21 st Century Governance in your Municipal Corporation Elections
21 st Century Governance in your Municipal Corporation Elections
by Dr.Rao Chelikani
United Federation of the Resident Welfare Associations (U-FERWAS), A.P.
Corporation Election Strategies
The following are the options that each area Federation can independently do, covering 2 or 3 wards, along with other civil society organizations like Forum for Better Hyderabad, VoteIndia, etc,
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Option I
a) Writing to all political parties warning them against nominating undesirable candidates, with a threat to compaign against them. A common letter could be drafted and sent by U-FERWAS.
b) Cooperating with the Corporation staff and the State Election Commission in the election process, such as, facilities for setting up the booths, fans, food, police arrangements, etc., where necessary.
c) Organising Common Platforms of all the candidates for the benefit of the voters, without neglecting the independent candidates and to seek commitments, such as,
i) Non-violence in words and acts during the election campaign
ii) Transparency in election expenditure, amount and mode of spending
iii) Pollutions during elections: noise, defacing walls, banners, alchohols
iv) Future co-operation with the Resident Welfare Associations
v) Commitment, once elected, not to take commissions from the contractors on local works undertaken, not to support irregular constructions, encroachments, etc. Any other commitments warranted in the context of the ea
vi) Commitment to be the ex-officio chairperson of the Peoples’ Ward Committee, which is, in other words, the Executive Committee of the Area Federation of the RWAs, as far as that ward is concerned. Note: The Government might statutorily form such Peoples’ Ward Committees soon.
vii) Such a candidate, even if he or she belongs to a Party, once elected, would accept to function in cooperation with all other political parties as far as the area development is concerned.
d) Selecting some eminent residents of the area to be the independent observers at the polling booths in cooperation with the Election Commission.
e) Campaigning before the day of election in the area: Go out and Vote with Tendered Vote and ‘None of the Above’ options.
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Option II
a) Writing to all political parties warning them against nominating undesirable
candidates with a threat to campaign against them. A common letter could be
drafted and sent..
b) Cooperating with the Corporation staff and the State Election Commission in the
election process, such as, facilities for setting up the booths, fans, food, police
arrangements, etc., where nedessary.
c) Organising Common Platforms of all the candidates for the benefit of the voters, without neglecting the independent candidates and to seek commitments, such as,
i) Non-violence in words and acts in the election campaign
ii) Transparency in election expenditure, amount and mode of spending
iii) Pollutions during elections: noise, defacing walls, banners, alcohols
iv) Future co-operation with the Resident Welfare Associations
v) Commitment, once elected, not to take commissions from the contractors on local works undertaken, not to support irregular constructions, encroachments, etc. Any other commitments warranted in the context of the area
vi) Commitment to be the ex-officio chairperson of the Peoples’ Ward Committee, which is, in other words, the Executive Committee of the Area Federation of the RWAs, as far as that ward is concerned. Note: Such Peoples’ Ward Committees might be statutorily formed by the Government, after elections.
vii) Such a candidate, even if he or she belongs to a Party, once elected, would accept to function in cooperation with all other political parties as far as the area development is concerned.
d) At the end of the common platform, the area Federation to hold consultations with each of its member-RWAs and to select one or more candidates worthy of being supported in each ward, based on a pre-established criteria and their commitments. U-FERWAS can establish such criteria.
e) Such candidates’ election campaign would be run by the Federation of RWAs with no cost to the candidates
f) Selecting some eminent residents of the area to be the independent observers at the polling booths in cooperation with the Election Commission.
g) Campaigning before the day of election in the area: ‘Go out and Vote’with Tendered Vote and ‘None of the Above’ options
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Option III
a) Writing to all political parties warning them against nominating undesirable
candidates with a thret to campaign against them. A common letter could be
drafted and sent by U-FERWAS as well.
b) Cooperating with the Corporation staff and the State Election Commission in the
election process, such as, facilities for setting up the booths, fans, food, police
arrangements, etc., where necessary.
c) At the level of each polling station or in each RWA, we will hold an Area
Sabha of all the residents (where there will be about 1,000 voters). They would choose an Area Representative for good governance, including those who are active in political parties. Later, s/he would be a member of the Peoples’ ward committee.
d) Series of in-camera (private) meetings of all the Area Representatives for good governance would be held, in order to choose one among them as the RWA’s candidate for each ward covered by the Area Federation.
e) Such a candidate’s campaign would be run by the Area Federation of RWAs with
no cost to him or her.
f) Campaigning before the day of election in the area: ‘Go out and Vote’ with Tendered Vote and ‘None of the Above’ options
g) He or she becomes the ex-officio chairperson of the Peoples’ ward committee, which would be formed by the Government after the elections.
