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Birth and Boyhood:The Servant of God Devasahayam was born in 1712. By birth he was a Hindu. and his name was Neelam (Nilam), also expanded as Nilakandan. He belonged to the royal Nair caste and therefore he is also pupularly known as Devasahayam Pillai. As a boy, he learnt Sanskrit and had traditional training in martial arts.Youth and Marriage:Nilam was brought up as a devout Hindu. Besides Tamil and Malayalam, the languages of people, he also trained himself in archery, Varmasastra and the use of weapons of war. He was made an official at royal court at Padmanabhapuram. He was respected for the sincerity of his person and firmness of mind, which made him dear to his colleagues and to the King Marthanda Varma. He married Bargaviammal of Mekkod, a neighbouring village.Conversion and Baptism:In performing his duties as a palace official, Neelam Pillai came in contact with a Catholic officer, Eustachius Benedictus De Lannoy, a Dutch military officer, arrested by King Marthandavarma after the Dutch were defeated at war at the Port of Colachel in 1741.At a particular stage of their relationship Nilakanda Pillai was found to be extremely unhappy and saddened. When De Lannoy enquired about the reasons for his sadness he narrated a series of tragedies that had overtaken his family. His bulls had died one after another and crops had failed, which meant tremendous financial loss for him and there was no way out of his sadness.On hearing all this, De Lannoy narrated to him the Old Testament story of Job and demonstrated how God tested the faith of a good man through sufferings. Finding De Lannoy's explanation reasonable and convincing, Nilakanda Pillai expressed his desire to become a Christian and requested De Lannoy to instruct him for baptism. De Lannoy sent him to Vadakkankulam, a hamlet outside the limits of the Kingdom of Travancore, with a letter to Fr. Giovanni Baptista Buttari,, a Jesuit Missionary, requesting him to baptize Nilakandan.Fearing that Baptism would spell suffering and persecution, Fr. Buttari hesitated for some time to baptize him. Fr. Buttari examined his past life in order to instruct him and to test the maturity of his decision and the depth of his conviction in the Catholic faith.This instruction continued for nine months. Finally, moved by the persistence of Nilakanda Pillai he baptized him at the church of the Holy Family, Vadakkankulam on 14 May 1745. At baptism the Servant of God was given the name "Devasahayam" which is a Tamil rendering of the biblical name Lazar, which means "God has helped".Life after Baptism:Having joined the Catholic community, Devasahayam himself started exhorting others to receive Baptism and even converted some to Christian faith, one of them being his own wife who took the name "Gnanapu" which is a Tamil rendering of "Theresa".In his personal life, the neophyte Devasahayam mixed and mingled with people of all statuses and castes. Because of his newly found faith he disregarded caste distinction, threw away the symbols of his "high" caste, ate and lived with people of "low" birth and came to the palace-office as a "polluted" person. Noticing the marked changes in Devasahayam because of his Christian life, the high caste people accused him of the crime of betrayal and contempt of religious practices and of insult of gods, of the Brahmins and the royal throne.Tested for faith:Some Brahmins and court officials tried their best to woo the Servant of God back from his newly won Christian faith. But the Servant of God showed great fortitude in expressing firmness of faith and even daringly declared that he was willing to be tortured or even to be put to death for Christ.Persecuted for faith:The King, having been incited against Christians, arrested Devasahayam on 23 Feb. 1749 and put him in a very narrow prison. Soon condemned to death by the King, he was tortured in several ways. He was paraded to many towns and villages, both hands bound behind his back, seated on a buffalo facing backward, garlanded with Erukku flowers as a symbol of shame.Some Miraculous events: The Servant of God was brought through a small place called Puliurkurichy where overcome by thirst he planted his elbow on a rock, which gave forth water which he could drink. This rock continues to give water even today and People visit this fountain in large numbers.Through Puliurkurichy the soldiers brought him to Peruvilai and detained him there for about 7 months tied to a neem tree. It is there that Devasahayam became friendly with the soldiers and was helped to meet the Catholic priests. He received Holy Communion from these priests. Thanks to Devasahayam's prayer, the jailor (executioner) who was without child for a long time obtained a child.From Peruvilai he was taken to the prison at Aralvaimozhi where the condemned criminals were sent for death by the King. It was on the border between the kingdoms of Madurai and Travancore.His life during years of torture:During the years of his arrest and torture, the Servant of God led a life worthy of a candidate for martyrdom. Every morning and night he spent certain time for contemplative prayer, and often during the day he turned to God in moments of brief prayer. He spent time also in reading books on lives of saints, and when people were around, he read them aloud for