MODI’S 365 DAYS AND KEJRIWAL’S 100 DAYS HYPE A CRUEL JOKE ON PEOPLE OF INDIA AND DELHI SAY RWA’S

Several Resident Welfare Associations (RWA’s) and civil society groups have criticized the much Hype and crores of rupees public money wasted creating false highlights of achievement’s by both Modi Government at centre and Kejriwal government in Delhi on completion of their 365 and 100 days respectively.

“Both the BJP and the AAP government have taken people for ride and are far off the promises made in the political manifesto during elections, to hide failure both are trying to highlight their works which have not benefited the public at large and ignoring what is committed in the manifesto”said angry Rajiv Kakria, of GK 1 RWA.

“The worst in India is there is no legal binding on pre poll menifesto’s of political parties and are forgoton as soon as a single party wins the election. The chapter of Delhi Lok Pal, Swaraj Bill and No bunglows have been forgoton soon after victory infact Swaraj has vanished from website also from AAP portal” said Mr Kakria.

“During Elections full time is spent by political parties including BJP, Congress and AAP to woo RWA’s to come forward to give suggestions and help formulate Manifesto’s . However, after elections they are under no obligation to keep these promises and all too often all promises and pledges made during the elections are ignored or broken” said Ritesh Dewan, of Shalimar Bagh RWA.

“Manifesto’s have become a JOKE and there is nothing in Law that binds Political parties to fulfill the promises made. This has led to a considerable erosion of public trust in politicians. We want to reverse this trend by making manifestos a contract between government and state. Should a single party win a majority at election, their manifesto should become a legally binding document and all promises must be kept – with the party leader being directly accountable for any violations and strict penalties being applied” said Man Mohan Mehra of Kiran Vihar, RWA.

“Should such a law be passed, more thought would have to go into the writing of manifestos to prevent inclusion of unrealistic pledges and voter confidence would be restored. This will also help political parties do research before making any pre poll pledges which they cannot implement “said Mr V.N.Bali, President, RWA Federation, Delhi East.

“Most of manifestos consist of vague meaningless promises aimed at wooing particular section of society like auto drivers, illegal colony residents , vendors. More over these promises are made to be fulfilled with public money, whether it is free water, subsidized power etc. Binding these menifesto’s legally will discourage parties from making specific pledges in the first place. If a clear manifesto pledge is broken, a Government has no business staying in power in my opinion. Make the manifestos legally binding and limiting, and make breaches automatic grounds for a dissolution of assembly and a fresh election.” said Varinder Arora , convenor, Delhi Residents Forum.

“Major unforeseeable issues should be put before the people in a referendum and the onus would be on parties to provide manifestos worthy of the people- a positive change from the current position, where the onus is on the public” he added.””

“ Promises related to delivery of civic services, power tariff, water, security, affordable housing, health care and education, law & order, clean air and water are routinely made by all political parties. As of now there is no mechanism to inform the public of the extent to which promises made in the party manifesto were fulfilled. There is no legal instrument or law through which a party can be held to account on its promises made To the extent it relates to basic governance.” Mr Arora said