A. Aim of Site - To display Voter number support for procedures proposed to be printed in Gazette (Government notification magazine) and get them implemented
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1. SMS Campaign by Vikalp Party for gathering and displaying on internet Voter number support for an issue
We have started a campaign of citizen-voters sending sms-instructions to MP, MLA etc. public servants and have registered some pro-common solutions by their sms codes also to be sent by a voter by sms to our website as verifiable proof of the demand to the public servant.
Support or oppose opinions of citizens will be displayed on website along with the Voter ID numbers of the citizens. Anyone can find address of a sample of the voter ID numbers, contact them and himself/herself cross-verify whether the data is true or false, meaning the Voter ID number internet data generated by the citizens sending SMS-es is CITIZEN-VERIFIABLE. (See this link for list of registered SMS-codes - sms.brvp.org/showissue.php)
2. How will Vikalp Party get implemented RTR-CM etc. proposed Gazette Notification and what can YOU (common citizen) do until it is implemented ?
Until, the proposed law-procedure comes on Gazette of India (government notification magazine), Right to Recall system implemented on our website via this Public SMS counting server can be used wherein common man does not have to suffer for 5 years to change their representative. People can register with us with their Voter ID number and display, support or oppose complaints etc. on affidavit on our website with their Voter ID number and with a majority of votes can pressurize their representative to be replaced.
Any Voter can get registered with the website and register his complaint/suggestion on affidavit along with Voter number as per procedure mentioned in this page. If there are more than 5000 Voter number supports of registered users for an issue on our website, Vikalp Party will take up the issue with PM, CM etc. Public Servants. If any of the representative denies to fulfill the demand we will ask them to announce their reason to commons, why they are refusing?
Compared to signature support, Voter ID internet support is authentic. Because commons cannot cross-verify the signatures nor can commons contact the signature giver and obtain more information while citizens can get address from Voter ID number and contact and cross-verify.
All this Voter number support data is displayed on this site which can be downloaded by anyone in excel format. We encourage all to collect in their area Voter number support for their favorite issue on an excel sheet and share it with all on social media and ask others to do the same. And all Voter number support of all excel sheets for an issue can be merged and duplicates can be removed.
If in an area, sufficient number of citizens publicly display and prove their support on internet via Voter ID number and demand from their Public servants, this procedure will come in that area and crime and corruption etc. will reduce in that area.
Example – Right To Information first came in Rajasthan in 1999 when thousands from all walks of life demanded for it. Then, it spread to other states and got implemented in the whole country.
3. Methods which are usually used today by Citizens to communicate with their representatives and vice versa are not citizen-verifiable or authentic and so fail to give results
So, if you are the MP, MLA, Corporator or the chosen representative of your area, how will you and all other citizens come to know what the citizens of the area want you to do ? How will you and other citizens know which laws and systems the Citizens want ? After all, your time is limited.
Let us see some ways which are being employed today for communication between citizens and their representatives.
Many parties and candidates claim that after winning, they will work for listening problems of the society and try to solve them. And they even give a grievance email id, grievance phone, sms number or address.
But the truth is `Your MP cannot hear you, Your MP can only count you.`
Yes, you read it correct - `Your MP cannot hear you, Your MP can only count you.` . Here MP means your MP, MLA, Corporator etc. public servant. Let us see how this statement is true.
Say each voter desires that MP should listen to him for 5 minutes. Now MP has 17 lakh voters and even 25% voters speak for 5 minutes each, it is 17 lakh * 25/100 * 5 minutes = about 21 lakh minutes . And even if MP spends 10 hours a day listening, then also it would take him over 8 years to 9 years !!! In Other Words, it is materially impossible for an MP to "hear" your speech or read your letter or read your sms. And it is impossible for PM. Even corporator who has 1 lakh voters won`t be able to hear voters below him.
If elite want to put their views before public, then they can do it easily via their connections in media but if public wants to put their demands in front of the administration, then they are forced to use unorganized methods like Anshan-dharna, signature campaign, memorandum, blocking roadways, sloganeering, emails, Online Petition etc. But all these methods do not generate any citizen-verifiable proof, meaning there is no proof of support or oppose counts for a specific issue which other citizens can themselves contact and cross-verify. Since these methods are not citizen-verifiable, these methods are not reliable and citizens or officials cannot make any definite conclusions based on these.While honest officials are unable to work according to what the citizen-voters want, dishonest officials easily escape by saying that `The support signatures etc. are not authentic.` or `We will look into matter. Right now, we are working on very important issues.`
In government sites like pgportal.gov.in, citizens have no option to display their complaints, opinions etc. along with their Voter ID number and due to this other citizens cannot know whether the complaint filer is a genuine person or fake.
In some other grievance systems given by Governments, you cannot see your own complaint without logging in. Thus, if the Government officials do not take any suitable action, you cannot even show to other citizens in a verifiable manner the complaint and facts you have submitted.
Methods like email, signature campaign, online petition etc. , are not citizen-verifiable and using them, citizens are unable to reach their voice properly to the representatives.
If Email fails, we cannot know reason for that and we cannot know whether the person whom we sent the email has read the email or not.
Please note that instructions sent to MP via email are useless because email IDs can`t be linked with voter number, fake email ids can be created, email can be spoofed etc.
4. Proposed Citizens` Verifiable Media (CVM) Portal
Also, aim of this website is to demonstrate and demand for a government system where people after registering their voter id and mobile number can give their opinions via SMS short codes. And this opinion of the citizens along with their voter id will be VISIBLE to all on a government site without logging in and will be VERIFIABLE and can be cross-verified by any other citizen by means of voter-id.
A prominent SAFEGUARD FOR CITIZENS feature of this system is that it is immune to money buyout, media power and gangster power since the citizen is empowered to change anyday his/her opinion. This system is also known as Citizens` Verifiable Media Portal (CVM) or Transparent Complaint-Proposal Procedure (TCP)
5. All Citizens should make a common demand for a Public SMS counting server from their favorite neta or Public Servant as it helps promote all issues
Besides sending instructions for your favorite demand via SMS/twitter, also send sms/twitter-instruction demanding that the public mobile of your MP or public servant or an election candidate in your area or your favorite neta be linked to their website, so that all public opinion sent to the public servant via sms can be seen and verified by all. Also mention in the sms-instruction that it will take only a few days for the public servant to set up such a public sms counting server, failing which you will not vote for them or their party.
By making this common demand, we all citizens can come on a common platform and unite. Just, citizens have to send 2 SMS-es and those who have internet should also send the same instruction via twitter. To find out how to send the SMS-es and where to send the SMS-es, please continue reading here.