K- Keenness Wins it for You

According to reports on voter turnout of 3^rd phase of election, everywhere it was a record turnout -more in many ways in comparison to turn out numbers in 2009 and other recent elections. This phase was conducted in partial manner in Delhi, Kerala, Haryana, Odisha (along with state), UP, MP, Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Lakshadweep, Chandigarh, Andaman and Nicobar as union territories.  Going by the trend in these representatives seats of overall India situation including the disturbed Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh- one thing is very evident that people are keen on change , change for the better (hopefully !) and they want to get involved.

The intensity of thought and the eagerness of action are those characteristics that make the disposition of an individual, of a society and a nation. We often find lots of arm chair strategists, giving suggestions, but not on keen on getting the hands dirty or getting onto the feet to execute.  While there won’t be any dearth of complaints coming from the same set, it is very important to be earnest and passionate with what we want to achieve.  The same applies to us, including me as an individual and that only writing blogs or news article won’t change the state of affairs. Getting onto ground in accordance to individual’s limit and perspective is the only way to get things changed for us at individual level and society as a whole.  Being genuine and being sincere go till the end , rather than making hollow demands without the required conviction.

People in power, in many countries, believe that memory of common man does no last for long and hence easy to divert by making some flimsy promises again and again. But I see an overall change in the collective conscience of the societies across different countries and the mass is not forgetting the misdeeds committed against them in the past. Only better sense will prevail going forward and real development- inclusive growth will be able to wipe out the past. We observed massive upheavals, few decades back, in eastern European countries when the people were keen to get the malevolent dictators ousted for the change for betterment. Arab Spring was another similar keenness exhibited.

 In one of my previous post before election, engaging in Governance – Youth and All, I highlighted the point of being serious and sincere to get involved with a hope that commoners have taken a note of the back-in-the-wall situation and would come out to vote. The recent results have vindicated my expectation and it is a good sign.

	We Shall Overcome

 

Whogetsmyvote.in

At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Alok Vats to allow me to make a guest post on his website as “Please Vote : We have a responsibility” where I made a fervent plea to come out and vote on the election day in your respective constituency. Continuing with the same thought, in this post, I would like to draw your attention to the website mentioned as the post name as a handy helping tool . 

In the midst of our daily fast paced life, balancing many facets in the personal and professional front, we might not be able to give appropriate time for our own due diligence to go through manifesto of individual parties. It also requires understanding of how the content of the manifestos are aligning to our thoughts and aspiration, what is the implementation plan and how do we want to see India in future – less of corruption ( I don’t dare to say zero corruption L) and back in the growth trajectory.

Also we see a great amount of personality politics v/s policy politics this time. It looks like three prominent names – Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal are doing the rounds and getting the electorate divided in their own ways and means.

In this context, to help us take an informed and analyzed decision, the whogetsmyvote.in website is developed where you need to allocate a kitty of 100 rupees the way you want based on how you want to see next government would work. In case you want more focus on industry against agriculture, you need to allocate your budget accordingly.

Based on the choices you have made and how they align with manifesto of different party, you get to know the party of your choice.

How does it work?

The website has dedicated political analyst on its board helping the back-end team to devise the mathematical algorithm between the weightage you assign to the broad level parameters like Agriculture, Industry, Technology, Infrastructure, Idealism etc. (from the kitty allocation) with how party manifesto deal with those asks.

The platform is getting continuously updated as and when new information is being made available in public domain by the political outfits through their strategy documents or other ways.

People and political pundits using the website have agreed that it is fairly accurate in its solution against their own thoughts based on their readings.

Here is a tool that would help you in your decision making process and I request you to take advantage of the same.
* Disclaimer : The author of this blog is no way associated with the company behind the tool and has gained the knowledge through interactions with fellow citizens.