And their ability to innovate and bring fresh changes in any organization.


Most members of AAP are highly educated, experts of their fields. They may not be hundred percent honest but way better option than 30% BJP candidates who have cases running against them.

Being new is not a weakness
AAP's strength lies in inexperience. They don't have set standards.So they can have out of the box thinking.

They are ready to innovate and bring new and fresh ideas to the table.

Yes, there will be mistakes. But if you need revolution you will have to bring inexperienced people who have clear intent and work on feedback! Much Much better than experienced looters from BJP and Congress.

There's always a benefit to start from start rather than re-organizing  an orthodox system which Congress and BJP suffer from.

And that's where Cong and BJP will never get ahead of AAP. AAP is new. And that's the advantage AAP has.

The major difference between AAP and BJP/Cong is that AAP says, we are not experts for everything! Hence, we will consult experts and take steps accordingly.

BJP and Congress on the other hand, talk of experience. Experience of what? Making policies in closed doors and not listening to people?



Why i will hire these inexperienced people to run my country:

• Inexperience means innovation!
  
• Inexperience, also means new ideas on the table!
  
• Inexperience, does not mean incapability. We see freshers doing better in every aspect in our societies.
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• This Inexperience  >> is better than experience of >> how to run a nexus of crony capitalism!
  
• Inexperience in setting up connections with capitalists, get DONATIONS (undeclared sources) from them and in return give them undeserving subsidies. (in name of development)
  
• Inexperience of conducting riots?

The Apple of Indian politics:
AAP is like what the Apple of Indian Democracy. Innovating and building ever evolving systems. Every system that is for the general public be it  a consumer company like Apple or

Stripping down useless stuff. And improving the citizen experience by the way of Swaraj.

• I will vote for such inexperienced people.
  
• Because i can' vote for experienced thieves.
  
• I would rather vote for bright, educated, politicians.
  
• I will vote for young politicians with clean intent who talks about participation, rather than policy making in close doors.

My vote goes for AAP, and what about you?

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THE RSS GAME PLAN -written by Subramanyam Swamy

Volume 17 - Issue 02, Jan. 22 - Feb. 04, 2000India's National Magazine from the publishers of THE HINDU

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Table of Contents

OPINION The RSS game plan  A disillusioned and dispirited RSS has set the ball rolling for mid-term general elections in which it hopes that the BJP will gain an absolute majority and implement the Hindutva agenda. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY THE situation in India today is characterised and manifested by creeping fascism. Never before in our history have we been confronted by such an almost invisible phenomenon. India has seen a crawling imperialism (1750-1947) when foreign traders turned me rcenary protectors, and then slowly became our masters. But that process took a century to consummate and another century to unwind. The Indian people have also experienced the Emergency (1975-77) that came upon the land in a flash and went out much the same way. Nevertheless we had got a taste of dictatorship of the modern state in that short period. We had felt it, hated it, but then the nation also revolted against it. Today the creeping fascism of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is coming upon us not as gradually as imperialism did, nor as suddenly as did the Emergency. Its spread is being calibrated adroitly by seven faceless men of the RSS, the RSS "high comma nd". We barely feel it. Some yesteryear civil libertyites such as Arun Shourie have been co-opted. Others are being wooed or chased. But the RSS leaders are now in their late seventies, some not at all in good health, and so in a mood of frustration. Their glide to a total capture of Delhi's gaddi (throne) has been interrupted and put on 'hold'. Symbolically, the bhagwa dhwaj (saffron double triangle flag) does not yet flutter from the Red Fort; but the hated tricolour which no RSS office can hoist even on August 15, still does. The climb to total power is up a slippery slope. Having come so close, the RSS could lose it all in a sudden throw of the electoral dice. That is the frustration; so close yet so far. Last April, my tea party nearly put their goal out of reach. It was a close call. So the RSS warhorses recently have chalked out a game plan: the "Final Solution". The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the National Agenda for Governance, they concluded, cannot go on forever. It must be ended at some poi nt. Otherwise the danger is that the RSS may. Between the 1998 and 1999 general elections, the BJP had for the first time in 15 years and after six general elections, hit a plateau in Lok Sabha seats won. Its tally was stuck at 182 seats. The tally of its "allied parties" - which do not believe in H indutva - rose in terms of numbers (18 to 24), as well in terms of seats won (80 to 120). This rang alarm bells in the RSS. For an organisation that has been banned three times in 15 years, the 1999 election results naturally, justifiably, caused neurosi s in the RSS. Under the compulsions of the coalition calculus, they have had to dilute their goals for the rewards of office. It was a trade-off: a BJP Prime Minister meant acquiring national and international legitimacy they never had before. It also me ant a conspiracy of silence of the intellectuals in the creeping advance of their Hindutva goals. But then there is a downside to that trade-off: the RSS cadre is disillusioned and disspirited with the compromises and the stunting. India is nowhere the Hindu Rashtra that the high command had been promising, and on which they had been weaned and brain -washed. The cadres' patience is now wearing thin. They want to strike out on their own even at the cost of losing power. I have seen this mindset before. Between 1977 and 1980, in the undivided Janata Party, I had witnessed the agony in the cadre. At th at time the same trade-offs were pointed out to the disgruntled rank and file by the high command. But the welling of sentiment could not be capped. The seven (younger men then) had therefore to act. They had to abandon the compromises in order to keep t he Janata unity. They thus allowed the government to fall, and then went on their own to form the BJP. The current situation for the RSS is also characterised by the same paradigm. The RSS has, according to reliable sources, made up its mind that the NDA has taken its cause about as far as it could. The trade-off is no more worth it. Therefore the groundw ork has to be laid clandestinely and in small doses for achieving an absolute majority for the BJP. In other words, in the not-too-distant future, I believe the RSS will call for a mid-term poll when it feels that the ground has been prepared. The RSS ju ggernaut is thus on the move, and the groundwork is already there for the discerning to see. For this to fructify, the RSS has drawn up a game plan which has three components. PARAS SHAH At an RSS drill. THE first component of the game plan is to discredit the RSS' opponents but protect its converts. The First Information Report in the Bofors case is a classic instance of this strategem. In that FIR, Rajiv Gandhi's name figures in the list of accused (n ever mind the column). But those Cabinet Ministers who vetted and signed the deal, or had even held secret negotiations on the "financial parameters" with the Bofors company as representatives of Rajiv Gandhi, are prosecution witnesses. Naturally we can guess what they will say in the witness box. Then there is the case of Arun Nehru, whose hand has been in every cookie jar of every deal of that period. He is our swadeshi Quattrocchi, but then he has now bathed in the Ganga jal of the BJP. He too is a witness, not an accused. The motto is: "Join us and be free. Resist us and see you in court." By a series of such sham prosecutions and managed associate media leaks, the RSS expects to undermine the democratic Opposition in India. They hope to tak e full advantage of the factions of democratic parties as they did with the Janata Dal recently. The second component of the RSS game plan is to shake public confidence in every institution that can circumscribe or act as a speed-breaker for the RSS juggernaut. The Law Minister has already initiated moves to emasculate the Supreme Court via the judi cial commission and by threatening political monitoring of judicial ethics. Just in case his ilk got too rebellious, he has threatened to amend the law (through an ordinance) to permit foreign lawyers to practise in Indian courts. Briefless Jaffna lawyer s are waiting to fill the vacuum. The Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister has elevated an RSS activist to the post of a selector of teachers in the National Council for Educational Research and Training, a person who defends his credentials of valour by recording that he once had s hot dead a young Muslim girl to protect her honour and to end her misery while she was being gang-raped by Hindu youth during Partition. That, of course, is Hindutva justice: that is, the minorities can best look forward to liberation through mercy killi ng. Christians are being targeted by the front organisations of the RSS in order to terrorise and ghetto-ise all minorities. Since Osama bin Laden is stalking the Hindustan peninsula with his millions of dollars and narcotics, for the wily and cautious RSS. Christians are an easy target because there are no Christian terrorists to retaliate. As the period of the Emergency clearly demonstrated, the RSS is astute enough to know when to hunt with the hounds and when to run with the hares. They are smarter than the German fascists in this respect. The third component of the RSS game plan is to ready the blueprints for implementing the agenda. Of course they cannot implement it in the present Parliament, but it will be their USP (unique selling proposition) for the mid-term poll. They have already scripted the new history texts; they have sent into circulation amongst the faithful how the new Constitution of India should be structured. ACCORDING to a draft circulated at the 1998 October conference of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), an RSS front organisation, the following measures are planned: The present bicameral Parliament would be replaced by a three-tier structure. At the apex will be a Guru Sabha of sadhus and sanyasis (read VHP activists) nominated by the President who is elected by a Lok Sabha constituted on a limited electoral college of primary and secondary school teachers, the rolls of which will be prepared by the HRD Ministry and not the Election Commission. All legislation and money bills will have to originate in the Guru Sabha and be passed by it before being sent to the Lok Sabha. The Guru Sabha will also be the judicial commission to nominate Supreme Court Judges, and impeach them. In between the Guru Sabha and the Lok Sabha, there will be a Raksha Sabha of serving armed forces chiefs and retired soldiers who can decide when to declare an Emergency. India would be, it seems, converted into a state w hich is a cross between the Taliban and the Vatican. It is for this scheme that they will seek a mandate in a mid-term poll. The RSS game plan also has proposals to bridle the electoral system. Adult suffrage is out, but furthermore, the electoral college for the Lok Sabha will not vote for candidates, but for parties under a List System. Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in all the constituencies. Perhaps it is then easier to rig the outcome. After all, in the 1999 general elections, the BJP and its allies won 34 out of the 45 Lok Sabha constituencies which had EVMs. On that ratio, the NDA should have won 405 se ats of the 544 Lok Sabha constituencies and not 292. EVMs have to be programmed by an engineer to tabulate the votes in its memory. It can easily be programmed to transfer votes of one candidate to another, or one party to another. The EVMs are entirely unsafeguarded today. I suspect it was rigged in the 1999 general elections. The RSS game plan is thus ready. Only the D-Day for the blitzkrieg is to be determined. Since it appears that the RSS has already been generating momentum on religious fundamentalist issues (for example, Gujarat's Ram temple) and raised the fanatical emo tional temperature (chasing of Christian missionaries), my guess is that this campaign will be taken to a fever pitch by November 9, 2001 (the 1986 date for shilanyas) and then mid-term elections will be called. Prime Minister Vajpayee will as usual waffle and wobble, but he will not resist. That is his nature; he is a mask for the RSS, as Commissar Govindacharya had once said. Of course, the good news is that the game plan can fail. I live on the hope that in India, no well-laid plan ever works. India, after all, is a functioning anarchy. That has been the undoing of every attempt to straitjacket its society. That is why we ar e still the longest continuing unbroken civilisation of over 10,000 years. The RSS is, luckily, our counter-culture. The vibrations of Mother India will, I hope, be its undoing. Dr. Subramanian Swamy is a former Union Law Minister who is now president of the Janata Party.