people to hear. He fasted on all Fridays and Saturdays in honour of the death of Christ and of Mary, the Mother of God.When a priest visited him, usually at the dead of night, he confessed his sins and received holy Eucharist with utmost devotion. The priests were impressed by the joy and consolation that the Servant of God experienced.Killed for Faith:Devasahayam had to be killed quickly and secretly because Catholics started visiting the Servant of God in large numbers. The Government officials kept secret the place and the date of his execution for fears of popular unrest. Finally a little before the midnight of January 14, 1752 they took him to the place of execution. As he was totally exhausted and was unable to walk he was carried to the nearby hill called Kattadimalai. There he knelt and prayed for a while intensely. The marks left by his knees and elbows can still be seen today. Then he was shot dead by the soldiers with five leaden bullets, at midnight between 14 and 15 January 1752.Burial:His body was thrown in between rocks and left there to be eaten by wild animals. His mortal remains were discovered by the Christians and buried in front of the main altar in the most important church of St. Francis Xavier, which is the present Cathedral of the Diocese of Kottar. While laypersons are not usually buried within a church, it is significant that the Servant of God lies buried in a most revered church, a fact that attests to the regard that the faithful and the clergy had towards his sanctity and towards the greatness of his martyrdom. Devotion to the Servant of GodEver since the death of the Servant of God, a lot of people, irrespective of caste or religion, started to visit the place of his death and prayed to him for favours. Soon a small church was constructed at Kattadimalai and was dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, in remembrance of his heroic death for Faith. The life of Devasahayam is being acted out in dramas, sung out in Villupattu and narrated in folklore. Thus the message of his life and death and devotion to him spread throughout Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Considering the Servant of God as a saint, several people began to name themselves as Devasahayam and this practice continues to this day.
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED BY PARTY WORKER FROM KALYAN WEST ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY NO. 138 TO BSP, MAHARASHTRA, ON THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF ITS FOUNDER MANYAWAR KANSHIRAM ON 15-03-2011.
ELECTIONS IN INDIA
1. What is an election in India ? As you know, Election in India is a big Business. The bigger the business Political Party in India, the sure the chances of winning the Election. Money is clandestinely invested by Political Parties towards Election expenses with a view to mint money after winning the Election. Of-course the loosing Political Party will not be able amass that much wealth as the winning Party can do. That is the prime reason why almost all Political Parties in India make strenuous attempts at horse trading right from the time of making alliances with other Parties, Seat Sharing, Selection of Constituencies, Distribution of Port Folios, fighting for plum Posts under the ruling Governments - whether in States or at the Centre (Union). The main aim is to somehow win the Election by hook or crook..
2. Apart from the Political Party employing their unaccounted and black money and wealth towards the Election Expenditure and outlay, there are big Business Houses, Mult-National Companies, even unseen Foreign Forces and big Businessmen ever ready directly or indirectly to support and help, from behind the scenes, to employ their unaccounted and black Assets, Wealth and Money through the medium of Elections. These Business Houses, Mult-National Companies, the Foreign Forces, big Businessmen and Political Parties primarily aim to make Black Money into White Money. Huge expenditure outlay of these Big business houses and Businessmen is incurred through the Political Parties in India except BSP, as a quid pro quo. BSP does not take political contributions from big Business Houses and Businessmen so as not to come under any sort of obligations to them after winning the Election. The consideration for the black money, assets and wealth traded, bartered or spent through the medium of Election in India is with a tacit understanding that once a particular contesting Political Party wins the Election and comes into Power, it can make the said Business houses and Businessmen totally free and independent to indulge in all or any sorts of illegal and inhuman activities and to increase the prices of their wares, merchandise, products or commodities to any extent that will not be questioned by their Political Bosses. This is one of the main reasons for sky-rocketing of prices of certain commodities of daily consumption by ordinary common men in the country. The prices of the products produced and services rendered mainly by these Big Business houses and Businessmen are always raised. Thus, inflation which is artificially pushed up, will never be able to be controlled by the Ruling Party of the day. The situation arising out of the above scenario, is totally and completely harmful to the interests of the Nation as well as its common citizens.
