Let us change the rules of the game in Indian Polity. Let us be the first Democracy where both the President and Members of the Central Parliament be chosen directly by the People of India. This will usher in a new age of Democratic good governance for the following reasons: 1) It gives equal opportunity for any citizen of India to run for the fray of Presidential Election. There are lots of Learned, dedicated and committed people who wants to lead the Nation, but do not want to dirty themselves by entering into one or the other Political Parties. These people can be stalwarts in their own field of Engineering, Journalism, Medicine, literature, etc, and who have a vision for the Nation, guaranteed that such important and absolute characteristic(s) will definitely be missing in a Political President. 2) A non-political and visionary president mounts enormous pressure on the callous/vested political class to frame their laws to the best interests of the people, as, a president enjoys the right of reviewing/rejecting their Bill(s). A political president is just a formal Signature Agent, who just wants to enjoy his 5 year tenure as leisurely as he can and tour the world with all expenses going from the exchequer. At the end of his 5 year tenure, he delivers nothing. Already being cornered by the Highest Court of the Land for their lackadaisical attitude towards many aspects of governance, the political and the legislative class will definitely find it difficult to Handle pressur
RE:We need to Elect our own President
by Subrata Modak on Jun 04, 2007 02:43 PM Permalink
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....Handle pressure also from a non-political president. In this case, the Nation benefits. Let us start to revolutionize our Democracy where people has the right to directly choose their President, Prime Minister and Chief Minister(s).
RE:We need to Elect our own President
by sandeep jagadeesh on Jun 04, 2007 02:41 PM Permalink
Then our politicians will get another chance to rig elections, and cause violence.
RE:RE:We need to Elect our own President
by Subrata Modak on Jun 04, 2007 02:44 PM Permalink
Will become a little tougher with the increasing clout of Election Commission of India.