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Crony capitalism!

On twitter, someone said:

You are a communist and you just want to take money from the rich and give it away free to lazy people!




I do not know why BJP supporters have developed such a soft corner for industrialists in India. here i would like to share some facts and thougts. Which are worth knowing!

• 80% of donations sources of BJP and Congress are undeclared.
  
  
• Politicians have direct connection in businesses
  
  
  
• Few families own major big businesses in India
  
  
  
• These companies are expert in evading taxes, Indian money goes out!
  
  
  
• What happened before partition is happening now
  
  
  
• Employee to business ratio! A comparison!
  
  
• Ever thought why, these companies have no offices? Cost cutting measures. Contract labour! Cheap labour
  
  
• What is FDI? These companies lobby with politicians, pay them and get arbitary permissions from politicians and then acquiere lands and then make our people work on those lands for cheap labour and then sell hiher prices products!
  
• Our land, our labour, our tax and profit goes to these companies!

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The weapon of Aam Aadmi: Satya Agrah

I think we can win this war by only truth!

Satya + aagrah!

Request for the truth!

Find out the truth! Gather information about BJP, learn about the policies and historical facts! Find out exactly why do we need Aam Aadmi Party government?

Then go and request the people of this nation to find the truth, then vote for the truth!

Don't support someone because they are strong! Support someone who stand strong with truth!

Jai hind!

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Importance of being soft spoken and politeness

Hinduism's original name is Sanatana Dharma, Hindu is a word given by invaders who started calling people past the sindhu valley as hindu.

Our vedas has been one of the most scientific documents ever written, it covers vast range of topics from lifestyle, health to other topics day to day life.

Scientists like Einstein has praised vedas for being scientific!

Here are some of the quotes from vedas.  I would like to share with people who take the route of violence and abusing:

“Everybody likes to befriend a Soft spoken person. Therefore one should always speak good of others and be soft spoken.”
- Rig Veda

“Hatred and anger leads to unhappiness, pain and misery. So, one should always be soft-spoken and all 'karma-yogis' should tread on the path of righteousness.”

Yajur Veda

Someone who has read vedas would know that they are the most modern and scientific thoughts.

• What is science? A collection of tested facts!
  
• What is truth? Something that exists!
  
• What is a lie? Something that does not exist!

So i request! All my fellow countrymen, who may or may not be hindus, to please speak truth

Support righteousness!  Hatred and anger only leads to unhappiness! Do want to make an unhappy country? Abusing and swearing are the signs of weak! Don't be so!

Stop this "Eye for an eye" approach!
Don't use the logic, they started it first!

The question is who will end this fight? And if you really want to make the environment happy someone will have to take the plunge and make the first move (sincerely) towards peace!

I dream for a world where all religions co-exist peacefully and there are no fights based on names, religion etc.

I dream for a day when people see religion in doing good karma! A day when helping the poor, building schools and hospitals, are given more importance than building grand structures to worship Gods.

Because, how will your God be happy? If someone is hungry or does not have place to live? How will your God be happy if there is injustice in the society?

Essence of all religion is that God is one. Every religion says that compassion and empathy is sign of righteousness! Don't take my word for it. Go and read Kuran, Gita, Ramayana. Read the vedas.

Sooner or later you will realize the importance of being polite!


Few more quotes

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
George Washington
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The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
George Washington
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“The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a lunatic.”

