Keep harmony in mind

The issue of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya must be dealt with utmost care and responsibility by all concerned. As said by CJI himself it is issue of faith, sentiments and also concerns harmony in nation. Future of nation is at stake.

In such issues the biggest cause of concern is hurt emotions and feeling of injustice. Therefore solution to this issue should not be limited to legal base but must include human aspect as well.

First and most important thing to do is to look at each other with love. Since it is more about emotions, no one should say or do anything that can hurt anyone at all. Understand that we are not trying to solve issue against each other, we are trying to solve issue among us. We are not trying to snatch anything from anyone, we are trying to see what we can give.

The only possible solution is

Those seeking Ram Mandir must request the other side to make a sacrifice and give them the place. Those seeking Masjid must accept this request and build Masjid at a suitable nearby place. Nationwide consensus should be built to this effect.

Why this is the only solution:

- It avoids hurt. Since it is a request for sacrifice, it avoids hurting sentiments. Any speech or act of force will be seen as injustice and will have bad implications for entire nation.

- It is a matter of faith for both sides. Those seeking Ram Mandir say Lord Ram was born there. Those seeking Masjid say Masjid was established there and we need to protect the Home of Allah. Agreed. Now the difference is those seeking Masjid can relocate Masjid if they do it willingly and that will make no difference to status or auspiciousness of Masjid. But birth place can not be relocated. There justice says that those seeking Ram Mandir are more just.

- The legal case on demolition of structure can continue and everyone must respect the judgement of court.

When it comes to solution, it is simple. What is moving us - Love for nation and each other Or Feeling of hurt, distrust and hate.  Only love has ability to solve issues. Hate has never solved anything till date.

EVM or Ballot Paper

What is better?

Issue is too important to be either blindly accepted or completely ignored. And it is important because of what is at state - Fairness of election process which is root of democracy.

One can raise doubts but should not make allegations without evidence. It is true that with growing times use of technology is right thing to do. At the same time it is necessary to ensure and assure flawlessness and fairness. One must not forget that there are many countries which have the capacity to do through EVM but do through Ballot Paper.

We must continue with EVM but to ensure and assure flawlessness and fairness we need to take certain steps.

1. Periodic audit of the system by independent internationally reputed body.

2. VVPAT must uniformly across nation.

3. Random checks during elections

4. Collection of VVPAT papers within voting booth in ballot boxes in some test constituencies. These constituencies must not be decided beforehand and every party must be given right to select some on the day of election. These VVPAT papers can then be manually counted and tally with e-counting of votes.

Let there be no doubt about fairness of elections. Do not brush aside complaints. On the other hand take complaints seriously and improve system beyond doubt.

People must have fair representation

The representation of people in State Vidhan Sabha and in Centre Rajya Sabha is nor fair and is unbalanced. A large section of society go unrepresented. And this defeats the basic goal of democracy.

First see current scenario:

There are state elections and center elections. At both places we elect representatives in constituencies who may win by one vote or five lakh vote. Due to this a difference of 2 - 3 % of votes can cause large number of seats won by one party and therefore a large section of people go unrepresented. To add to this unfairness these elected people further lead to representation in Rajya Sabha causing further unfairness to big sections of society. This must be corrected.

To correct this unfairness and imbalance two things must be done.

1. In Center

During Lok Sabha elections representatives are elected by any margin. This may stay as such. But Rajya Sabha must be constituted at the same time on the basis of vote share of every party. This will give proportional representation in center. Alternatively Center Rajya Sabha may be constituted on the basis of State Rajya Sabha. Center Rajya Sabha members must not be on the basis of State Vidhan Sabha.

2. In State

Like in center in state also Vidhan Sabha may have representatives elected by any margin and form government. To have balanced representation, state too must have House of Seniors or Rajya Parishad with representatives on the basis of proportional vote share. This Rajya Parishad must have same role in state as Rajya Sabha in center. The existing Rajya Parishad in some states do not serve the purpose as they too do not show representation on proportional basis. Their system of electing MLC by Zila Parishad is as flawed.

3. Zila Parishad, Gram Panchayat and City Corporations must be for short duration like two years and should be totally free from party based elections. At this level decisions must be taken by majority of elected independent representatives.

It is very important in a democracy that people feel represented. Unfortunately today governments are being formed on vote share ranging 30 - 40 % which results in lack of representation of 60 - 70 % of population.  By adopting above given method we can have full representation in both states and center.

Benefits of this method

- Full representation of various sections of society
- Feeling of fairness and justice
- Law making and administration will have better checks and balances
- State administration will be more accountable and unbiased


Government is of the people for the people by the people. Therefore fair and proportional representation of people in government is as necessary as voting right.

Focus must be on people

Time to work

We waste a lot of time in elections and after elections in blame game. The entire purpose of electing representatives is to focus and work for making people's life better.

Elections should be small and routine process in democracy. The real thing is how efficiently elected representatives work. Let there be no bitterness. We are one as people of India and political choice should not affect this. Let there be any government. People must support whole heartedly and elected representatives across party line must work towards betterment of society and nation.

To make things more efficient there must be a system of ongoing assessment. It should be done once at beginning and then yearly at state and district level. Every government must publish, display and communicate parameters like following:

To be done by internationally recognized independent body. 

(At state and district level)

- GDP and Per Capita Income Index
- Quality of life Index
- Health Morbidity and Mortality Index
- Transparency Index
- Crime Index
- Education Index
- Job index
- Business Index
- Inflation Index
- Infrastructure Development Index
- Poverty Elimination Index
- Environment Conservation Index
- Social Harmony Index

These must begin at the start of five year term and then yearly. At the end of five year term, there can be a comparative index. This will show how effectively and efficiently government schemes have worked. These must be communicated to every citizen by email or by phone message. This will help in systematically improving people's life.

Let us not waste a single moment. Come together and build a Smart Nation.