3. It is correctly said that after Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar completed the marathon task of preparing the Constitution, Acharya Kriplani met him one day, and asked him, as to why he was very glad ?. Acharya Kriplani said perhaps you are very happy that you have given equal voting rights under the Constitution to all the citizens of India i. e. right to caste one vote to a multi-millionaire and one vote to an economically vulnerable poor beggar on the street. But if we purchase the vote of the poor man during Election, what you will do ? Dr. Babasaheb replied that when the people of the country are educated, they will become aware of the true values of their votes, and then they will never sell their votes for money. Money Power is utilized for buying out votes during Election times. More the money spent, the greater the chances in winning the Election. After spending the money and after winning the election, efforts will be not to serve the Nation and its citizens but merely to accumulate more and more money, either in the form of Black money or white money by indulging in the parasite of Corruption. It’s the simple logic is to make good or compensate for the amount already expended by the Party for winning the Election with the help of Media, be it Electronic Media, Digital or Print Media. The Media is one of the main culprits and mainly works for the Party which pays them. BSP does not believe in cheap publicity. The Media therefore does not high light the good works of BSP. BSP is not in a position and does not pay for the advertisements needed to highlight its good works in the Media or Press. More often than not, the functionaries of the winner Political Party remain busy to continuously work to enrich the Party itself rather than working for the welfare of the Nation or its citizens. They hardly get enough time to implement fully the so-called Policies and Programmes announced by them to the vast gullible masses of the country at or before the Elections. Many a time novel Policies and Programmes are announced with a view to merely lure the voters to vote for them and thereafter befool and forget them altogether. The ideologies of the registered Political Parties in India are half backed ideologies and any one of them is not totally ideal and suitable to be emulated for the welfare of the States/Nation.
4. The demerits or drawbacks of the Electoral mal-Practices in India are such that a wide gap between the rich and poor or the haves and the have-nots, has been steadily building up in the Society since independence. Politics in India is the root cause for this wide gulf or gap. Of-course, there are various other factors too that are responsible for this, but the main root cause for the divide between the rich and the poor is the Indian Political mal-practices and how they are being played by the unscrupulous Politicians in India. In this paradox, Oscar Ameringer has aptly described, “Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.”
5. Electoral system hides substantial irregularities at micro level. In fact, my own experiences confirm the above. Many distortions, some are very serious, that have crept in the System either due to loopholes in the Electoral Laws or due to the incapacity of the system to punish the deviant and in may ways the unacceptable behaviors of Political Parties and their Candidates and their Supporters, here I mean the big Business houses and Businessmen, Multi-National Companies and Foreign Forces inimical to India.. There are 6 MPs and 6 Cs that cripple the entire Indian Electoral System. The 6 MPs in the caste based political Elections being held in India everywhere, namely, parliamentary elections, assembly elections, local bodies’ elections (viz. elections in municipal corporations, municipalities, zilla parishads, town panchayats and village panchayats), are (1) Money Power, (2) Muscle Power, (3) Media Power (print media, electronic media and digital media) (4) Mafia Power (5) Man Power and (6) Manipulative Power. The 6 Cs are (1) Caste-ism (Brahmanism, Vaishya, Kshatriya, and Shudra), and the Untouchables (Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes) and the most economically vulnerable poorer sections of the Indian National Society, (2) Capitalism (3) Communalism (4) Corruption (5) Criminalization and (6) Communism (Class-ism). Basically all of these play very important roles in the elections in India, whereby about 10 per cent of minority Arya Manuwadi Ruling Class takes the powers in hand to rule over the remaining 90 per cent of the population literally un-participated, un-represented and totally against the basic democratic principle of “majority rule over the minority” and thereby completely disgusting and browbeating the vast majority population of India helplessly mired in an everlasting financial inequality, poverty, and discrimination, which vitiates the Indian Political Electoral Atmosphere and compromises the legitimacy of the Indian Political and Economic Processes in a very substantial way.
In conclusion, it can be safely said that Elections in India are a complete farce and therefore BSP could not win even a single Seat in the last Assembly or Lok-Sabha Elections in Maharashtra nor could I win the last Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation Election contested by me under the banner of BSP. Please therefore consider my Memorandum and take suitable remedial measures for the future of our Party BSP, India, (i. e. Bharat) and its mul-nivashi aboriginal citizens.
JAI BHIM, JAI BHARAT.