― Stephen Fry

It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims

 Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Arthur Schopenhauer

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. Winston Churchill
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 Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.
Honore de Balzac

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.
Honore de Balzac
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Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.
Bryant H. McGill
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 Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.
Bryant H. McGill

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.
Fran Lebowitz

“One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.”
― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale 

So my humble request to all AAP haters, there is no problem if you raise questions or criticize AAP.

We are ready to listen! Yes, we are ready to act on your criticism. But! Please, do not take the route of swearing, abusing!

Because this will make our country unhappy!

With respect-

Just another common guy!

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Lok Sabha 2014 - concerns and thoughts!

I notice some doubts doing rounds in social media if AAP should fight general elections or not!

Here i take up the concerns one by one. And also share my thoughts with why wwe SHOULD fight Lok sabha 2014.

Before we start I must warn you that im not an expert political analyst, nor unbiased either! So read this at your own risk! :)


Point 1 Concern that AAP does not have experience!
Frankly, you do not need experience to get into politics (for the kind BJP/cong ) have been doing.


Please provide an alternative from those people.
It is not only a matter of who becomes the prime minister. But i do not have any good BJP aur Cong candidate in my area. And i would want AAP to give me a reason to not press NOTA button in my area. 

Alternative to criminal candidates in present political structures
In my city, i notice candidate was a recovery officer who had nothing and now owns businesses worth millions, he has captured govt lands in the center of the city! He has almost 1 cases running in court. I do not want to vote for him. And i can't obviously vote for Congress.


As much as 40% candidates today are into crime of some sort
And that's not all even today as much as 40% of the candidates by BJP/cong have serious criminal cases. Can we wait to starting showing our voting power to them? I can't wait another 5 years for this, sorry! AAP has given immense power to voters which we never had.

Till now voting was done as a casual activity today democracy has become a religion and voting is like a sacred ritual where people sincerely perform karma yoga by voting for the nation!

People desperately want to vote for clean candidates:
Artists, IAS officers, Company CEOs joining AAP. 

Point 2: There's difference between Delhi and India!

Most people don't realize that AAP is not a regional party anymore. This is not Delhi crowd. This is UP, Amethi!




Answer: There are many new factors now! Difference between 2013 and 2014 elections.

• Then, AAP had no popularity, back then. All surveys showed AAP as its nothing. Today the scene is completely different
•  Media never showed AAP coverage much, today AAP in news because of unprecedented actions in Delhi
• Before only few people knew about AAP today almost 80% people in India are awareof Jhaadu!
• There were many people who had doubts and theywho have now started to believe! Becauase of Delhi results.
• More area, but people!
  Going Pan India  is not just a limitation but a strength too! Think about it, many people who support AAP were not able to come to Delhi, but now they will be able to take out time at local level. 300 AAP units are already working all over India, from almost one year already. They have formed committees, and working in an organized way.
• On Facebook, every state page has 100,000 to 200,000 likes. In a country where only 6% people use internet, this is a remarkable figure!

So the equation will be balanced even if one factor is decreased but others making up for it!

Point 3 We can't do campaigning in short time
The work done in 3 months by the Delhi government will do the campaigning all over the country!

And its not 1976 and 1998 (like many people compare this movement to, but that's to discuss another day) Today we have electronic media, thousands of volunteers working online . Frugal Guirella techniques for promoting ideas may look tiny and simple. But they can be VERY effective.

We can get to all India very quickly... !

People want the results
Im damn sure that within these 15 weeks Delhi govt will do what Cong was nt able to do in last 15 years.

Janlokpal alone is the single reason why many people will vote for AAP. New courts, hospitals etc will be soon started up.

Social media power we have!
In today's world of social media of Twitter and Facebook, information and knowledge spreads with the speed of light! Today, no one can create a hype around a lie because there are 100 others ready on twitter to share the truth and abolish the lies.

This is a world phenomenon, not a random thing happening in India
 Times are changing, information medium is getting stronger and more free!

And this is precisely why common people are gaining a voice and this is not just in India but all over the world!
Social organizations running campaigns, people fighting for animal rights and being successful All happening because of this electronic medium. And this will be the frugal tool to make people aware of their rights all over India.


Point 4: how will we find volunteers for all over India  in such a short time?
As much as 1 lakh people have joined AAP in Gujarat alone. Open membership page of AAP and u will see that even small cities in states like 100-150 people have registered online (by paying 10 rupees). there are average 50-60,000 people registered already in every state. AK always says, it is not we who are fighting elections, it is the people of India who are!

Who are these people  who will volunteer for AAP?
Are they all ex-polticians? No! These are common people who never wanted to touch politics, many of them did nt even vote! These people want to be heard! AAP is all about listening, feedback and active democracy.

These people needed a platform to take a stand for their country! And these people are no less in numbers!

The supporters you don't see in open!
Many people who work in government jobs might not come out open to support. Businesses and shop owners don't speak or attend rallies because of fear from current politicians.

There might not be a lof  of people joining AAP rallies but i am sure every unbiased person will campaign for AAP in officers, shops, trains, buses talking to people around them.

A small catalyst can bring a big change! Sure, its not easy, but not impossible either!

Simple math
Today, if AAP gets 1 crore registered members and even 1 member convinces 50 people around him. Then even after being conservative it won't be too much to say that there will 30 Crore voters who will be thinking about AAP while voting this time!

Point 5: We wont be able to compete with BJP Cong
Actually, it can go other way round!

I have studied almost 400 seats of lok sabha of 2009 results. Look at results and try to analyze. It wont be too surprising if AAP comes neck to neck with BJP and here's why:

- BJP has direct presence in only 5-6 states. And Congress has more national presence, BJP even now was not able to break Congress in some states in recent elections. At these places AAP will be able  to crack the Congress code! Like it did in Delhi!

Better than regional parties because for Voters AAP is a a BJP/Cong alternative that is not regional
In states like Assam, Meghalaya North east , West Bengal and many states in the South, people vote for regional parties.

In these states people did nt vote for either BJP or Congress. They vote for regional ones even if these parties don't have a national presence.

What this shows is that voters here are already actively looking for an alternative to BJP n Cong!

Here, people only had two options either the local parties which had no national presence and they did nt wanted to vote for BJP Or Congress because of obvious reasons.

This is where AAP fills the gap, AAP is now a national party, And  is different from both BJP and Cong. A party that has well known faces, educated people with clean background! AAP offers same things which regional party does, simplicity in their politicians, clean candidates etc and it also has a national presence.

I am not saying that AAP will sweep away these areas but certainly it will be able to make deep in-roads because of this proposition!

- Coalition with Independent candidates
there are many smaller parties like Loksatta party which is doing very good in Andhra, I m sure they will come together with AAP, and several others in all states there are 1-2 seats taken by these parties who are genuinely doing good work. Kudrat ka karishma aisa he hota hai. Lagta karishma hai lekin uske peeche saalo ki tayyari hoti hai. Aur sab thode dino mai saamne nikal ke aata hai ekdam se.

We can anyday get 15-20 seats from these smaller parties and good candidates , there is no harm in forming direct coalition with them  if they agree with swaraj model and other non-corruption issues, which im sure most of them will.

An average of 3-5% NOTA voters
In recent state elections, as much as 5% voted for NOTA (None of the above except, Delhi) Yes, this is a clear indication that people in these states are waiting for an alternative and do not consider current politicians worth voting!


