Invitation for public meeting to launch Jana Pranalike/ People's Manifesto
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Topic: Invitation for public meeting to launch Jana Pranalike/ People's Manifesto
vinay sreenivasa
Mar 12 09:17AM -0800 ^
Namaskara,
All
efforts of the Karnataka Government to deny the people of Bangalore
their fundamental right to choose their local government has been
defeated by landmark decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India
and the High Court of Karnataka in response to Public Interest
Litigations. As a result elections to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara
Palike (BBMP) will now be held on 28 March 2010.
Bengalureans
have been denied their due right to shape their city for over 7 years
due to the absence of an elected body. In this period a highly
unaccountable and centralised bureaucratic raj took over, giving very
little opportunity for citizens to be involved in local decisions.
People's role in shaping debate and decision making was reduced. The
impact was apparent everywhere: quality of basic services
significantly declined, even as money and public resources were
invested in projects and schemes in a non-transparent manner.
The
opportunity now exists to renew our tryst with local democracy and
begin shaping our city. Municipal elections are key drivers in
shaping our city. Choose the wrong candidate, and vote on the wrong
set of issues, the impact is likely to be irreversible. Contrarily,
if candidates were to agree to People's real issues of concerns, and
get voted, they are likely to follow up on election promises during
their term in office.
With
this in context, many not-for-profit voluntary and public interest
organisations and individuals working with a variety of communities
and on a range of issues met over the past several months to collate
a People's Manifesto. Several meetings and discussions within and
across sectors was the basis of preparing this Manifesto which is a
distilled version of various progressive policies and measures that
we feel people of Bengaluru deserve. The list of issues and concerns
raised in the Manifesto are meant to be indicative and not all
comprehensive.
The
idea is to urge Voters or Candidates or Public Spirited Campaigners
to use this Manifesto as a basis to make a wise choice while
participating in the BBMP elections.
This
manifesto is being launched in a public meeting on Monday, March
15th. We are writing to you to invite you to the public
meeting.
Venue : The
NGO Hall, Cubbon Park (opposite M.S.Building, Dr.Ambedkar
Veedhi,
near K.R.Circle)
Date and Time : Monday, March 15th,
4 – 7 p.m
Schedule :
Presenting
the manifesto – 4 to 5 p.m
Open
Discussions on the manifesto – 5 to 6 p.m
Discussion
on campaign and strategies – 6 to 7 p.m
to
take the manifesto forward
We
request you to share your views on the manifesto and help us in the
larger campaign to take it forward if you are in agreement with us.
Do
join us in helping shape the city which will serve all sections in a
just, equitable and sustainable way!
On
Behalf of -
Bengaluru
Janara Vedike / Bangalore People's Forum
A
Forum of various progressive organisations including ActionAid,
Alternate Law Forum, Aneka, Bengaluru Slum Janara Kriya Vedike,
Centre for Education and Documentation, Community Health Cell,
Concerned for Working Children, Environment Support Group
(Environment, Social Justice and Governance Initiatives), Garment and
Textile Workers Union, Hasiru Usiru, Janasahyog, Jana Arogya Andolana
Karnataka, Kilikili, Maraa, Nightingales Medical Trust, Samarthanam
Trust for the Disabled, Sangama, Slum Jagattu, The Avenue Road
Traders Associations, Urban Research Centre
More
about the manifesto
The
manifesto addresses various issues -
Governance,
Public Health, Acessibility(focussing on people with disabilities),
Mobility, Culture, Parks, Playfields and Open Spaces, Heritage,
Livelihoods, Wlfare of Unorganised orkers, Natural Resource
Management, Urban Poverty, Elders Welfare, Public Education, Child
Lbaour,Rights of Children, Animal Welfare , Safety and Waste
Management.
We
intend to have this manifesto serve as a frame of reference for
dialogue and debate, and aim be a document that could shape the
outcome of these elections. After the launch of the manifesto, we
will be taking ot to the people of the city through handbills,
performances and various other means. The aim of this exercise is to
provoke dialogue amongst people and the political parties. An aim of
the manifesto is to help people articulate their demands when
candidates come knocking to their doors, asking for votes. Later next
week, we will have a meeting where we will request all political
parties to respond to the demands in the manifesto as well.
It
is hoped that tis exercise will then make the administration of our
city much more transparent, democratic, just, equitable and common
people centred. The People's Manifesto may thus serve as an important
benchmark in the evolving electoral politics of our city.
