AN OPEN LETTER TO MR.KEJRIWAL BY AN AAM AADMI

Respected sir,

I had the honours of going through the website of the 'Aam Aadmi Party' yesterday and found out a collummn wherein any person could apply for getting the ticket of the party in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections,it is a welcome step that the otherwise 'vieled' procedure of allotment of tickets by other entities has not been taken up by your party. but i have certain doubts about the effectiveness of the process and eligibility criteria you have asked for, in the nomination form and how an 'aam aadmi' will be able to fulfill all those requirements.

1. There is a collummn requiring 100 proposers from each legislative assembly seat from the Lok Sabha constituency you wish to be nominated, the inherent problem in this clause as i find,is how can an 'AAM AADMI' who wishes to contest the election find such proposers in all the legislative seats in his constituency,for example  the Gautam Budh Nagar seat has 5 legislative seats under it,the ones like Secunderabad,Jewar and khurja are in no way similar to Noida and Dadri seat and there is a very slim chance of an aam aadmi,even if he is an active social worker in his area  to have such wide coverage,thus it seems highly improbable that he be able to find such proposers ,and this is thus  a clear demerit for him and also an opportunity for those having resources and political means,this condition seems to be doctored for the 'khaas aadmi's'.

2.Even if there be some fortunate few who find such proposers,the time limit provided by you is highly impractical,how can a person,with limited means be expected to fulfill  this condition within a week or so(it is expected by AAP to submit the forms last by the 15th of this month).

3.There is then a fundamental question that still exists, even if some of the nominees do get this condition fulfilled,isnt it possible that the proposers have done so with an ulterior motive,how would these questions be answered even by the national commitee,this poses a serius question of unethical means used by nominees just to be eligible.

4.The form in point no.13 asks 'wether you have read the book 'SWARAJ' by MR.Kejriwal and what are you opinions in this regard' ...this is a sort of a requirement-since nobody would like to fill in that he/she hasnt read the book,when we talk of democracy and freedom of speech and expression,we also talk of freedom not to express our views on something or freedom to choose what we wish read,in a decentralised party such as 'AAP' ,such a requirement ,which may lead to another 'personality cult' should be done away with.

MY SUGGESTIONS:

FOR A REAL DEMOCRACY,EVERY PERSON SHOULD BE GIVEN AN EQUAL CHANCE OF CONTESTING THE ELECTION,SPECIALLY FROM A PARTY,WHICH HAS CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF THE NATION AND PREACHES TO BE THE 'PARTY OF THE PEOPLE'

1.The requirement of 100 proposers from each assembly seat should be done away with,it is understood that it is provided  to eliminate non serius candidates,but there is an ample chance that this would also be a big barrier for the resourseless but highly efficient and vigilant young leaders as well as not so rich social workers.

2.The date to submit the forms be extended so that qualified and well educated as well as those with  requisite qualities be able to fulfill the conditions required.

3.Point no. 13 be deleted from the form due to the above mentioned reasons.

I  hope the party takes into account these suggestion and works on the principles each preaches.

with best regards

RANJAN

AN AAM AADMI