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MBB Jan 2018 Layout 1 C O N T E N T S Mulnivasi Bahujan Bharat www.mulnivasibamcef.org Chief Editor : Waman Meshram Executive Editor : Srikanth Chintala Output Editor : Sudhir Nag Designer : Prashant Ambade Printed and Published at # Survey No. 5, Ward No. 4/311, Near Pune Cantonment, Co-Opt. Bank, Keshav Nagar, Mundhwa, Pune, 411036 Editorial : Can a democracy sustain when voters MAHARASHTRA have no faith in the election process? 2 Mb. No.08884699788, 07978521488 BAMCEF CENTRAL OFFICE :- Introductory Speech By Waman Meshram # 4765/46, 2nd Floor, Regarpura, 3 Karol Bagh, New Delhi 110 005. (National President BAMCEF) Office Ph. No. 011-64592625 Mb. No. 09415037180, 09953589982 BAMCEF REGIONAL OFFICE MUMBAI:-# Now the ruling class is trying to deprive 4 B-10 Room No. 12 2nd Floor, Air India Colony, Sector 27,Seawood (E) people from right to vote. New Mumbai, Maharashtra, PIN-400706. A false propaganda has been spread for centuries that Mb. No. 09823696536, 7420077995 5 BAMCEF TAMIL NADU STATE OFFICE:- the Bahujan Samaj (Majority) of Bharat are Hindus. C/O V. Sivakumar, Plot no.29, 5th Cross West Balaji Nagar, Thiruverumbur, Tiruchirapalli - 641019 Tamil Nadu. “It is clear that India did not win freedom but Mb. No. 09095553124 7 transfer of power” BAMCEF SOUTH KARNATAKA OFFICE:- # Adv. S. Sidharth No. 132, (2) Maralubagilu Raod, The only option to fight against the new economic policy DR. B. R. Ambedkar Nagar, 8 Devanhalli Town, Bangalore Rural District. Karnataka. is that we have to develop a nationwide mass movement. Mb. No. 09845441715, 09703699774 BAMCEF SOUTH INDIA OFFICE The erstwhile established trade unions are # Room No.202, Second Floor, Malik Chamber, 10 Opposite to Swathi Hotel, Hyderguda, creating problems for our members/employees Hyderabad-500029. Telangana. Mb. No. 08790052457 09912671440 08820678235 Ruling class Brahmins are responsible for 07780200539 the deteriorating condition of the poor and 12 the hungry- Waman Meshram BAMCEF WEST BENGAL OFFICE:- Swapnapuri Abasan,Vidyapally, Hariharpur, PO:Mallickpur, PS Baraipur Kolkata-7000145 Bhima-Koregaon Battle : Historic Triumph : Pradeep Ambedkar-09415037187 16 Chakradhar Hadke Price : 25/- Annual Subscription 300/- Appeal 24 1 Mulnivasi Bahujan Bharat ­January, 2018. Editorial : Can a democracy sustain when voters have no faith in the election process? EVM tampering issue is likely to take its peak ical parties elected by the voters lost their faith in the stage with the winning of BJP in Gujarat and Hi- election commission. machal Pradesh. Patidar Andolan leader Hardik Patel Amongst several instances of allegations has expressed his concerns and clarified that the BJP against EVM machines, Vagra constituency case will only win elections by tampering EVM Machines, comes as a surprise where election results were which has come true. Hardik has made a series of altered. Initially, the polling officers have declared tweets questioning the credibility of EVM machines. the SULEMANBHAI MUSABHAI PATEL of Indian It should be noted that some 3500 VVPATs National Congress Party (INC) as the winner but were found defective in Gujrat last month and it have later declared the result in favour of BJP. is still not clear as to what was the defect. Every Soon after the swift in the election result, Con- time the EVMs malfunction, they only favour BJP! gress party demanded for a recount of paper ‘Even during the malfunctioning, why do they slips but the mob was lathi-charged by police vote for BJP alone? Why not the malfunctions only to deny recounting. sometimes vote other parties?’ Asked V.L. According to Congress, it is reportedly said that Matang in a press meet held at Ahmedabad on Amit Shah has influenced the polling officers to alter 14th December. results in favour of BJP, and have later rushed to the It is a well-known fact that the credibility of EVM constituency after public outrage. What does it machines is being questioned by BAMCEF and its al- prove? Insecurity or inefficiency in inspiring confi- lies since 2013, much before the then general elec- dence among the voters by counting slips? tions. As Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar said, “Democracy EVMs are ethically wrong: is a form and a method of government; whereby rev- Apart from EVM’s being prone to the tampering, olutionary changes in the economic and social life of the EVM machines are ethically, morally and legally people are made without bloodshed”. Do we have wrong. Hence, what we require now is not a debate such situation in this country to achieve our funda- on whether or not the EVM’s are tampered, but mental rights without bloodshed? whether the EVM machines without VVPAT are ethi- Subramanian Swamy went on to twitter and said cally, morally, and legally right or not and is it right not “I deserve some praise for filing the PIL to demand