Contact
Details for organizations who have endorsed and have shaped the
manifesto -
Action
Aid : Kshitij Urs, 98454 52242, Kshith...@actionaid.org
Alternate
Law Forum : Clifton D'Rozario, 94481 35832,
cli...@altlawforum.org
Aneka
: Shubha Chacko, 9243446105, shubha...@gmail.com
Bengaluru
Slum Janara Kriya Vedike : Ganesh S, 9342926841
Centre
for Education and Documentation : Walter Mendonza, 94907 53601,
wal...@doccentre.net ; Veena, ve...@doccentre.net
Community
Health Cell : Sowmya K R,
25531518,sksso...@yahoo.co.in;Premdas E, 25531518,
pre...@sochara.org
Concerned
for Working Children : Kavita Ratna, 9448990480,
kavit...@gmail.com
Environment
Support Group (Environment, Social Justice and Governance
Initiatives), Leo Saldhana, 94483 77403, l...@esgindia.org; Bhargavi
Rao, 94483 77401, bhar...@esgindia.org,
Garment
and Textile Workers Union : Jayaram K R, 98450 19056,
ga...@rediffmail.com
Hasiru
Usiru : Vinay Sreenivasa, 98805 95032,
vinay.sr...@yahoo.com
Janasahyog
: 22128569
Jana
Arogya Andolana Karnataka : Premdas E, 25531518,
pre...@sochara.org
Kilikili
: Kavita Krishnamoorthy, 98807 42028, kav...@kilikili.org
Maraa
: Deepak Sreenivasan, 9343763497, deep...@gmail.com
Nightingales
Medical Trust : Dr.Radha Murthy, 9844037381
,nighti...@vsnl.net, nightin...@gmail.com
Samarthanam
Trust for the Disabled : Ravi G, 98860 32928,
ra...@samarthanam.org
Sangama
: Revathi, 99452 31491 , san...@sangama.org
Slum
Jagattu : Isaac Arul Selva, 94804 52037, slumja...@gmail.com
The
Avenue Road Traders Associations : Sridhar G V, 98450 15036;
Dileep Shah 9342880924,tarc...@gmail.com
Urban
Research Centre : Gururaj Budhya , 94488 49353 ,
gururaj...@gmail.com
-------------
Rajeev Kumar
* Entrepreneur, Innovation & Technology Evangelist, Mentor & Social Change Maker
* CEO, Blue Lotus Holdings
* LeadIndia '08 Bangalore Finalist
* Rajeev Kumar Foundation || Project Agastya || Indian Innovation Network || Global Action Plan (GAP) India
* * Phone: (+91) 98861 94776 eMail : raja.raj...@gmail.com
Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary.
vinay sreenivasa
Mar 12 09:17AM -0800 ^
Namaskara,
All
efforts of the Karnataka Government to deny the people of Bangalore
their fundamental right to choose their local government has been
defeated by landmark decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India
and the High Court of Karnataka in response to Public Interest
Litigations. As a result elections to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara
Palike (BBMP) will now be held on 28 March 2010.
Bengalureans
have been denied their due right to shape their city for over 7 years
due to the absence of an elected body. In this period a highly
unaccountable and centralised bureaucratic raj took over, giving very
little opportunity for citizens to be involved in local decisions.
People's role in shaping debate and decision making was reduced. The
impact was apparent everywhere: quality of basic services
significantly declined, even as money and public resources were
invested in projects and schemes in a non-transparent manner.
The
opportunity now exists to renew our tryst with local democracy and
begin shaping our city. Municipal elections are key drivers in
shaping our city. Choose the wrong candidate, and vote on the wrong
set of issues, the impact is likely to be irreversible. Contrarily,
if candidates were to agree to People's real issues of concerns, and
get voted, they are likely to follow up on election promises during
their term in office.
With
this in context, many not-for-profit voluntary and public interest
organisations and individuals working with a variety of communities
and on a range of issues met over the past several months to collate
a People's Manifesto. Several meetings and discussions within and
across sectors was the basis of preparing this Manifesto which is a
distilled version of various progressive policies and measures that
we feel people of Bengaluru deserve. The list of issues and concerns
raised in the Manifesto are meant to be indicative and not all
comprehensive.
The
idea is to urge Voters or Candidates or Public Spirited Campaigners
to use this Manifesto as a basis to make a wise choice while
participating in the BBMP elections.
This
manifesto is being launched in a public meeting on Monday, March
15th. We are writing to you to invite you to the public
meeting.
Venue : The
NGO Hall, Cubbon Park (opposite M.S.Building, Dr.Ambedkar
Veedhi,
near K.R.Circle)
Date and Time : Monday, March 15th,
4 – 7 p.m
Schedule :
Presenting
the manifesto – 4 to 5 p.m
Open
Discussions on the manifesto – 5 to 6 p.m
Discussion
on campaign and strategies – 6 to 7 p.m
to
take the manifesto forward
We
request you to share your views on the manifesto and help us in the
larger campaign to take it forward if you are in agreement with us.
