Dear Vikram, Dr. Kaushal, Zafar, Kamal, Avinash, Robin and other members involved in this heroic deed
Congratulations for mobilising the activity and doing some thing fruitful. We the members of BM all over the country are with you. I am sure this wave will now start spreading by the length and breadth of the country. We congratulate you once again. Akalpita --- In [email protected], Vikram <bhatvik...@...> wrote: > > BM-Delhi Campaigns for Development and Life with Dignity >  > Thousands of villages in Western UP are forced to use 49 (o) options during > the Lok Sabha election.The political leaders donât want dialogue on the > poor infrastructure, like electricity, roads; but for the villages these are > core development issues, have forced village heads of 32 villages to resend > and use 49(o) during Lok Sabha elections. Latest news I have got from Robin > BMâs campaign in charge that 27 more villages in Modi Nagar have joined > BMâs Campaign for Development and Dignified >  > Campaign commenced on 17th of April, 2009 when BM activist Robin got he news > that 32 villages consisting of more them 40,000 votes have decided to boycott > the elections. On 18th Delhi BM team lead by Vikram accompanied by Zafar, > Kamal, Avinash, Robin and supported by Youth4Equality team lead by Dr. > Kaushal, along with electronic media journalist of CNN IBN; Print Media > journalist from HT, TOI, Indian Express, Nav Bharat Times marched through > dusty roads of Western UP to convince them for VOTING. When it took us more > then hour to negotiate bumpy roads to cover distance of few Kmâs we > understood the pain of men, women and Children in villages. Task to convince > villages to vote was going to be tedious, so was the trouble of convincing > them but Dr. Kaushal from Y4E and Vikram from BM explained adroitly to the > villagers the essence of resending in democracy by using 49(o). >  > Soon villages organized protest march shouting slogans like âHum 49(o) ka > proyag karai gaiâ Y4E Zindabad, Bharat Uday Mission Zindabad. >  > It is better to VOTE, we want stable Bharat for propensity Nation but the > villagers in western UP seems to have no option but to choose âvote for > noneâ during the coming Lok Sabha election. The reasons are various. The > issues of right to Sadak, Electricity, Pani, Housing, livelihood, transparent > Public Distribution system & provision of basic amenities as per > international norms have been raised by the village dwellers butâ¦. >  > * The political parties have failed to address these issues in their > manifestos. > * They have also failed to address these issues during election > campaign & rallies. > * The village dwellers tried several times to dialogue with assembly > members & the Lok Sabha candidates in on the above issues, but they were > asked to shut their mouths.  âOnly leaders will speak & the poor has to > listenâ. Nobody has right to speak except these leaders.  > * They never expect any question from poor voters. As per them they > know all the issues but have never addressed any one. They have made poor > village dwellers dependent on them for all ills. > * For them political parties have failed to bring new faces before the > electorate. All faces are old, autocrat, already failed to address poorâs > issue have been selected for the Lok Sabha poll. > * All political parties have failed to develop new cadres in their > organization. >  > In the light of above and persuasion from BM and Y4E activist the villagers > have decided  to use provision of 49 (o) in this Lok Shaba Election. Even > today BM and Y4E team are there in western UP areas campaigning for 49(o). > Almost all major media have covered these stories so far. >  > The choosing of 49(o) option during the election will empower people with > right to reject the wrong candidates & pave the way for the Peopleâs > candidates. But it always better to vote and use 49(o) under extreme > circumstance, staying away from voting is disregarding the sacrifices our > revolutionaries have rendered during freedom struggle. >  > Jai Hind >  > Vikram > Photos of our Campaign > http://www.facebook.com/editphoto.php?aid=21973&success=5&failure=0#/album.php?aid=21973&id=1068846475&ref=mf > > > Now surf faster and smarter ! Check out the new Firefox 3 - Yahoo! > Edition http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/firefox/?fr=om_email_firefox >
