While going through pictures in Answers Wanted thread, I was a bit restless about the system. Digging through world wide web, found something interesting and worthy to share with members. I am putting the material from a website which could be of use to citizens facing chaos in basic rights.
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•What can you do if the school teacher does not turn up to teach at the government school?
•What can you do when a doctor in a government hospital does not attend to patients?
•What can you do when you know that a ration shop keeper is siphoning off ration supplies?
•What can you do if the policeman does not take action on our complaint?
•What can you do if the Engineer colludes with the contractor and makes a road which wears off within a few days?
•What can you do when sweepers do not turn up for work and your area remains dirty and unhygienic?
All you can do is complain to the higher authorities. In all likelihood, these individuals don’t care to act on your complaint. In short, you have no control over the teachers who don't turn up teach at government schools, or janitors who sweep the road, the ration shopkeeper, the government hired contractors, the politician, the policemen, or the bureaucrat. Is this democracy?
In theory, the people are the masters in a democracy. But in practice, the role of an Indian is limited to casting his or her vote once every five years. In the ensuing five years, the hapless Indian is left to plead before the politicians and bureaucrats, who don’t care to listen to him or meet his needs.
In last 60 years, we have voted for various political parties and politicians. But things have gone from bad to worse. In other words merely changing parties and politicians won’t help.
::: Swaraj in modern-day India
•Swaraj is about giving direct control of funds, functions and functionaries to people’s assemblies – Mohalla sabhas in urban areas and Gram Sabhas in rural areas.
•These assemblies should meet every month and take decisions regarding all issues in their area.
•Decisions taken by these assemblies shall be implemented by their elected representative (Mohalla sabha representative in urban areas and Gram Sabha members in rural areas)
•If elected representatives act against the will of the people, the people’s assemblies should have the power to recall them.
In short, the people, through people’s assemblies shall directly manage all affairs of their area, which can be managed at their level. Only such issues, which cannot be managed at their level will go to higher levels of government. If majority of Gram Sabhas and Mohalla sabhas in a state vote for a particular issue, the state government shall implement it or enact necessary law or amend existing law.
That would be true democracy – government by the people.
This is swaraj. This is self-rule. This is Lok Raj.
::: Our Movement
Our Movement for local self-governance goes by many names (Swaraj Andolan, Lokraj Andolan, Swaraj Abhiyan, Lokraj Abhiyan, Sahabhagi) but the intent is one and the same. This movement is about bringing people together to demand, persuade and force both state and central governments to provide the necessary legislative and constitutional framework to give Swaraj to the people
http://www.lokrajandolan.org/home.html
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Your feedback and opinion over this concept.