Over 1.33 crore electorate will decide the fate of 673 candidates in the fray for the Delhi Assembly elections. The elections were held today.
Indian media proudly declare that they serve the common man. They claim that they serve the poor. But the truth is somewhere else. Out of this 673 candidates 210 are from the major political parties. They have got power, money and campaign machinery. The remaining 463 candidates are from smaller political parties and independents. In each of these 70 constituency at least one independent or other candidate may be there with more credentials than his co-contestants and may be in a position deliver better. But none in the country- the mighty media have not published even one candidates' name for the benefit of the public to choose a right person of their choice.
All of them talk about the 3 major party candidates endlessly. The state owned media is also not an exception. The chief minister has to be elected after the election of MLA's. But the media has proposed 3 names and have concluded one for the post long back. Every debate and every article and report do talk only about those 3 parties. Then what fairness we can ensure? The independent candidates names are not known to the public. None cares to disseminate information about them.
How can we strengthen democracy if we are not going to stand by the poor and the neglected? The 'ruling' is meant for political parties mean what is the necessity to have the provision to allow independents to contest. Is it not the duty of the mass media to tell the public about all candidates who are contesting. If the media is deciding and limiting the contest in favor of one or two political parties what is the use of the provision allowing ordinary men to contest in elections? Just to collect some deposit money?
Also here the election of the CM is not direct and he or she is just another candidate. Only the party that has got a simple majority (minimum) is invited by the constitutional head of the state/UT to form a government and the Legislature members elect their leader and request the Governor/accept the invitation to form a government. But here the media projects someone as the CM candidate and such contestants derive undue advantage in the electoral field.
If we want Democracy to be strengthened the media should publish all the contestants with their names,photos, credentials and leave big parties to fend themselves. They can conduct interviews and organize Debates among all the contestants of the constituency. The media should help voters to identify genuine and honest candidates and not blindly promote a few political parties and their agenda. The media should come out of this bias and highlight all candidates with equal coverage. Till such date what we do may not have complete sanctity as for as democracy is concerned. I didn't notice/watch a single debate in which an independent candidate participated.
As this is the trend across the nation why not we ban the participation of individuals and smaller parties in elections? At least some expenditure would come down while preparing ballot papers or related documents.
Delhi MLA Candidates 2015: Where is the Aam Admi in the list?
| AC. No. | AC. Name | AAP | BJP | INC | Sitting MLA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narela | Sharad Chauhan | Neeldaman Khatri | Praveen Kumar Bhugra | Neel Daman Khatri (BJP) |