An average 15-20 percent increase in voting in recent times
All the social movements, awareness and media has helped in increasing the number of voters, many of these voters are young and there will be enough opportunity for AAP to make space in this segment.



- AAP is the only national party which appeals to all voters
Hindus, muslims, dalits, sikhs, christians, auto drivers, people who speak marathi, and who speak gujarati.

There is no dividing factor!
This is unprecedented in India and its like a fresh air for people like me who felt anger on the social and political decay we saw in the country. Yes, AAP should go national! Because you cannot wait for months or years to breathe. AAP is providing ideological oxygen to a common man who is only concerned with results and not with regionalism and other divisive politics.

The beauty of democracy is that if done the right way, it is the best form of governance. And in a true democracy the voter should have all the option he/she wants so that best people only are able to come out.  This is precisely we have NOTA.

Vote cutter!
So the concept of vote cutter is a very orthodox and power hungry way to look at democracy. Every single person has the right to come up in the election. More candidates and parties will mean unstable governments, but it will also mean that best representatives chosen from people come out.

Even surveys show numbers for AAP
It's impossible to predict the future, but we always get an idea where we are going. No matter how wrong election surveys have been. They always reflect some truth. And there is no denial that AAP is indeed a strong contender which will get at least 30 seats if it becomes third largest party.

Why AAP will win?
AAP has the largest voter base in India, Aam Aadmi.

Traditional parties with their appeasement and extremist ideas would never be able to compete with AAP unless they do a massive makeover.

Any improvements in BJP/Cong will be welcome by a typical AAP supporter
  Because for us, its not important that Kejriwal becomes PM or Yogendra Yadav gets railway ministry.

We don't want our people to take the positions. We want good people to reach to the temple of parliament. AAP's presence at national level will help this to happen!

A few more thoughts:

Nature has its way to balance things, in Delhi if we had smaller area to cover BUT today we have more volunteers and experts joining AAP.

I have personally seen villages where population touches 50,000 and people have formed committees and already started doing jan sabhas.



We reach no where if we fear!

There are many reasons why we should fight the elections and only 1 to not!
There are enough reasons why we should fight the elections and only one reason why we should not.

And that is the fear of defeat!

How does it matter? What we are doing  is not going to harm anyone. We must trust our representatives because at the end of the day, any of the parties will form coalition government. Even minority government is not bad option at all.

As an AAP supporter,i do not mind if AAP receives or offer only outside support to BJP.

What will happen worse?
We might have to give outside support to BJP? So be it! We are not there for power or department.

A minority government will be in pressure to perform better. A minority government is also more answerable. So there's no harm in giving or taking issue based support!

Let me ask you this
Would not the presence of AAP members increase chances of Jan Lokpal?
Would nt AAP members ask more questions and work as a true opposition?

AAP is in politics for a change, and not just to get seats! And to other governments to perform better the AAP fear should stay!
Today, governments all over state are frightened and changing the way they govern.

For example In Rajasthan Vasundhra Raje has started doing janta darbars, cutting costs and decreased security, not taken bungalow.

AAP is creating very high standards for good governance. Which should be welcomed!

A check on old method of politics
If this BJP cong dont have fear then they will just carry on with their older methods of politics.

Lets imagine that AAP does not win a single seat and just captures third position everywhere. Then also this will bring Congress and BJP on their toes and force them to hear to people and change how they do politics.

AAP is creating competition which will bring out best from everyone!
Even the most ardent BJP/Cong supports agree that Cong and BJP are more or less the same.

In TV debates, they don't say we not corrupted. They say we are less corrupted than the other!

AAP on the other hand has a very clear stand against corruption!

I am not claiming that AAP is 100% clean. But its two step ahead of both BJP and Cong because only AAP gives details of its donations and expenses. It gives tickets to only people without convicted criminal background.
ng this alone.

AAP will create competition
Till now there were only regional . And a national presence of AAP will always deter these parties from doing anything majorly wrong

 And this is a welcoming change no matter which party you support!

Professionalism in politics
AAP has brought professionalism in politics, it will bring a change.For example, we all remember how lousy BSNL was before private companies entered into telecom in 1990's and we all know that BSNL has at least improved a lot because there is competition in the market.

Even if AAP loses it would be a victory for democracy
Even if we don't even win a single seat, it will be a win for democracy and at the end of the day it will benefit the people.

I do not aim for very big. Even if proper Janlokpal comes in the center which Anna and Arvind had envisaged, it will do a hell lot better to the nation!

Root cause of corruption is the sytem and not the people
I remember reading one blog on timesofindia today which said that.

Root cause of corruption is no fear of law!

 Where will this fear come from? It will come from Janlokpal, it will come from laws like citizen charter!


Same Indians, who throw garbage on roads in India will search for a dustbin when they go to Dubai. Why? because..

 System maketh the people and
if people don't change the system.
People will remain the same!

So let's stand together and change the system, inch by inch!

There's no worry for AAP
This is the beauty of Satyagrah, Your win is i truth prevails. Even if AAP does not come into power it will be the reason for many good things introduced in politics.

Let's not worry results, Let's keep working and gain satisfaction from whatever the nature (read: destiny) has to offer..

This is how societies evolve!
Im not very religious.

But i believe that nature has its way to deal with things. And every 20-30 years a big change is seen in societies. These changes are more frequent now because of the electronic medium

• 100 years back Sati pratha as integral part of the society. Today its non-existent.  
• 50 years back caste-ism existed everywhere, Today its very limited. 
• 20 years back, Dowry deaths were prominent. Today they re not!
• Today, corruption is omnipresent, but may in next 5-10 years it becomes rare? 
• Today, appeasement politics exist, but may be in next 10 years result oriented politics come into place?

I feel confident about this change of better politics, sooner or later!

When nature is giving us an opportunity to be the instrument of this change. Then there is no reason we must hold ourselves back.

Only because we fear a defeat?

Opportunities do not knock twice and even God helps those who help themselves!

So dear fellow countrymen, its the time not to think too much. Lets stop over analyzing and don't fear for the result.

Even if AAP loses it does nt matter,but  AAP's presence will improve the politics of this country. And this is what we are here for!


Don't count what you don't have, count on what could be done with whatever we have!
Don't worry about the resources, because if you see successes of people all over the world be it Bill Gates, Bhagat singh, Sachin Tendulkar , Gandhi, Milkha singh, Bruce Lee, you will find one thing common:

It's not about resources, its about resourcefulness!

To reach somewhere we don't count on what we don't have or look at our limitations. We just have to use strengths to the maximum and put our 100% .

And rest will be history!


This is the same idea which Bhagwad Gita talks about: "Do the karma, without being attached or worried about the results"


Start using whatever resources you have! Possibilities are huge!

Vivekananda said:  Each one of us, have immense power, that we don't even realize! And this power quadruples when we walk on the path of truth!

The dream!
We dream of the day when India will be free of corruption and our societies will evolve into the ones where karma and truth will be supreme!

I have nothing but good wishes for all my countrymen and that even include people from BJP/Congress/SP/BSP, Shiv Sena etc

Get ready for a change!
Friends, its time for another evolution in our society! Its going to benefit us all! Please, support the truth because truth alone will benefit you in long run.