JOSEPH NADAR
ELECTIONS IN INDIA
1. What is an election in India ? As you know, Election in India is a big Business. The bigger the business Political Party in India, the sure the chances of winning the Election. Money is clandestinely invested by Political Parties towards Election expenses with a view to mint money after winning the Election. Of-course the loosing Political Party will not be able amass that much wealth as the winning Party can do. That is the prime reason why almost all Political Parties in India make strenuous attempts at horse trading right from the time of making alliances with other Parties, Seat Sharing, Selection of Constituencies, Distribution of Port Folios, fighting for plum Posts under the ruling Governments - whether in States or at the Centre (Union). The main aim is to somehow win the Election by hook or crook..
2. Apart from the Political Party employing their unaccounted and black money and wealth towards the Election Expenditure and outlay, there are big Business Houses, Mult-National Companies, even unseen Foreign Forces and big Businessmen ever ready directly or indirectly to support and help, from behind the scenes, to employ their unaccounted and black Assets, Wealth and Money through the medium of Elections. These Business Houses, Mult-National Companies, the Foreign Forces, big Businessmen and Political Parties primarily aim to make Black Money into White Money. Huge expenditure outlay of these Big business houses and Businessmen is incurred through the Political Parties in India except BSP, as a quid pro quo. BSP does not take political contributions from big Business Houses and Businessmen so as not to come under any sort of obligations to them after winning the Election. The consideration for the black money, assets and wealth traded, bartered or spent through the medium of Election in India is with a tacit understanding that once a particular contesting Political Party wins the Election and comes into Power, it can make the said Business houses and Businessmen totally free and independent to indulge in all or any sorts of illegal and inhuman activities and to increase the prices of their wares, merchandise, products or commodities to any extent that will not be questioned by their Political Bosses. This is one of the main reasons for sky-rocketing of prices of certain commodities of daily consumption by ordinary common men in the country. The prices of the products produced and services rendered mainly by these Big Business houses and Businessmen are always raised. Thus, inflation which is artificially pushed up, will never be able to be controlled by the Ruling Party of the day. The situation arising out of the above scenario, is totally and completely harmful to the interests of the Nation as well as its common citizens.
3. It is correctly said that after Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar completed the marathon task of preparing the Constitution, Acharya Kriplani met him one day, and asked him, as to why he was very glad ?. Acharya Kriplani said perhaps you are very happy that you have given equal voting rights under the Constitution to all the citizens of India i. e. right to caste one vote to a multi-millionaire and one vote to an economically vulnerable poor beggar on the street. But if we purchase the vote of the poor man during Election, what you will do ? Dr. Babasaheb replied that when the people of the country are educated, they will become aware of the true values of their votes, and then they will never sell their votes for money. Money Power is utilized for buying out votes during Election times. More the money spent, the greater the chances in winning the Election. After spending the money and after winning the election, efforts will be not to serve the Nation and its citizens but merely to accumulate more and more money, either in the form of Black money or white money by indulging in the parasite of Corruption. It’s the simple logic is to make good or compensate for the amount already expended by the Party for winning the Election with the help of Media, be it Electronic Media, Digital or Print Media. The Media is one of the main culprits and mainly works for the Party which pays them. BSP does not believe in cheap publicity. The Media therefore does not high light the good works of BSP. BSP is not in a position and does not pay for the advertisements needed to highlight its good works in the Media or Press. More often than not, the functionaries of the winner Political Party remain busy to continuously work to enrich the Party itself rather than working for the welfare of the Nation or its citizens. They hardly get enough time to implement fully the so-called Policies and Programmes announced by them to the vast gullible masses of the country at or before the Elections. Many a time novel Policies and Programmes are announced with a view to merely lure the voters to vote for them and thereafter befool and forget them altogether. The ideologies of the registered Political Parties in India are half backed ideologies and any one of them is not totally ideal and suitable to be emulated for the welfare of the States/Nation.
4. The demerits or drawbacks of the Electoral mal-Practices in India are such that a wide gap between the rich and poor or the haves and the have-nots, has been steadily building up in the Society since independence. Politics in India is the root cause for this wide gulf or gap. Of-course, there are various other factors too that are responsible for this, but the main root cause for the divide between the rich and the poor is the Indian Political mal-practices and how they are being played by the unscrupulous Politicians in India. In this paradox, Oscar Ameringer has aptly described, “Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.”