Do
join us in helping shape the city which will serve all sections in a
just, equitable and sustainable way!
On
Behalf of -
Bengaluru
Janara Vedike / Bangalore People's Forum
A
Forum of various progressive organisations including ActionAid,
Alternate Law Forum, Aneka, Bengaluru Slum Janara Kriya Vedike,
Centre for Education and Documentation, Community Health Cell,
Concerned for Working Children, Environment Support Group
(Environment, Social Justice and Governance Initiatives), Garment and
Textile Workers Union, Hasiru Usiru, Janasahyog, Jana Arogya Andolana
Karnataka, Kilikili, Maraa, Nightingales Medical Trust, Samarthanam
Trust for the Disabled, Sangama, Slum Jagattu, The Avenue Road
Traders Associations, Urban Research Centre
More
about the manifesto
The
manifesto addresses various issues -
Governance,
Public Health, Acessibility(focussing on people with disabilities),
Mobility, Culture, Parks, Playfields and Open Spaces, Heritage,
Livelihoods, Wlfare of Unorganised orkers, Natural Resource
Management, Urban Poverty, Elders Welfare, Public Education, Child
Lbaour,Rights of Children, Animal Welfare , Safety and Waste
Management.
We
intend to have this manifesto serve as a frame of reference for
dialogue and debate, and aim be a document that could shape the
outcome of these elections. After the launch of the manifesto, we
will be taking ot to the people of the city through handbills,
performances and various other means. The aim of this exercise is to
provoke dialogue amongst people and the political parties. An aim of
the manifesto is to help people articulate their demands when
candidates come knocking to their doors, asking for votes. Later next
week, we will have a meeting where we will request all political
parties to respond to the demands in the manifesto as well.
It
is hoped that tis exercise will then make the administration of our
city much more transparent, democratic, just, equitable and common
people centred. The People's Manifesto may thus serve as an important
benchmark in the evolving electoral politics of our city.
Contact
Details for organizations who have endorsed and have shaped the
manifesto -
Action
Aid : Kshitij Urs, 98454 52242, Kshith...@actionaid.org
Alternate
Law Forum : Clifton D'Rozario, 94481 35832,
cli...@altlawforum.org
Aneka
: Shubha Chacko, 9243446105, shubha...@gmail.com
Bengaluru
Slum Janara Kriya Vedike : Ganesh S, 9342926841
Centre
for Education and Documentation : Walter Mendonza, 94907 53601,
wal...@doccentre.net ; Veena, ve...@doccentre.net
Community
Health Cell : Sowmya K R,
25531518,sksso...@yahoo.co.in;Premdas E, 25531518,
pre...@sochara.org
Concerned
for Working Children : Kavita Ratna, 9448990480,
kavit...@gmail.com
Environment
Support Group (Environment, Social Justice and Governance
Initiatives), Leo Saldhana, 94483 77403, l...@esgindia.org; Bhargavi
Rao, 94483 77401, bhar...@esgindia.org,
Garment
and Textile Workers Union : Jayaram K R, 98450 19056,
ga...@rediffmail.com
Hasiru
Usiru : Vinay Sreenivasa, 98805 95032,
vinay.sr...@yahoo.com
Janasahyog
: 22128569
Jana
Arogya Andolana Karnataka : Premdas E, 25531518,
pre...@sochara.org
Kilikili
: Kavita Krishnamoorthy, 98807 42028, kav...@kilikili.org
Maraa
: Deepak Sreenivasan, 9343763497, deep...@gmail.com
Nightingales
Medical Trust : Dr.Radha Murthy, 9844037381
,nighti...@vsnl.net, nightin...@gmail.com
Samarthanam
Trust for the Disabled : Ravi G, 98860 32928,
ra...@samarthanam.org
Sangama
: Revathi, 99452 31491 , san...@sangama.org
Slum
Jagattu : Isaac Arul Selva, 94804 52037, slumja...@gmail.com
The
Avenue Road Traders Associations : Sridhar G V, 98450 15036;
Dileep Shah 9342880924,tarc...@gmail.com
Urban
Research Centre : Gururaj Budhya , 94488 49353 ,
gururaj...@gmail.com
-------------
Rajeev Kumar
* Entrepreneur, Innovation & Technology Evangelist, Mentor & Social Change Maker
* CEO, Blue Lotus Holdings
* LeadIndia '08 Bangalore Finalist
* Rajeev Kumar Foundation || Project Agastya || Indian Innovation Network || Global Action Plan (GAP) India
* * Phone: (+91) 98861 94776 eMail : raja.raj...@gmail.com
Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary.
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