My Request to NDA If They Come To Power In 2014

Respected NDA members, being a true nationalist & a patriotic Indian, I wish to see you coming back to power with an overwhelming mandate in 2014. Respected leaders, we are tired of this tyrannical undemocratic and corrupt UPA which has not left any stone unturned in resuming the drain of wealth that our country had seen in the colonial raj. It is time we heal the wounds our motherland has been suffering since 2004.

I am sure, if you come to power, you will continue with the great work that you had done for the country when you ruled from 1999 to 2004. Despite the best efforts of congress & certain elements of media, the effort on your part, to create a true ‘Ram Rajya’, has not been obliterated from our memory. Of course UPA I & UPA II, under the aegis of a weak Prime Minister and rather ruled by 10 Janpath than 7RCR, tried to bask in the glory of all the projects which you had stared during your reign. Needless to mention UPA failed in even following you.

I am sure, you will have a clear agenda for the development of the nation but as a common citizen, I have certain requests or if I am permitted, a list of demands. Knowing your tenacity (all positive meanings attached to this word) for development, I hope you will heed to my demands.

The list (it is not in order of priority and every demand is equally important) goes as follows:

1)      China policy - Our country lives in an eminent threat of aggression from our neighbours. Though we deem Pakistan as our threat No.1, I disagree with this view. Rather I agree with the view your Defense Minister Sh. George Fernandes expounded that China is our biggest threat. Please start a very strong infrastructure development for our armed forces in border. Even today Sikkim has only one road connecting it to the rest of the nation. There are many such examples. 

2)      Black money – the demand of Baba Ramdev was the demand of the whole country and in my opinion more realistic than Jan Lokpal movement. Of course UPA got scared and did what it did, is known to all of us. What is important is the initiative that you take in bringing back the black money. That should not be difficult considering the willingness of Swiss banks to co-operate.

3)      Defense budget – Sir considering the friendly neighbours, we need to increase our present defence budget. Our defense personnel deserve to get the best. Country deserves to get the best technology. In 2011, India's official military budget stood at Rs.164,425.19 , the 10th largest in the world. But we can not afford to be 10th largest spender. Keeping the overall economy in mind, pls increase the budget.

4)      Kashmir -  the NDA resolve on Kashmir should be what was propounded by late Sh. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. In short, article 370 should be revoked. No elections should be held. And most importantly. We must resettle kashmiri pandits back in their land under utmost security. In this I have to mention the great work done by Sh. Jagmohan (from your member party BJP) in controlling separatist groups but alas the appeasement policy of congress brought him back.

5)      UCC – Sir, this country is known for “unity in diversity” and let’s implement that to the T. the Uniform Civil Code is a deterrent towards this objective. Please implement UCC. Also, few sub points

Ø      Remove Communal Violence Bill completely

Ø      No haj subsidy and if Haj subsidy continues, the same should be introduced for Hindu pilgrims who visit Amarnath & mansarovar

Ø      Abolish Article 30 which is a blot on the concept of unity by blemishing the field of education.

6)      North East – Sir as on date there is only one institute of reckon in entire Ne which has 7 states. Not to mention poor health care, lack of employment opportunities there. This has been the legacy of the congress which ruled NE. this has alienated the populace of NE from the rest of the country. It is time to end this discrimination. I hope you will take steps in this direction. I am sure right steps will help end separatist tendencies

7)      Afghanistan -  Sir look at china. They have military presence in SL, Bangladesh, Pakistan , Myanmar and maybe Nepal soon. What about us? Afghanistan is going thru a metamorphosis, we should make our presence felt their and install our military personnel (already there and many not be withdrawn) but we need to increase the presence. This will help us in case of any war with Pakistan in future.

8)      Rs. 32 - recently UPA II played a joke with us. They announced that anyone with a daily income of above rs.32 is a rich man. Please have a relook and arrive at a realistic figure. This will help the genuinely poor.

9)      Foreign policy – A strong foreign policy is required. We have to take a stance. We should prefer Israel over Palestine (a small example). The right message has to go to US, Russia & Europe. Even if we don’t get UNSC permanent membership it is ok but a strong no nonsense approach is required. Also please instruct your EAM not to give anyone a valentine’s day card by mistake.

10)  Jan Lokpal – Anna Hazare movement gained unprecedented momentum and I am proud to note that only BJP & few other NDA members supported Hazare. Though I am not a follower or supporter of hazare (owing to his recent rhetorics or very fair questions posed on the integrity of his so called team). But, since entire country joined hands in the fight, I request you to have a session and adopt a machinery to implement the fair demands raised by Jan Lokpal movement. I am okay if you take the view of Ms. Aruna Roy also.

11)  Revival of POTA – Sir, we are suffering endlessly from the disease called terrorism and rather curbing it, UPA helped it, owing to its appeasement policy, by revoking POTA. This is not acceptable. Please reintroduce POTA & implement it. Terrorists do not deserve any sympathy.

Ø      Likewise, I want the interference of politicos in the workings of intel agency to be minimized.

12)  Economy -  Sir, the economy is not in a good shape. There is unprecedented inflation. The GDP growth has been less than desired in last 7 years. We need to re work it and the push has to come from the rural sector, health sector & IT sector. I want you to introduce friendly measures for these sectors primarily and of course for all the industries. Investor friendly measures should be there but also the interests of our native business should be safeguarded (I am not for a moment a supporter of communism). Our export scenario has to be developed. We need to get into a meaningful dialogue countries that stop us from exporting our products.

13)  Healthcare – Sir the health of our healthcare sector is in a very poor condition and needs immediate addressal. The basic healthcare system in the country need to be worked upon diligently. A network of hospitals & PHC should run down covering he last mile. Still there are areas where people have to travel 100 miles to get a decent health care. This has to stop. And yes, you can introduce a rule that all medical students have to, as a rule, work in government healthcare service for at least 3 years.

14)  Education – Sir, education system needs a change. I have, for the time being, only one demand.

Ø      Please introduce one common board across the country. This would be fair for all students.

Ø      Also, please make English compulsory from class I in all schools.

Ø      Mandatory free education for girls

15)  RTI on Netaji, SPM & LBS – Sir, I want you to release all the archived classified material especially on the death of Netaji, Sh. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee , Sh. Rajeev Dixit & Sh. Lal Bahadur Shashtri. Trust me sir, if information comes out, the nationalist population of this country will never bring Congress back to power.

16)  Infiltration – states have seen infiltration and especially states in NE like Assam which saw infiltrators from Bangladesh. That was owing to again appeasement vote bank politics of UPA. This can not be allowed. Please do a special census in the NE states and those who are not found to be from India should not be allowed to stay here. If these infiltrators could smuggle themselves in this country, I am sure they can smuggles themselves out too. Besides, our border monitoring need to be very adept.

17)  Vedas – sir our Vedas, our most revered manuscript is in London museum. Apparently, some of it is in Germany. These manuscripts are not important from only religious point of view but also from knowledge point of view. Please get them back to our country.

18)  The New President-  Sir, we have been disappointed by Smt. Pratibha Patil’s tenure as the President of India. We need a strong person. During your regime, you had introduced Sh. Abdul Kalam, by far, one of the best President we ever had. I am not sure if he would be interested for the coveted post. In this case, I want Sh. Narayan Murthy to become the president.

Sir, this is the first list for your kind consideration. Very soon, I am going to add some more demands.

Thanking you

A common concerned Indian