Jai hind! Satyamev Jayate!

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Should AAP form the government with Congress support?

Wow, what a show by AAP in Delhi elections 28 seats in first attempt.

But, 28 not enough to form government! So what should AAP do? Form government or not? What would be the pros and cons of both options?

I notice people suggesting on both sides, people who want AAP to form government say this is the chance which we may not get again in 2014.

Others who are not in favour believe that forming a coalition government with Congress will disappoint voters in Delhi and spoil AAP's image.

It certainly is not an easy question to answer. Here i have tried to put down pros and cons trying to evaluate both options.


Why i think AAP should form the government with Congress - 

It's not easy for AAP,

In these 6 months AAP can do various things that are mentioned in the manifesto. If done right this will form the basis of getting votes in Lok Sabha elections.


Some of things that can be done in 6 months:

•  Can start first of its kind "security force" all over DelhiSecurity commandos and nook n corner of the city! This will definitely help in securing Delhi and curbing violence against women, senior citizens.
  
  It will also help in curbing other types of crimes like chain snatching etc. This will set a new standard in safety in India.
• Pass the real Janlokpal as "lok Ayukta"
  If Congress opposes this bill it will definitely be punished by voters in next elections.
  
  If the bill is effective in Delhi it will set up an example. And other states all over India will have a competition which they will have to match to!
  
  It will also provide
• Set up new fast track courts
  More courts will help in faster justice and will lead to fear in mind of corrupt. Delhi will need more courts anyway because once Kejriwal is in power he will do his best to get all the corrupts behind bars.
• Electricity company audits and
• Set up security force

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10 Things India should learn from voting systems all over the world

In Delhi elections Aam Aadmi Party got 28 seats, 8 short of 36 required to get majority and form government. And on almost 12 seats it stood second by 500-2000 votes.

So clearly, every vote is important in an election few votes can form or break the government.

But are our voting system really  perfect enough ?



I was standing at one of the grocery shop in my home town. And there came a small 5 year old kid flaunting black ink on his finger saying "i voted for flower".

I thought it must be just the think and not the vote, but i was wrong!

I asked his guardian accompanying him, did this child really vote? And the appalling answer was: "yes, he voted on slip of his uncle who was not in the city"

He also added that people in the polling station were very friendly and allowed the kid to go and vote!

I was astonished to learn that a kid was allowed to vote! Voting is such a serious phenomenon. It decides future of the nation. And it also shows that there is some serious loophole in election systems in India that a 5 year can go and vote as if it is some child's play?

Voting is not child's play. Elections are the steering that drive the nation's vehicle. Faux voting can lead to undesired results.


This clearly shows that proper strict voting is on the mercy of polling station officers. They may allow a 5 year old to vote they may as well allow  (to their convenience )

In other case, in New Delhi, 7000 names in voter list were not found. This is such a serious error! No one is talking about the ill-management?


I think before even thinking of fighting elections we must try to make the election system better so that it leads to fair competition and real results!

I felt annoyed and helpless (typical signs of a common man) but blogging came to my rescue. I spent a few hours studying the systems all over the world used in voting. Analyzing how they are different in India as compared to theirs.

My learning->
India voting systems are still following the old methods and apparatus, and there is no real innovation in the process till today!

Way behind from what's happening in the world! Not a good show by a nation which claims to be Information Technology pro society!

A lot has changed in last 50 years but the core of voting systems remain the same.

While i still do believe that Indian voting systems are good, but voting is like the breath of the nation , iti njects life in democracy!

We cannot contend with a election system that is anything below than best and try to make it perfect not only making the process smooth but also foolproof!



Yes, there are websites for every state election commission where you can search your name but that's it! You cannot register your name on these sites. The registration process here is almost analogue because after filling up the form you will have to print it out and follow all the offline methods of contacting the Booth Level Officer and several rounds of paper requirement.

1. Set up permanent departments for voter registration
   
   In almost every democracy, (except India ) voter registration goes out through out the year!
   
   There should be permanent centers where people may go and get their name in voting list. Currently, Voter list addition is done only few months before election or once/twice a year.
   
   Permanent agencies should be appointed in education and information departments who take care of this work.
   
   Currently, majority of the computer related work is outsourced. Many times these contractors make mistakes intentionally while filling up forms etc so that they can increase the amount of time taken in doing the task and increase their bills.
   
   There could be a simplified process where Govt Teachers/Booth level officers or gazetted officers may approve applications based on documents and affidavit provided by the applicant.
   
   
   
    
2. More easier and electronic ways to register name in electoral rolls 
   
   
   Right now old age method is used where you have fill a form and submit it.
   
   Online registrations are not really electronic because after filling the form online you still have to go and print out and subsequently find your BLO and submit it and follow all slow, time consuming and inconvenient offline procedures.
   
   If people can file their income tax online. Then why not change their constituency online? Just give them a password and create an online system which enable them to do so!
   
   
   
   
3. Lower minimum voting age to 16
   Currently many countries in the world have minimum age for voting as 16.
   
   
   HIstorically, people at this age have joined army, run businesses and make families. Even today, in schools colleges we see students studying Social studies and are aware of current affairs.
   
   A 16 year old person is fully developed in thinking and aware of his surroundings. Increasing number of youth voters will help in better results.
   
   
4. Voter registration should be carried out 364 days and not just few weeks/months
   
   Majority of youngsters from smalltowns these days do not live in their hometowns after studies. They move to metro cities for higher studies or jobs. Sometimes they change cities within months.
   
   There is a big chunk of working population which change locations for professional reasons. People working in transport systems.
   
   So Election commission should introduce a system where people are able to change their constituency and register as a voter easily. and permanent centers.
   
5. Make it a compulsory half day-holiday
   While government has made laws that there will be a holiday (if required) but still many voters choose to not to vote because they are having important meeting coming up etc.
   
   Many shop owners may not go because they will loose
   
   One positive bandh!
   Common India! We have so many political bandhs can't we have one compulsory holiday for the most pious "karma day" of our democracies? Or just schedule voting on a holiday only? 
6. Increase evening time to 7 pm
   
   Increase voting timings from current 8AM to 5 PM to 7 PM.
   
   As the percentage of voting increases, there are longer ques at polling stations and as seen this time voting went on to 8:30 and even 9 o clock.
   
   Doing this will encourage  daily wage workers to come back from work and go to vote. Currently, these people have to make a choice between their one day wage or vote! And one day salary for these people may mean a lot! Increasing the timings will lead
   
   
7. Increase number of registered voters - Permanent centers, with permanent timings
   
   Currently, if you want to register your name you first have to wait for an advertisement and then look-up details of registration camps. Due to this confusing and random process many people miss out and are not able to get their names in voter list.
   
   Its important to set up  Permanent centers, with permanent timings throughout the year. Will definitely result into more registrations.
   
   These permanent centers may not conduct registrations everyday, but even a single day every week will suffice. Saturday or Sunday.
   
   Schools can be a perfect place for such tasks. One day in week can be permanently marked for such activities of getting name registered. Etc.
   
   A notice board outside such centers should be put up with details of timings and contact details of Booth Level officer managing the registration activities.
   
   
8. Introduce Absentee voting for common people
   Currently, this feature is only available for on-duty election staff and soldiers.
   
