Are you going to introduce the Gujarat model of elections in Rajasthan as well?
Every state has a different culture and different needs. One model cannot be perfect for the other. But something we are trying here this time is micro-management of polling booths.
How do you propose to do it?
We have appointed in-charges for each polling booth and assigned them duties. I have got the names and telephone numbers of all 1.70 lakh booths in-charges in my computer. I can reach them whenever I want to. We have also formed a shakti kendra after every three booths, which is supposed to coordinate with them. We organised a maha kumbha (grand assembly) of booth managers on November 6, which was a training session for them. All of this has come from our party chief, Rajnath Singh, whose idea it is to take the BJP to the polling booths.
That is also the CPM model...
Nobody has a copyright over an idea. I don’t know whether they are doing it. But, our idea is to sustain our success rate election after election, and have a constant contact with the electorate. We have also graded the polling booths on the basis of the party’s performance in last election – C grade to the booth we polled less, B to the one we polled moderately and A to the booth we polled well at. Our endeavor is to upgrade all these booths.
Why are you doing it? Don’t you trust the Chief Minister’s development plank?
There is no doubt that genuibe development has taken place under Vasundhara Raje during the last five years. You can see and feel it. I have been asking people in public meetings to vote for her only if they feel she has performed better than her predecessor. But booth management will certainly ensure a better result during the elections.....Continue
Every state has a different culture and different needs. One model cannot be perfect for the other. But something we are trying here this time is micro-management of polling booths.
How do you propose to do it?
We have appointed in-charges for each polling booth and assigned them duties. I have got the names and telephone numbers of all 1.70 lakh booths in-charges in my computer. I can reach them whenever I want to. We have also formed a shakti kendra after every three booths, which is supposed to coordinate with them. We organised a maha kumbha (grand assembly) of booth managers on November 6, which was a training session for them. All of this has come from our party chief, Rajnath Singh, whose idea it is to take the BJP to the polling booths.
That is also the CPM model...
Nobody has a copyright over an idea. I don’t know whether they are doing it. But, our idea is to sustain our success rate election after election, and have a constant contact with the electorate. We have also graded the polling booths on the basis of the party’s performance in last election – C grade to the booth we polled less, B to the one we polled moderately and A to the booth we polled well at. Our endeavor is to upgrade all these booths.
Why are you doing it? Don’t you trust the Chief Minister’s development plank?
There is no doubt that genuibe development has taken place under Vasundhara Raje during the last five years. You can see and feel it. I have been asking people in public meetings to vote for her only if they feel she has performed better than her predecessor. But booth management will certainly ensure a better result during the elections.....Continue
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