| 2 | Burari | Sanjeev Jha | Gopal Jha | Jile Singh Chauhan | Sanjeev Jha (AAP) |
| 3 | Timarpur | Pankaj Pushkar | Smt. Rajni Abbi | Surender Pal Singh | Harish Khanna (AAP) |
| 4 | Adarsh Nagar | Pawan Sharma | Ram Kishan Singhal | Mukesh Goel | Ram Kishan Singhal (BJP) |
| 5 | Badli | Ajesh Yadav | Rajesh Yadav | Devender Yadav | Devender Yadav (INC) |
| 6 | Rithala | Mahindra Goel | Kulwant Rana | Jagdish Yadav | Kulwant Rana (BJP) |
| 7 | Bawana(SC) | Ved Prakash | Gugan Singh | Surender Kumar | Gugan Singh (BJP) |
| 8 | Mundka | Sukhbir Dalal | Azad Singh | Smt. Rita Shokeen | Rambir Shokeen (IND) |
| 9 | Kirari | Rituraj Jha | Anil Jha | Pratyush Kant | Anil Jha (BJP) |
| 10 | Sultanpur Majra(SC) | Sandeep | Prabhu Dayal Sai | Jai Kishan | Jai Kishan (INC) |
| 11 | Nangloi Jat | Raghuvendra Shaukeen | Manoj Shokeen | Dr. Bijender Singh | Manoj Kumar Shokeen (BJP) |
| 12 | Mangol Puri(SC) | Rakhi Bidlan | Surjeet | Raj Kumar Chauhan | Rakhi Birla (AAP) |
| 13 | Rohini | Charanji Lal Gupta | Vijendra Gupta | Sukhbir Sharma | Rajesh Garg (AAP) |
| 14 | Shalimarbagh | Bandana Kumari | Smt. Rekha Gupta | Sulekh Agarwal | Bandana Kumari (AAP) |
| 15 | Shakur Basti | Satyendra Jain | Dr. S.C. Vats | Chaman Lal Sharma | Satyender Kumar Jain (AAP) |
| 16 | Tri Nagar | Jitender Tomar | Dr. Nand Kishore Garg | Anil Bhardwaj | Nand Kishore Garg (BJP) |
| 17 | Wazirpur | Suresh Bhardwaj | Dr. Mahendra Nagpal | Hari Shankar Gupta | Dr Mahander Nagpal (BJP) |
| 18 | Model Town | Akhilesh Pati Tripathi | Vivek Garg | Kanwar Karan Singh | Akhilesh Pati Tripathi (AAP) |
| 19 | Sadar Bazar | Somdutt | Praveen Jain | Ajay Maken | Som Dutt (AAP) |
| 20 | Chandni Chowk | Alka Lamba | Suman Kumar Gupta | Prahlad S. Sawhney | Parlad Singh Sawhney (INC) |
| 21 | Matia Mahal | Asim Ahmed Khan | Anjuman Dahalwi | Shoaib Iqbal | Shoaib Iqbal (JD(U)) |
| 22 | Ballimaran | Imran Hussain | Shyam Morwal | Haroon Yusuf | Haroon Yusuf (INC) |
| 23 | Karol Bagh(SC) | Vishesh Ravi | Yogendra Chandolia | Madam Khorwal | Vishesh Ravi (AAP) |
| 24 | Patel Nagar(SC) | Hazari Lal Chauhan | Smt. Krishna Tirath | Rajesh Lilothia | Veena Anand (AAP) |
| 25 | Moti Nagar | Shiv Charan Goyal | Subhash Sachdeva | Raj Kumar Maggo | Subhash Sachdeva (BJP) |
| 26 | Madipur(SC) | Girish Soni | Rajkumar Phulwaria | Malaram Gangwal | Girish Soni (AAP) |
| 27 | Rajouri Garden | Jarnail Singh | Manjinder Singh Sirsa | Mrs. Dhanvantri Chandela | Manjinder Singh Sirsa (BJP) |
| 28 | Hari Nagar | Jagdeep Singh | Avtar Singh Hit | C.P. Mittal | Jagdeep Singh (AAP) |
| 29 | Tilak Nagar | Jarnail Singh | Rajeev Babbar | Dhuli Chand Lohia | Jarnail Singh (AAP) |
| 30 | Janakpuri | Rajesh Rishi | Jagdish Mukhi | Suresh Kumar | Jagdish Mukhi (BJP) |
| 31 | Vikaspuri | Mahendra Yadav | Sanjay Singh | Nand Kishore Sehrawat | Mahinder Yadav (AAP) |
| 32 | Uttam Nagar | Naresh Balyan | Pawan Sharma | Mukesh Sharma | Pawan Sharma (BJP) |
| 33 | Dwarka | Adarsh Shastri | Praduman Rajput | Mahabal Mishra | Parduymn Rajput (BJP) |
| 34 | Matiala | Gulab Singh | Rajesh Gehlot | Sumesh Shokeen | Rajesh Gahlot (BJP) |
| 35 | Najafgarh | Kailash Gehlot | Ajeet Kharkhari | Jai Kishan Sharma | Ajeet Singh Kharkhari (BJP) |
| 36 | Bijwasan | Devendra Sehrawat | Sat Prakash Rana | Vijay Singh Lochav | Sat Prakash Rana (BJP) |