   All throughout the world in many democracies general people are allowed for postal voting after citing reaons. In some cases even reasons are not required.
   
   There could be a debate on this topic on the manner used to get people to vote
   
9. Make voting compulsory
   Often talked about but not much emphasized is compulsory voting.
   
   Voting may not be a single day process. It may go on for a week. Allowing people multiple chances to caste their vote.
   
   There should be some sort of fine or punishment if a person does not caste their vote even after getting multiple chances. Because by not voting you are allowing wrong people to go enter into temple of parliament.
   
10. Create laws with severe punishments to stop bogus voting and cheatings
    
    Right now bogus voting is caught in almost each elections.
    
    Stringent punishment laws may also deter political parties from getting involved in getting fake names in voter list.

Also read:
Beyond the ballot - a report on democracy innnovtions all over the world

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Dear fellow AAP supporters Twitter is good BUT ... Why Calling campaign group has only 1500 people?

Its wonderful to see AAP supporters from all over the world coming on social media platforms like twitter to promote their favorite party.

A grand salute to all of you.


But friends, remember, we will not make AAP win elections in Delhi by sharing information on twitter alone. 

More of us need to join Delhi Calling campaign!


Currently Delhi's AAP calling campaign has only 1500 people?
But there are only 1500 people calling voters in Delhi today, there are around 1 lakh calls to be made.  We have to reach out to maximum number of people in Delhi And to do that, we must all join facebook page



Easiest way to do calling campaign

You just calling campaign by calling  to toll free number 18002160 

• This is a free service!
• Call on this number and it will  connect you to any random Delhi phone number.
• Your number will be anonymous to call receiver, 
• This is more result oriented .

Why we need to call people? 

• Lack of awareness in people
  Majority of people know about Arvind Kejriwal but are not aware about Jhaadu, so we have to inform them
  
  
• Create more active volunteers
  We can also request people who already support Aam Aadmi party to tell other people in this area.
  
  Whenever you get a AAP supporter in delhi, tell him to start doing this call campaign for free!
  
  
• Tell them about manifesto
  - Free water upto 700 liters
  - Half rates of electicity
  - Passing Janlokpal for which Annaji's fasted as Lok ayukta in Delhi
  
   
• One vote in a family sometimes results into complete family. So a few single calls can bring more results.
  

Few more points

• Hesitation
  do not hesitate around 1000 AAP supporters just like you are making calls and converting voters to vote for AAP in Delhi. Yes there may be some people who would not like the call but majority will listen to you.
  
  
• Cost? It's free!
  the number is toll free 18002002160 , and you will not be charged a single penny for this service.

Friends, let us not leave any stone unturned. 

Personal phone call will definitely more effective than any other mode of communication.

Twitter is not a promotional but battleground, we have to stay there and it's good. But some groundwork also needs to be done!

I hope that the current support group of Delhi Citizen Calling campaign reaches at least  


Can we reach 10,000 active members till tomorrow?
Join today: https://www.facebook.com/groups/calldelhi/

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Fake news: 100 people arrested in Delhi for accepting cash

In a bid to curb corruption and stop use of black money. Almost 100 people were arrested in Delhi for accepting cash instead of cheque in Delhi. Majority of the transaction amounts were between 10-50 rupees.

In this shocking incident amongst arrested were auto-drivers, manual labourers, businessmen, rikshawwallas and some shopkeepers.

They were caught red handed while accepting money from their customers without knowing the customers backgrounds.


What's the  reason?
The police official said that these people are culprits prima facie because they were accepting cash which could be black money. Police officials went to the shops one by one and asked details of where the money came from. And arrested anyone who even by having details of the customer but did not had.



New guidelines
According to the new guidelines published by income tax department, accepting cash can lead you into jail, especially if some reporter makes a sting operation of you doing that.

The only condition of the sting operation to be valid is that it should be edited.


Know the customer background
Before accepting cash you must:

• Check if the buyer has any criminal cases.
  
• Ask for last 10 year IT returns. Calculate the balance sheet amounts to see if it is indeed correct.
  
• Have a look at last 6 months bank statement. Of his mother, father, son, daughter, daughter in law, son in law, pet dog, doodhwala, chaiwala,
  
• Get an affidavit written on a stamp paper of 100 rs that money is not black.

What should you do?
Best option is to accept only cheque (even if it gets bounced). A bounced cheque is better than cash which might get you stinged Oped and into the jail.



Sent to jail for accepting black money
They were all sent to jail for 1 month custody and no bail allowed because black money is the biggest issue in India. It is because of black money that the country is looted.

Rise in sting operations!
All the TV channels showed the face of the culprits. Some of these culprits did not even realize that they had made a big mistake which can damage the image's nation.


A senior police official said:

You cannot accept undeclared cash, either accept cheque or reach to the first source of money. Better still check the last 5 year IT returns of the buyer then only sell him something or else you will be

New NEWS TV CHANNEL - Launched  Edited Sting TV
Some political parties have donated money to start a news tv channel to cover sting operation on such people who accept cash. In the launch people were seen exhanging cheques with each other and brainstorming ideas on how to create more stings.

There was a chaos in the launch program because the demo sting showed on launch was of one of the sponsors of the channel. The reporter was sent to jail for making sting for wrong person.


There would no sting operation made about Sponsors on moral grounds
The Channel head also said, we want more and more sting operations to be told in the world.

New channel named as Fake Sting TV. The channel's tagline was "IF you can't make it, fake it"

He also mentioned that they have highest TRP show Stingy Nights   is gaining popularity worldwide and hence this proves that 

 
 
Lack of awareness
While the 100 odd people in the jail were discussing about what wrong did they do. None of them had slightest of idea about what happened.


Not allowed to speak
The jailor just said that these people are criminals because they were accepting cash. While some of the accused in the jail wanted to tell their side of the story but they were not allowed to speak.



PS: This post is a work of fiction and written in satirical mood.

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Proof that AAP is indeed getting 47%

 

Proof
This is a 20 video playlist of "LIVE" on camera" opinion poll conducted by NewsXpress channel 
 
I have gone through all the 20 odd videos and here is a spreadsheet or tally which clearly shows that Aam Aadmi Party is clearly ahead of BJP and Congress.



You can watch whole video and tally votes, If you are in a hurry here is Quick Data in excelsheet for you




(Also request you to scroll down and read my takeaway opinions from this series of video below)

What is a live opinion poll and how it is different
Live opinion poll where reporter goes on the streets talking to random people in Delhi. Asking for their opinion on which party /politician looks promising this year.

Because everything is on the camera, nothing can be fake. So here is raw, ground level, data.


Disclaimers
Before my friends on social media raise any questions. I would like to admit that in 1 or 2 cases where their tally of numbers may not match my tally.

I have tried my best to be accurate!

Still If you do not believe in the stats. You can go through all the videos and tally the numbers i have mentioned in each video. I am sure your will be close to my numbers anytime!

I have tried my best to tally votes only when people specifically say a party's name. or clearly appreciate a party (which means their vote will go to that party)


Rest assured, the difference won't be much.

Affiliations:
Also, Newsexpresslive and its anchor is not related to Aam Aadmi Party in any way (to best of my knowledge) they did not run this survey to prove anything in favour for AAP.