5. Electoral system hides substantial irregularities at micro level. In fact, my own experiences confirm the above. Many distortions, some are very serious, that have crept in the System either due to loopholes in the Electoral Laws or due to the incapacity of the system to punish the deviant and in may ways the unacceptable behaviors of Political Parties and their Candidates and their Supporters, here I mean the big Business houses and Businessmen, Multi-National Companies and Foreign Forces inimical to India.. There are 6 MPs and 6 Cs that cripple the entire Indian Electoral System. The 6 MPs in the caste based political Elections being held in India everywhere, namely, parliamentary elections, assembly elections, local bodies’ elections (viz. elections in municipal corporations, municipalities, zilla parishads, town panchayats and village panchayats), are (1) Money Power, (2) Muscle Power, (3) Media Power (print media, electronic media and digital media) (4) Mafia Power (5) Man Power and (6) Manipulative Power. The 6 Cs are (1) Caste-ism (Brahmanism, Vaishya, Kshatriya, and Shudra), and the Untouchables (Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes) and the most economically vulnerable poorer sections of the Indian National Society, (2) Capitalism (3) Communalism (4) Corruption (5) Criminalization and (6) Communism (Class-ism). Basically all of these play very important roles in the elections in India, whereby about 10 per cent of minority Arya Manuwadi Ruling Class takes the powers in hand to rule over the remaining 90 per cent of the population literally un-participated, un-represented and totally against the basic democratic principle of “majority rule over the minority” and thereby completely disgusting and browbeating the vast majority population of India helplessly mired in an everlasting financial inequality, poverty, and discrimination, which vitiates the Indian Political Electoral Atmosphere and compromises the legitimacy of the Indian Political and Economic Processes in a very substantial way.
In conclusion, it can be safely said that Elections in India are a complete farce and therefore BSP could not win even a single Seat in the last Assembly or Lok-Sabha Elections in Maharashtra nor could I win the last Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation Election contested by me under the banner of BSP. Please therefore consider my Memorandum and take suitable remedial measures for the future of our Party BSP, India, (i. e. Bharat) and its mul-nivashi aboriginal citizens.
JAI BHIM, JAI BHARAT.
JOSEPH NADAR
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
12th April 2011 FAST OF ANNA HAZARE. Absolute powers of a Monarch or a King are not expected to be in the hands of a single Functionary or a Group of Functionaries in a Democracy under a written down Constitution like India. However, they are absolutely vested in the Citizens/Voters of the Democratic country. The Citizens/Voters are the Monarch or the Kings whereas the so-called representatives, got elected by hook or crook, to rule over them, are literally the paid servants of the vast Masses/Citizens/Voters. SECONDLY, as in Political Democracy, there is no Financial Democracy in practice under the Laws in India. The Nation’s Wealth and the Economic Resources of the country or the Public Finances are allowed to be made use of and/or frittered away by a selected few modern day Feudal Barons who maintain close links or good relationships with the Governmental Machineries or Ministers. The poor citizens are always at the mercy of these people who make use of the government Finances and also the Wealth of the Nation and the Economic Resources, for their own exclusive benefits and business purposes. They often indulge in Black money generation, in the increase of corruption and money laundering, so as to accumulate the ill-gotten money in secret and other foreign Bank Accounts. They are not only merely tainted and corrupt people but are the real anti-Indians fit to be tried for treason. THIRDLY, we have too many laws already made, but too little justice to the vast majority citizens of the country because of the total neglect or non-implementation of the various provisions of the welfare legislations, tooth and nail. Therefore, by merely introducing one more Bill called ‘JAN LOKPAL BILL’ in Parliament and thereafter passing it, without the slightest intention of its implementation fully by the rich Bureaucrats and others concerned, will be to help escape the already tainted and corrupt Bureaucrats, the other Public and Government Servants, and Ministers representing the citizens/voters in our Banana Democratic Republic. With this humble thought of mine, I stand to support Mr. Anna Hazare poor fellow intending to somehow support the cause of the poor Citizens/Voters of this vast Country, India i.e. Bharat. JOSEPH NADAR
Friday, January 7, 2011
MR. T. M. NADAR
B.COM., LL.B., D.C.L.(GLC., MUM.)
Advocate, High Court
Shivchhaya, A- Wing
Karnik Road
Kalyan (West)-421 301
Date: 14th December 2010
To,
SHRI PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN
Honourable Chief Minister
Maharashtra State
Mantralaya, Mumbai
Dear Sir,
Sub: Demands of Local Voters regarding Nagar Raj Bill.