| 37 | Palam | Bhavna Gaur | Dharamdev Solanki | Madan Mohan | Dharm Dev Solanki (BJP) |
| 38 | Delhi Cantt | Cammando Surender | Karan Singh Tanwar | Sandeep Tanwar | Surender Singh (AAP) |
| 39 | Rajinder Nagar | Vijender Garg | Sardar R.P. Singh | Brahm Yadav | R.P.Singh (BJP) |
| 40 | New Delhi | Arvind Kejriwal | Ms. Nupur Sharma | Dr Kiran Walia | Arvind Kejriwal (AAP) |
| 41 | Jangpura | Praveen Kumar | M.S Dheer | Tarwinder S. Marwah | Maninder Singh Dhir (AAP) |
| 42 | Kasturba Nagar | Madan Lal | Ravindra Choudhary | Neeraj Basoya | Madan Lal (AAP) |
| 43 | Malviya Nagar | Somnath Bharti | Nandani Sharma | Dr Yoganand Shastri | Somnath Bharti (AAP) |
| 44 | R. K. Puram | Pramila Tokas | Anil Sharma | Leeladhar Bhatt | Anil Sharma (BJP) |
| 45 | Mehrauli | Naresh Yadav | Sarita Chaudhary | Satbir Singh | Parvesh Sahib Singh (BJP) |
| 46 | Chhatarpur | Kartar Singh Tanwar | Brahm Singh Tanwar | Balram Tanwar | Brahm Singh Tanwar (BJP) |
| 47 | Deoli(SC) | Prakash Jarwal | Arvind Kumar | Rajesh Chauhan | Prakash (AAP) |
| 48 | Ambedkar Nagar(SC) | Ajay Dutt | Ashok Chouhan | Ch. Prem Singh | Ashok Kumar (AAP) |
| 49 | Sangam Vihar | Dinesh Mohania | H.C.L. Gupta | Vishan Swaroop Agarwal | Dinesh Mohaniya (AAP) |
| 50 | Greater Kailash | Saurabh Bhardwaj | Rakesh Gulia | Smt. Sharmishta Mukherjee | Saurabh Bharadwaj (AAP) |
| 51 | Kalkaji | Avtar Singh | Harmeet Singh Kalka | Subhash Chopra | Harmeet Singh (BJP) |
| 52 | Tughlakabad | Sahi Ram | Vikram Vidhuri | Sachin Bidhuri | Ramesh Bidhuri (BJP) |
| 53 | Badarpur | N. D Sharma | Rambir Vidhuri | Ram Singh Netaji | Rambir Singh Bidhuri (BJP) |
| 54 | Okhla | Amanatullah Khan | Brahm Singh Vidhuri | Asif Mohd. Khan | Asif Mohd Khan (INC) |
| 55 | Trilokpuri(SC) | Raju Dhingan | Smt. Kiran Vaidhya | Brahm Pal | Raju (AAP) |
| 56 | Kondli(SC) | Manoj Kumar | Hukum Singh | Amrish Singh Gautam | Manoj Kumar (AAP) |
| 57 | Patparganj | Manish Sisodia | Vinod Kumar Binni | Anil Kumar | Manish Sisodia (AAP) |
| 58 | Laxmi Nagar | Nitin Tyagi | B.B. Tyagi | Dr. A.K. Walia | Vinod Kumar Binny (AAP) |
| 59 | Vishwas Nagar | Atul Gupta | O.P. Sharma | Naseeb Singh | Om Prakash Sharma (BJP) |
| 60 | Krishna Nagar | SK Bagga | Smt. Kiran Bedi | Bansi Lal | Harsh Vardhan (BJP) |
| 61 | Gandhi Nagar | Anil Bajpai | Jitendra Choudhary | Surendra kumar | Arvinder Singh Lovely (INC) |
| 62 | Shandara | Ram Niwas Goel | Jitender Pal Singh Shanty | Dr. Narender Nath | Jitender Shigh Shunty (BJP) |
| 63 | Seemapuri(SC) | Rajendra Gautam | Karam Vir Chandel | Veer Singh Dhingan | Dharmender Singh (AAP) |
| 64 | Rohtas Nagar | Sarita Singh | Jitendra Mahajan | Vipin Sharma | Jitender Kumar (BJP) |
| 65 | Seelampur | Haji Ishraq (Bhure Bhai) | Sanjay Jain | Ch. Mateen Ahmed | Chaudhary Mateen Ahmad (INC) |
| 66 | Ghonda | SD Sharma | Sahib Singh Chouhan | Bheesham Sharma | Sahab Singh Chauhan (BJP) |
| 67 | Badarpur | Gopal Rai | Naresh Gaur | Zakir Khan | Naresh Gaur (BJP) |
| 68 | Gokalpur(SC) | Fateh Singh | Ranjeet Kashyap | Smt. Rinku | Ranjeet Singh (BJP) |
| 69 | Mustafabad | Haji Yunus | Jagdish Pradhan | Hasan Ahmed | Hasan Ahmed (INC) |
| 70 | Karawal Nagar | Kapil Mishra | Mohan Singh Visht | Satanpal Dayma | Mohan Singh Visht (BJP) |
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