And i would like to add that i really liked this show and it was a very good idea. It also reminded me of my days in Delhi and showed a picture of the city i never knew about! 

This study is completely based on what people said verbally in the videos.

I am also not directly working for AAP but just supporting them online. So my reading here may be biased. You can judge the report by watching the videos  (6 hours long) . I have watched twice to make sure my tally is correct!


100% Legitimate
This is probably the most legitimate opinion poll you may ever come across.

No matter which party you support you cannot deny the results shown in this video. Videos can't lie.

A survey published in magazines/newspaper may be easily manipulated. But a video shot in broad day light cannot be wrong!

Picture tells 1000 words and a video tells 24 truths per second with "audio"!

Kudos to Aam Aadmi Party
This report also prooves that Aam Aadmi Party was indeed correct in showing their surveys and not faking their reports as claimed by many TV news channel like Rajat Sharma on Aap Ki Adalat and Cong/BJP supporters.


Takeaways from the video:

Here are some of the few interesting things i noticed in the survey. And my thoughts. I have tried my best to not to be biased for AAP but i may have made errors anywhere in this whole article or report in any form.

I am not a professional survey analyst. You can disregard this survey at your will. I just wrote it from a layman point of view. But may be you will find some valid points worth reading here:

1. AAP is not a vote cutter
   The survey clearly shows that AAP is not a vote cutter but in the lead. I agree that there could have been some irregular tallies here and there. But on a overall look the picture remains very clear that AAP is definitely not a vote cutter but in the lead. Very promising!
   
   In some videos people say that all people in their colonies have decided to vote for AAP. They took responsibility of 1000-2000 people. This happened once for BJP. And almost never for Congress.
   
   "Jhaadu" relevant and popular
   Election symbol "Jhaadu" strikes a chord with common people. Throughout the video Jhaadus lying around automatically did the promotion for AAP.
   
   Jhaadu has not only made space but covering majority of area in Delhi's election room!
   
2. Lack of awareness - biggest problem!
   Video clearly shows that people are not aware about their MLAs. They don't take interest in politics. Not because they don't want to but because they realize that "no one will listen"
   
   Most of them don't even realize the possibilities of what work an MLA could and should do. They probably don't know about things like RTI.
   
   I don't think that anyone knew about how much funds were allocated and how much work was done. This is the real problem.
   
   More awareness needed
   Aam Aadmi needs to be aware about how much funds MLA got, what work was done with that money. Was there are corruption.
   
   Then they will know the MLA better. And probably in that case they won't vote for majority of Cong/BJP . Right now they just vote even if things are okay-sh and there's something majorly wrong.
   
   Another appalling fact that they think inflation is not because of politicians. This is a serious problem which even Arvindji has talked about several times in almost all of his speeches.
   
    
3. People have very little or no expectations
   
   They just expect a little bit of work like proper sanitation, cleanliness, repair of roads.
   
   Aam Aadmi Party will definitely change this and make things competitive for other parties. As its the only party which believes in "Manifesto made by people".
   
   Right now, people are happy even if basic things are offered to them. They are happy if they get water and sometimes even okay with electricity.
   
   Right now people don't expect much. Because expectation usually led to disappointment.
   
   People don't know about "possibilities" and their rights. Which means there was no competition. This makes BJP/Cong happy
   
   But AAP is coming now and hopefully people will increase their expectations and make things difficult for corrupt MLAs.
   
   Things will definitely change!
   
   All this will lead to politics that is less "lucrative" but more about "service" to the people! Because it won't be easy to fool people and take away all the funds in personal accounts. Or spend 1 lakh in a 10,000 rs job.
   
   
   
4. All kind of supporters!
   AAP supporters are varied. Housewives, people livng in slums, students, older people, youth.
   
   It had supporters in all areas, DTC buses, slums, govt colonies. But less in shops (read point number 10 below)
5. AAP's votebank = people who need a CHANGE!
   Majority of people who are going to vote for AAP are people who are tired of lies from both BJP/Cong and need a new option.
   
   The word "new" was almost always prefixed while mentioning AAP. While majority of Cong supporters said they vote for Congress because their forefathers have been doing so! (A bit sad, but true)
   
   Most of these voters are fed up because no work happen in their area. They don't like their MLAs. Many of them support Kejriwal
6. Opportunity for AAP - Convert NATOs
   Almost half of the people said they don't want to vote because "everyone" is the same.
   Majority of people in the video are not aware about Jhaadu's novelty! They still think that all politicians are same and they won't vote. Or vote on "none of the above"
   
   If AAP can spread message amonsgt this section of voters their share can easily increase by 10-15% More can definitely be done in this regard. Instead of trying to convert die hard BJP/Cong supporters. Or convert people who have someone in their family affiliated to these parties.
   
   Its better to seek support from people who have lost hope and thinking NATO. Because that's what AAP is all about, new!
7. Social voting
   Another very interesting thing to notice in the video is that people vote on social recommendations.
   
   But also because "Ghar mai sab usi ko dete hai" and also "Jisko hamare bacche denge ham bhi unko he denge"
   
   These people does not seem to know or care much about political conditions. Which not very encouraging for a healthy democracy.
8. Modi factor!
   If it was not for Modi BJP would get any more than 10-15% votes. The Modi factor is indeed there. In some cases people started shouting slogans of Modi Zindabad during the interview! :)
   
   Certainly BJP is going to get benefit of Modi popularity in Delhi. But this could change if people realize that Modi is not directly related to this election.
   
   There was a mixed reaction for BJP in Dr Harshwardhan's constituency and almost a tie between AAP n BJP. 
   
   I personally feel that people in Delhi should give a chance to a new party. BJP also have had enough of chances on state/municipal level in the past.
9. Full support to AAP from rikshaw drivers
   100% of the rikshaw drivers in these videos are defintely going to support AAP!
10. Businessmen camera shy
    Businessmen/shop owners generally a bit apprehensive speaking against their local MLA (for obvious reasons)
    
    They mostly speak in favor of their area MLA, both BJP and Congress. But many times they also add a few positive comments about Aam Aadmi Party and "possibility" that they will consider it.
11. 
    

Request to critics and BJP/Cong supporters

Let's do a healthy competition!


It's good that you are raising questions about a new party.  It helps AAP supporters like me to stay informed.

If it were nt for you guys i probably would have never known much about AAP and Arvind Kejriwal. 

After every allegation I go on to google to find information and in most cases i find that allegations were not true and my trust in Aam Aami Party becomes stronger!

It helps the supporters of AAP to keep a tab on our party itself. 


So far so good. But 
I would request you to PLEASE do not spread false rumors.There are legitimate things about BJP  which AAP supporters should accept. And vice versa.

There are good things about Modi. I personally aaccept them. And there are things I do not accept. 


You should also accept good things about AAP. Till now I have only heard bad things about Kejriwal and AAP from majority of BJP/Cong representatives on twitter.

You never credit AAP for exposing people like Vadra, Khushid. I think it's not good. It makes corrupts evade from an answer because questions are not raised against them but whistle blowers.

You say that Arvind left Annaji and Kiranji, which everyone knows is nt true! 

We all know that it was BJP/Cong that cheated common people for two years. Jan Lokpal was not only about Anna or Arvind, but thousands of common men from all walks of life and parties supported it. 


