Corruption in PARWA EC Election 2011

Normally people think that corruption is giving or accepting money or any other favour for doing or getting such work done which is not permissible under law. This is a misconception. Corruption has many forms. Misuse of official position to favour self or harming others is corruption. Conspire to violate law to achieve a set objective is corruption. Withholding information to put self to advantage and others to disadvantage is corruption. The list is very long. What has transpired in PARWA EC Election 2011 is one or more of these forms of corruption.

Outgoing President misused his position to install himself as President for yet another term. As larger public opinion is against his continuation and wanted a CHANGE in the EC, he misused his position to ensure his re-election by not displaying the list of eligible / ineligible PARWA members for contesting and voting in the election. As per Election Officer's circular he was required to display the list on 20th April 2011. The list had not yet been displayed (27th April 2011). He had the nformation and made it sure that other contestents do not have it. He exploited it to his advantage and conspired with Election Officer in getting the nomination of one PARWA member (S C GUPTA) rejected, to prevent him to contest for the post of President, so that he himself is elected unopposed.

The last date for filing nominations was 24th April 2011. If the list was displayed on 20th April 2011, any member who was not eligible but wanted to contest, could have known about his ineligibility and could have taken necessary action to become eligible. Afterall the purpose of displaying the list is to ensure that all residents participate in the election. The purpose can not be to prevent some residents from contesting the election. But the outgoing President misused his official position to ensure that a willing resident is prevented from contesting for the post of President, so that he himself is elected unopposed.

The outgoing President has indulged in corruption by misusing his official position to get himself elected upopposed. He had vitiated the election process. He had put a big question mark on the impartiality of election process.

In the interest of justice and fairplay, the election process should be immediately suspended, and the issue of corruption relating to misuse of official position by the outgoing President should be discussed in the Genral Body meeting scheduled for 1st May 2011.

Election or Manipulation?

Some residents of Pragati Apartments have a view that new PARWA EC should be installed in office without resorting to election, meaning that there should no voting. All EC office bearers should be elected unopposed. Their argument is that voting creates ill will amongst contestants. I respect their views, but I do not agree with them.

Ideally their views may be correct but the means being adopted to achieve the end are not correct. These residents want to avoid the ill will between contestants but they themselves are injecting ill will between contestants. Election process announced by the Chief Election Officer ensures the participation of all PARWA members in the election process, but the strategy adopted by these few residents has limited this participation to very few residents. Only this point is sufficient to make their startegy unconstitutional.

Another point is that these few residents are not realizing that in the guise of creating unity they are creating new groups in PARWA membership. They called a meeting in which only few residents were invited. In this meeting they decided the new PARWA EC. The people chosen by them were asked to file nominations. Some people filed nomination for more than one post as a stretegy to counter any opposition. First list is out. Now these people have decided who will withdraw from which post so that their pre-decided EC is installed in the office.

PARWA is having an election but these residents have changed it in to manipulation. They have almost succeeded except on the post of President. I have refused to withdraw.

Now is the test of their real intentions. If they are sincere about 'no voting' principle then they should prove their sincerity. If their choice candidate does not withdraw then there will be election for the post of President. They may win. It may satisfy their ego because to win is very important for them. But their win will be achieved by unethical means. Their act has already created ill will. They are beset with ill will towards me. They are spreading this ill will towards me.

As far as I am concerned I have no ill will for any one. I have no time for these things. I want to give new direction to PARWA EC. If residents approve my nomination then I will do my job with sincerity. I have already dclared my intent and also methodology. Every thing is transparent. If my nomination is not approved then I will have satisfaction that I tried.

I have strtched out my hand. I invite all to come and hold my hand with confidence.