to count the VVPAT slips! VVPAT for EVMs and succeed in SC. The CJI Sada- Kindly observe the international standards of sivam in his order had praised me.” Yes, perhaps, he the “Free and Fair” elections: needs to be praised for not challenging the use of 1. Individuals have to be accurately identified SAME #EVM in 2014 & keeping mute on the unde- as Eligible voters who have not already voted; mocratic, illegal and foolish counting/recounting rules 2. Voters are allowed only one anonymous of the VVPAT machines! If not counted, what had he ballot each, which they can mark in privacy; achieved? Entry into BJP? 3. The ballot box is secure, observed and, Though we do not have a substantive democracy during election, only able to have votes added to in India so far, we had little assurance that we have it by voters: votes cannot be removed; electoral democracy. Once the electoral democracy 4. When the election ends, the ballot box is for the depressed classes was defeated in the form opened and counted in the presence of ob- of Poona Pact, now the little-left assurance is de- servers from all competing parties. The counting feated in the form of EVM machines. People having process cannot reveal how individual voters cast no faith in a political party or the leaders are justified their ballots; in a democracy but to any stretch of my imagination, 5. If the results are in doubt, the ballots can people having no faith in the election system and the be checked and counted again by a different set election commission cannot be justified. We already of people/machines; have a circumstantial evidence that people and polit- (Continue on page no.3) Mulnivasi Bahujan Bharat­January, 2018 2 Introductory Speech By Waman Meshram (National President BAMCEF) sibility to spread this message to change has to work with lim- the common mass. The Dele- ited resources. We have this This year, we have decided to gates from 31 states have par- information & understanding conduct the National convection ticipated in the National and so do we adjust ourselves in the month of November in Convention & are still coming. according to the circumstance. North India while we generally Trains are running late by 9- 14 (He further spoke about the conduct the National convention hours. policies of the Ruling class; the in the month of December, every The people of BAMCEF have enemies pressure techniques to year. This convention will con- the experience about the Na- stop the people to attend the Na- tinue up to 5 days. As per the tional Convention & its routing ac- tional Convention.) We have with Schedule, we will continue the 3 tivity. We have to face the us, Maulana Sajjad Nomani, days National Convention of difficulties on its first day while it Uday Narayan Choudhary & BAMCEF & 2 Days for the Bharat is to be regularized. The dele- Giani Kewal Singh. The senior Mukti Morcha. gates have deep understanding Bamcef activist from Australia, We are going to have 19 ses- & Information about it. The peo- Kapil Thokal will inaugurate the sions with these 5 days National ple who live in comfort zone can- session. Convention. The topics we have not make a change in the system He further warned the peo- put for discussion have the great- which we are expecting. ple that nothing could be est significance in the country as We are staying on this achieved without struggle. If on date. The delegates should ground when others are stay- you wish to have your rights, get aware of the facts of current ing at their own houses. Peo- you must be prepared to make topics and shall have the respon- ple running the movements of all sorts of sacrifices. From page no. 2 The worst part is, EVMs reveal the voting pattern 6. As far as the individual voter is concerned, (point 4) which is a violation of not just the RPA act he must be assured that the candidate he casts (vote should be private & voting pattern should not his vote for, actually gets that vote. be readable) but puts the voter's safety at stake. It is If we observe the above points, the EVM ma- learned that the ECI has printed the votes in a serial chines doesn’t meet the 4, 5 & 6 points of the inter- order when a case was filed against the EVM ma- national standards & also the basic democratic rights chines in Kerala High Court. – Right to know to whom he/she has casted his/her There is no point in having a democracy which vote, Right to verify the vote, and right to demand does not have Public confidence in the system. verification in case of concerns after the votes are Hence, we are not prepared to accept the results of counted and result is declared. In other words, the this Gujarat poll no matter which party has won, be- EVM machines in case of a conflict cannot re-count cause nothing can become right if it is performed in (verifying each vote rightly casted) the votes polled.
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