By accepting good things about any party we will create an environment where ideas are groomed and not suppressed.  Of course the same stands for AAP supporters too!




B team of Cong/BJP
You have claimed that AAP is  B team of congress etc. I seriously do not think so. Not because I am an AAP supporter but because two co-incidences does not make one truth. 

Just because there was some Congress person in survey agency, it does not mean that AAP is B team of Congress or whatever.

I have personally talked to many BJP supporters and AAP critics but there was not a single believable evidence which proved tht AAP is even distant working in any favour of Congress.

And the reasoning that "Congress has created AAP because they know they will loose" sounds completely unbelievable to me.

In fact Annaji, IAC, Aam Aadmi Party, Kejriwal have done damage to Congress which even BJP was not able to do in all these years.


Let's support ideas and systems and not people and party!

Think about it, dear fellow brothers and sisters. You may support BJP/Cong for xyz tid bit reasons. 
 But there is no reason why you should not support Aam Aadmi Party because...

Only NEW experiments bring.... NEW results.

How can repeating the same thing do something NEW?

Vote for only AAP in Delhi, let's experiment and do something new! Let's innovate and bring a more systematic politics in our country. Don't kill this 1 year old baby because of fear politics! AS used by Congress and BJP all these years.


Want to help AAP or volunteer? 
You can easily register on http://emc3.aamaadmiparty.org/ . Registration is fairly easy and you can start calling people in Delhi and encourage them to be aware and give this new experiment a try!

Use the word "Jhaadu" more as people seem to remember that!


With lot of hope and love to all..


Jai Hind!
Satyamev Jayate!


- A Mango Man!

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Dear corrupt politicians - "political change" is inevitable now, Sorry!

Dear corrupt politicians who ruled India for last 65 years, 

I can imagine how disturbed you can get when you see things like this:




(Protest during Damini Case India Gate Delhi)


Aam Aadmi peacefully requested to stop corruption. You tried to suppress any voice that did not work for your profits.

You tried everything. Baseless allegations, false propaganda, pressurizing/threatening activists. You tried to stop Janlokpal movement by hook or crook.

You tried to stop Aam Aadmi Party to fight from elections. You tried to divide them. Attack them.


You tried to suppress people  when they wanted stronger anti-rape laws. You did lathi charged females who were peacefully protesting to demand safety.  Your policemen slapped girls who were only asking for protection.

Was it too much to ask for?

But You tried to suppress voice of common people.

You failed!
You failed so miserably. You failed at such grand level that i pity you.


Ye public hai, ye sab janti hai!




I can imagine that you were initially amused by janlokpal movement. You cracked jokes about people associated with it.

I also understand that when then janlokpal movement was getting thousands, millions of supporters all over the country, you were shocked. and surprised.



In that situation you played over-smart. You cheated everyone in broad day light. You attacked people involved in the movement. You made promises on Gazette notification papers. You broke them.

You tried your best to malign/frighten social activists.

The more you tried to attack social activists in a wrong way, the more it worked against you. What you thought? People don't watch? People don't understand?


Gratitude!
I would, (kind of) like to thank you for being so aggressive. Your aggression and lies helped us. Because without you doing so, civil society's job in spreading awareness about your devilishness would not have been that easy.

Thanks for saving us thousands of man hours worth of work needed for creating so much awareness.
You helped your enemy in getting yourself 

Dear corrupt politicians, (following strategy of divide and rule)
Your kind of strategies worked 25 odd years back. But It won't work now. Just won't. Social media will gradually spread to the deepest parts of the population and people will get informed about tiniest of your wrong doings.

No Fear

You might be wondering, are nt common people afraid of powerful politicians? You may say, that we Polititions have the power to get someone killed. Or send someone to court cases/jail by putting any false allegation. "Police hamare ishare pe chalti hai". Right?

Yes, a common man is too afraid to stand against you. Because, he has to earn bread to his family. He wants to live and going to court is dreadful for him.

But you forgot that thousands of these common men, adds up to a sea of "aware masses". These people have been watching you for years. These small people have been listening to your white lies.

These people are strong if united! And they are now united against you!

Your lies
Lies about development schemes, protection for their sisters/daughters, food and shelter for poor, fair price for farmers crops, solution for naxal problems all made common people full of disgust for you.


Common men knows you in and out
These common men this janta knows, that you are a dalal in everything. Your friends/relatives benefited most from you.

Got tenders, lands, businesses, grants. which was all tax payers was used in your luxuries, foreign travels, dinner parties costing 7,500rs per plate.

Your friends, sons, relatives were able to escape even after killing people in broad day light. But this won't happen for too long. You must have already started noticing it now.



Power of media and information can help bring justice to common people!





Gone are those days
Those days are gone when you were easily able to get free after doing all sorts of crimes. Murders, rapes, extortions, kidnapping.

Today, people are united with information. It is now 100 times tougher to divide them. Because they have a medium to communicate. There is no lack of communication. Any person can start a facebook page on any topic and connect with millions of like minded people.

Imagine if someone wanted to do this in 1990s? He would only end up giving bribes in your offices to get a RNI number so that he can get permission publish artcles and share information with public.

 You had a gala time looting tax payer's money.


But now time is changing. May be slowly but also gradually and consistently. The common men and women have been watching you!

They watch you in newspapers. They watch you in movies.  They notice how you keep rioters/criminals in your parties. They understand all what you do.  Aam Aadmi was silent uptil now because he was not united.

Today, because of social media. Aam Aadmi is united and informed. You can buy one or two people to try to malign or induce an internal fight. But 99% of the people now understood your game and won't fall prey to your cheap tactics!



Aam Aadmi knows you!
These common people. This Aam Aadmi  you see struggling to get a seat in trains, running to catch buses struggling everyday to earn daily bread.

Aam Aadmi knows you. Aam Aadmi is noticing you, my dear corrupt politician. 
 
Don't be happy regarding recent riots/agitations you were probably able to orchestrate  They might still work in some small towns and villages where social media is not prevalent. But the wave will reach soon. And there is nothing you can do about it.

If you try to act over smart, it will only bring judgement day closer.


Dear corrupt politician
 There was a time when media was in your hands. Today, because of internet people are not dependent upon your TV channels for their knowledge.

You can show 1 page advertisement in print newspaper or 1 minute paid news on television. But You cannot impose popular trends on twitter which is run by

The power of social media has snatched away all your opportunities to hide information people.






A change is inevitable now. You cannot stop it. Your career of a quack and criminal is over, try some new business, settle abroad. There's still time that you can escape.


Once new generation educated politicians like Arvind Kejriwal come into power. Not only all of your ill-way earned money will go back to Aam Aadmi's government also you will be sent to jail.


 Stop trying hard now. Your Game will be over soon.

No future for your kind of politics, sir!

You have been looting the country, giving tickets to politicians who have criminal charges and in some cases even convicted to rule the country.

Run! If you can! You don't have much time. Better for you if you surrender. Even better, join the movement.

But don't ever think to manipulate Aam Aadmi. Because if Aam Aadmi is informed, if Aam aadmi is united no amount of your shrudeness and cunningness can do a pinch of harm to the nation.
 

Jai hind!

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