Articles by: Dr Satinath Choudhary

A Government Without Ministers (GWM) is the need of the hour

A Government Without Ministers (GWM) is the need of the hour

 An open letter to Mallikarjun Kharge jee and  Rahul Gandhi jee: Dear Sirs, This process can be started with states, particularly from Karnataka, as they and you are mulling over naming the CM and other ministers. You can declare the whole Assembly to be the collective ruler of Karnataka, passing any and all bills with the majority. The same majority[Read More…]

by 17/05/2023 Comments are Disabled India
A small tweak in our current nomination process can save our democracy!

A small tweak in our current nomination process can save our democracy!

Our current election system is FPTP (first-past-the-post) system. Under this system, all parties interested in fighting an election in a constituency Nominate a Single Candidate for an upcoming Election (NSCE), as their nominee. This has many severe drawbacks. The drawbacks can be ameliorated by letting a party Nominate Many Candidates as its Nominees (NMCE). The sum of votes collected by[Read More…]

by 13/05/2023 Comments are Disabled India
 “Jiski Jitni Sankhyaa Bhaari, uski utne kee Bhaagidaari!” – Manyawar Kanshi Ram jee 

 “Jiski Jitni Sankhyaa Bhaari, uski utne kee Bhaagidaari!” – Manyawar Kanshi Ram jee 

“Equitable representation of each group/community (in all power structures of the society).” “How can anyone (in the right mind, today, in the age of democracy), question the soundness of the above slogan (which is the essence of democracy)?” What do “Democracy” with “universal suffrage” mean? The word “democracy” has been derived from “demos,” which means “the people” in the Greek[Read More…]

by 22/04/2023 Comments are Disabled India
A rejoinder to Dr Ram Puniyani’s article on Kashmir

A rejoinder to Dr Ram Puniyani’s article on Kashmir

This is a rejoinder to Dr Ram Puniyani’s article “Kashmir: Blatant Distortions of History, an obstacle to Peace”  Please allow me to state right at the outset that I have the highest regard for Prof. Puniyani, not only as a scholar of history but as a person devoted to peace and amity. And deeply I share his abhorrence of the[Read More…]

by 12/11/2022 Comments are Disabled India
Towards A Better Democracy

Towards A Better Democracy

Towards a better democracy that can overcome unethical polity brewing in Karnataka that is ready to submerge the rest of India Some times good things come out in crisis situations. Won’t it be great if a way towards better and more democratic governance could bloom out of the current constitutional crisis in Karnataka. We need not go into the crisis[Read More…]

by 03/08/2019 Comments are Disabled India
Towards True and Total Democracy: via changes in the electoral system, structure and functioning of Panchayat Raj

Towards True and Total Democracy: via changes in the electoral system, structure and functioning of Panchayat Raj

0.   Preface: Main thrust of this paper lies in justification of Proportional Representation (PR) for all segments of the society at all levels in all spheres of power on the basis of definition of democracy. In the political arena this (PR) can be achieved with the help of list-Proportional-Representation (list-PR) system of election. Initially the suggested changes will need to[Read More…]

by 23/02/2018 4 comments India
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