Petitioning Narendra Modi of BJP, Rahul Gandhi of the Congress and Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Admi Party

I am a proud Indian. In a few days, I am going to be casting my vote for the right party. But like many of you, I am still not sure which party to vote for and why.

This is because the campaign in the run up to the polls has been hijacked by ideological battles and shouting matches on television.

As an Indian citizen, it is my right to know exactly what policies various parties will pursue if voted to power.

This petition is a call for Narendra Modi of the BJP, Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Admi Party and Rahul Gandhi of the Congress to agree to a debate at a public and a neutral platform by 5 April 2014.

1. The BJP’s campaign has revolved around Narendra Modi’s ‘Gujarat model of development’ and his rousing speeches. But he has not yet explained how such a model can be replicated in states that need different solution sets.

2. The Congress campaign, led by Rahul Gandhi, has promised change, especially in combating corruption. However, he has not told us in detail how his government will be different from the current government.

3. Under Arvind Kejriwal’s leadership the Aam Aadmi Party has captured the nation’s imagination by exposing links between politics and big business. However, I am not sure what policies Mr Kejriwal and his team will introduce if voted.

While all parties say they have a manifesto, none of them have made their economic, social, developmental and strategic policies clear. But what good is a manifesto if the voters are unaware about it and if its contents cannot be debated?

As much as I love India, I shamefully admit that the real agenda of political parties has been lost in the shrill shouting matches, clever manipulation of facts and outright lies which cannot immediately be fact-checked.

This is why I am calling on all of you to support this campaign to have a debate on national television. If they wish, the format could allow for each of the three leaders to bring a team of their choosing.

Let us give them a platform to question each other and answer our questions in an organised and controlled environment.

Never before has such a debate been held in India, though worldwide it is an accepted norm by which contestants are filtered to perfection - This format is tested with successful results in democracies like the U.S. (since 1987) where a special Commission of Presidential Debates has been established to let the two Presidential candidates come forward and defend their party’s policies and reforms.

So, this is possible.

I am asking you to sign this petition, so that we collect one million signatures by1 April 2014. Surely our political parties will listen to a million Indians who are only asking that a few critical questions be answered about the country we love dearly?

P.S – We have only 10 days to go and time’s running out to get to our target. Let’s sign this petition and share it so that we achieve what India deserves.

Jai Hind.

Shamoly Khera

Sincerely,
[Your name]

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3 Comments

1. 

   Sushma Nagpal

   March 29, 2014 at 6:10 am

   I have already signed this petition.

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     Sushma Nagpal

     March 29, 2014 at 8:15 am

     Great effort

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2. 

   hemen parekh

   March 29, 2014 at 11:04 am

   Who all are scared of NaMo ?

   You don’t need to be a Psycho-Analyst to figure out , who all are scared to death of Narendra Modi

   Obviously , all those who abused him over the past few months

   I figure , the more they abused and the lower they stooped , the more they were scared !

   As if this was some competition where your own getting a ticket depended upon how foul you can get with your language !

   Here is a ( no doubt , partial ) list of ” who ” called Namo , ” what ” :

   > Sonia Gandhi……………….. Maut ka Sodagar

   > Salman Khurshid…………… Impotent / Monkey

   > Mani Shankar Ayer…………. Chaiwala / Snake / Scorpion

   > Rashid Alvi ………………….. Yamraj riding a Buffalo

   > Digvijay Singh …………… Ravana

   > Hussein Dalwi …………….. Mouse

   > Beni Prasad Verma ………. Dog

   > Manish Tiwari ……………… Dawood Ibrahim

   > Shantaram Naik ………….. Hitler / Pol Pot

   > Renuka Chowdhury ………. NaMonitis Virus

   > Naresh Agarwal ………….. Chaiwala

   And to top this all , 2 days back , Imran Masood threatened to cut up NaMo into pieces !

   I wish , all of this name-calling was nothing more than a symptom of their nervousness .

   Voters would have treated such nervousness, as natural human reaction to impending disaster – and might have , even forgiven them

   But , I suspect these outbursts are no mere ” Symptoms ”

   This is the DISEASE itself !

   Godse killed Bapu physically in 1948

   But those claiming to be Bapu’s ” Moral Heirs ” , continue to kill his spirit everyday , 66 years later !

   VOTERS OF INDIA ,

   When you are about to press that button on the EVM ( Electronic Voting Machine ) , do recognize the disease !

   * hemen parekh ( 29 March 2014 / Mumbai )

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