________________________________________
Congratulations for having passed the NAGAR RAJ BILL, (COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION LAW) to increase the Peoples’ Direct Active Participation in the democratic process.
The Nagar Raj Bill will play an important role in strengthening Democracy at grass root levels and will speed up the development work hitherto neglected in the Locality, with the active participation and co-operation of the Local Citizens/Voters and the elected Councilors.
t The Maharashtra Government has amended the draft of Central Nagar Raj Bill by removing the ‘spirit’ and leaving behind only the ‘skeleton’. I forward some of the important suggestions which may be considered as part of the amendment.
1. The Area Sabha should consist of 2 contiguous Polling Booths
(say, 1800-2200 Voters) instead of 5 Booths (4,500 to 6000 Voters) to make it easily workable.
2. The Area Sabha Representative should be elected by secret Ballot at
the time of Municipal Corporation elections.
3. There should be a Ward Committee for every Corporator Ward.
4. The present multi-Corporator Ward Committees (Prabhag Samitis) should be converted to Administrative Zone Committees.
5. The decisions and proposals of the Area Sabha should be determining.
6. There should be a definite financial provision for each Area Sabha.
7. Voters/Citizens may attend periodical Area Sabha meetings called by Area Sabha Representatives for giving their valuable suggestions and guidance in the decision making process.
8. Area Sabha meetings to be addressed by all Govt. Servants and
Officers, and Business Entities, NGOs, and other Celebrities/Dignitaries living in the Local Area on a single Platform and to impart Awareness about latest Govt. Schemes and Programs – to the citizens/voters
9. Area Sabha and Ward Committees to include learned members of all Communities living in the Local Areas – men and women in proportion of 50: 50.
10. Civic wrongs/offences may be defined and Municipal Courts
established in the Provincial Municipal Corporation Areas as in
Mumbai for enforcement, levy and collection of fines/penalties.
11.Uniform financial Autonomy to each Ward.
12. Ombudsman to ensure Accountability in the working and
implementation by the Authorities.
Yours faithfully,
Local Voter.
B.COM., LL.B., D.C.L.(GLC., MUM.)
Advocate, High Court
Shivchhaya, A- Wing
Karnik Road
Kalyan (West)-421 301
Date: 14th December 2010
To,
SHRI PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN
Honourable Chief Minister
Maharashtra State
Mantralaya, Mumbai
Dear Sir,
Sub: Demands of Local Voters regarding Nagar Raj Bill.
________________________________________
Congratulations for having passed the NAGAR RAJ BILL, (COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION LAW) to increase the Peoples’ Direct Active Participation in the democratic process.
The Nagar Raj Bill will play an important role in strengthening Democracy at grass root levels and will speed up the development work hitherto neglected in the Locality, with the active participation and co-operation of the Local Citizens/Voters and the elected Councilors.
t The Maharashtra Government has amended the draft of Central Nagar Raj Bill by removing the ‘spirit’ and leaving behind only the ‘skeleton’. I forward some of the important suggestions which may be considered as part of the amendment.
1. The Area Sabha should consist of 2 contiguous Polling Booths
(say, 1800-2200 Voters) instead of 5 Booths (4,500 to 6000 Voters) to make it easily workable.
2. The Area Sabha Representative should be elected by secret Ballot at
the time of Municipal Corporation elections.
3. There should be a Ward Committee for every Corporator Ward.
4. The present multi-Corporator Ward Committees (Prabhag Samitis) should be converted to Administrative Zone Committees.
5. The decisions and proposals of the Area Sabha should be determining.
6. There should be a definite financial provision for each Area Sabha.
7. Voters/Citizens may attend periodical Area Sabha meetings called by Area Sabha Representatives for giving their valuable suggestions and guidance in the decision making process.
8. Area Sabha meetings to be addressed by all Govt. Servants and
Officers, and Business Entities, NGOs, and other Celebrities/Dignitaries living in the Local Area on a single Platform and to impart Awareness about latest Govt. Schemes and Programs – to the citizens/voters
9. Area Sabha and Ward Committees to include learned members of all Communities living in the Local Areas – men and women in proportion of 50: 50.
10. Civic wrongs/offences may be defined and Municipal Courts
established in the Provincial Municipal Corporation Areas as in
Mumbai for enforcement, levy and collection of fines/penalties.
11.Uniform financial Autonomy to each Ward.
12. Ombudsman to ensure Accountability in the working and
implementation by the Authorities.
Yours faithfully,
Local Voter.
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