मतदाताओं के प्रति उम्मीदवारों की प्रतिबद्धता

राजनैतिक दल अपने चुनाव घोषणा पत्र बनाते हैं पर यह काफी नहीं हैं. इनके साथ हर उम्मीदवार का भी एक घोषणा पत्र होना चाहिए जिस में वह मतदाताओं से अपनी प्रतिबद्धता की शपथ ले. भाजपा का हर उमीदवार यह शपथ पत्र दस्तखत करे. इसका एक नमूना यह हो सकता है:

STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT TO VOTERS

I, (name of candidate), make following statement of commitment:

- That I have offered myself to represent the people of (name of constituency) in Lok Sabha as an official candidate of Bhartiya Janta Party.
- That I stand committed to the ‘Politics of Service’ and not ‘Politics of Power’.
- That I believe that in parliamentary democracy people elect their representatives and not their
   rulers.
- That I believe that election is not a battle but only a process for electing peoples’ representatives
   and should be managed in a transparent manner.
- That I believe that being elected as a representative of people is not an end but only means to
   serve the people and the country.
- That I believe that India building is a team activity and not the sole prerogative of a few people or
   a party or parties.
- That I have made all declarations as required under law while filing my nomination.
- That I will abide by the code of conduct and any other guidelines made by Election Commission.
- That I attach great importance to my relationship with other Indians, and I have signed the
  ‘Manifesto of Relationship’.
- That I will work for continual improvement in day-to-day life of all Indian people.
- That I will always be pro-all and anti-none.
- That I will manage country’s affairs in an effective, efficient and transparent manner.
- That for me duties shall have precedence over rights.That I will be pro-active to peoples’
   problems and their solutions.
- That I believe that religion does not need politics but politics should be guided by religion.
-That I believe that religion means truth, non-violence, love, compassion, brotherhood, service,
  non-discrimination, non-exploitation and respect for each other.
- That I will behave in a disciplined manner in Lok Sabha and elsewhere, and will never create a
   situation where people electing me as their representative are embarrassed.
- That I will discourage use of such terms which have given a wrong meaning and purpose to
   democratic institutions, like ‘fighting election’, ‘ruling India’, ‘our rule’.
- That I will use only positive slogans.
- That I stand committed to encourage positive vote and discourage negative vote.

I seek your vote only on my merits and not on the de-merits of other candidates.

भाजपा का विजन - प्रतिबद्धता शपथ

लगभग सभी राजनैतिक दल चुनाव से पहले खूब वादे करते हैं. इनमें अधिकाँश वादे बिना सोचे समझे किये जाते हैं. पिछले चुनाव में कांग्रेस ने १०० दिन में महंगाई खत्म करने का वादा किया था. आज २०१४ में आप सब देख रहे हैं कि इस वादे की क्या दुर्दशा की कांग्रेस ने. अभी दिल्ली चुनाव में आआपार्टी ने पानी और विजली के दाम कम करने के वादे किये और सरकार बनाने पर वादों का मतलब ही बदल दिया.

लोकसभा चुनाव में मतदाता को भरोसा दिलाने के लिए भाजपा को अपने विजन के बारे में एक प्रतिबद्धता शपथ पर दस्तखत करके सार्वजनिक करना चाहिए. प्रतिबद्धता शपथ का एक नमूना यह हो सकता है:

1. BJP should state its vision for ‘Developed India 2020’ 

Vision for ‘Developed India 2020’ ‘"Better life for all – Smile on every face"

2. BJP should state its agenda for Future Elections

Agenda for Future Elections "Sustainable Development and Relationship"

3. BJ should state its action plan to achieve vision and agenda

Action plan Define ‘Better-life’ as BJP sees it. Design and implementation of sustainable development strategies concerning clean air and water, safe food, health care, energy, land use, safe & economic housing, education, safe and economic air/rail/road travel, waste management, equitable distribution of opportunities and development-outputs. Plans should give quantifiable targets to be achieved in a specified time frame with required planning, monitoring, review and correction mechanisms in place. Remember, ‘You can’t manage what you don’t measure’.    Elaborate on the concept of relationship between any two Indians.

1. BJP should state its approach for managing country’s affairs:

Approach Treat election as a process and manage election campaign in a transparent, positive and decent manner. Declare that being elected as people’s representative is not the ultimate aim but means to achieve the vision. Declare that your party is Pro-all and Anti-none. Help people to cast a positive vote by adopting a positive approach for debate. Talk about yourself, your vision, your plan and your approaches to create confidence in the people. Criticizing others and finding faults with their vision, their plan and their approaches is a negative approach. Do not encourage negative vote.