You can write your feedback to :raovbj@yahoo.com
by Dr.Rao Chelikani
United Federation of the Resident Welfare Associations (U-FERWAS), A.P.
Corporation Election Strategies
The following are the options that each area Federation can independently do, covering 2 or 3 wards, along with other civil society organizations like Forum for Better Hyderabad, VoteIndia, etc,
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Option I
a) Writing to all political parties warning them against nominating undesirable candidates, with a threat to compaign against them. A common letter could be drafted and sent by U-FERWAS.
b) Cooperating with the Corporation staff and the State Election Commission in the election process, such as, facilities for setting up the booths, fans, food, police arrangements, etc., where necessary.
c) Organising Common Platforms of all the candidates for the benefit of the voters, without neglecting the independent candidates and to seek commitments, such as,
i) Non-violence in words and acts during the election campaign
ii) Transparency in election expenditure, amount and mode of spending
iii) Pollutions during elections: noise, defacing walls, banners, alchohols
iv) Future co-operation with the Resident Welfare Associations
v) Commitment, once elected, not to take commissions from the contractors on local works undertaken, not to support irregular constructions, encroachments, etc. Any other commitments warranted in the context of the ea
vi) Commitment to be the ex-officio chairperson of the Peoples’ Ward Committee, which is, in other words, the Executive Committee of the Area Federation of the RWAs, as far as that ward is concerned. Note: The Government might statutorily form such Peoples’ Ward Committees soon.
vii) Such a candidate, even if he or she belongs to a Party, once elected, would accept to function in cooperation with all other political parties as far as the area development is concerned.
d) Selecting some eminent residents of the area to be the independent observers at the polling booths in cooperation with the Election Commission.
e) Campaigning before the day of election in the area: Go out and Vote with Tendered Vote and ‘None of the Above’ options.
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Option II
a) Writing to all political parties warning them against nominating undesirable
candidates with a threat to campaign against them. A common letter could be
drafted and sent..
b) Cooperating with the Corporation staff and the State Election Commission in the
election process, such as, facilities for setting up the booths, fans, food, police
arrangements, etc., where nedessary.
c) Organising Common Platforms of all the candidates for the benefit of the voters, without neglecting the independent candidates and to seek commitments, such as,
i) Non-violence in words and acts in the election campaign
ii) Transparency in election expenditure, amount and mode of spending
iii) Pollutions during elections: noise, defacing walls, banners, alcohols
iv) Future co-operation with the Resident Welfare Associations
v) Commitment, once elected, not to take commissions from the contractors on local works undertaken, not to support irregular constructions, encroachments, etc. Any other commitments warranted in the context of the area
vi) Commitment to be the ex-officio chairperson of the Peoples’ Ward Committee, which is, in other words, the Executive Committee of the Area Federation of the RWAs, as far as that ward is concerned. Note: Such Peoples’ Ward Committees might be statutorily formed by the Government, after elections.
vii) Such a candidate, even if he or she belongs to a Party, once elected, would accept to function in cooperation with all other political parties as far as the area development is concerned.
d) At the end of the common platform, the area Federation to hold consultations with each of its member-RWAs and to select one or more candidates worthy of being supported in each ward, based on a pre-established criteria and their commitments. U-FERWAS can establish such criteria.
e) Such candidates’ election campaign would be run by the Federation of RWAs with no cost to the candidates
f) Selecting some eminent residents of the area to be the independent observers at the polling booths in cooperation with the Election Commission.
g) Campaigning before the day of election in the area: ‘Go out and Vote’with Tendered Vote and ‘None of the Above’ options
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Option III
a) Writing to all political parties warning them against nominating undesirable
candidates with a thret to campaign against them. A common letter could be
drafted and sent by U-FERWAS as well.
b) Cooperating with the Corporation staff and the State Election Commission in the
election process, such as, facilities for setting up the booths, fans, food, police
arrangements, etc., where necessary.
c) At the level of each polling station or in each RWA, we will hold an Area
Sabha of all the residents (where there will be about 1,000 voters). They would choose an Area Representative for good governance, including those who are active in political parties. Later, s/he would be a member of the Peoples’ ward committee.
d) Series of in-camera (private) meetings of all the Area Representatives for good governance would be held, in order to choose one among them as the RWA’s candidate for each ward covered by the Area Federation.
e) Such a candidate’s campaign would be run by the Area Federation of RWAs with
no cost to him or her.
f) Campaigning before the day of election in the area: ‘Go out and Vote’ with Tendered Vote and ‘None of the Above’ options
g) He or she becomes the ex-officio chairperson of the Peoples’ ward committee, which would be formed by the Government after the elections.
You can write your feedback to :raovbj@yahoo.com
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