Improving Democratic Climate…

by Narendra Modi 24. December 2009 16:35
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Friends,

This is a bridge, rather than a blog, A bridge that connects us through thoughts, through feelings. A bridge that also leads me to actions. While global warming creates negative effects, heart warming creates positive effects. Heart warming does not require any global summit, this bridge would suffice.

Winter is a season to attain good health, whether of self or of democracy. The health of democracy is based on 'vote of all the people'. The bond of rights & duties between the people and government would strengthen if all the people vote in elections, the axis of democracy. The democracy would become more soulful, more complete. Our goal should be to achieve 100 percent voting. Pale voting indicates pale democracy. Such a situation would imbalance the democratic climate.

But the responsibility to avert such a situation is ours. Hence, the Govt. of Gujarat has passed a bill in the Assembly, providing for compulsory voting in the elections of local self government institutions. This is a revolutionary step in the history of independent India. According to this, the citizens will have to compulsorily vote in the elections of village panchayats, taluka and district panchayats and municipal bodies. If the voter does not wish to vote for any of the candidates, he can do negative voting. Non-voters would be issued a notice from the State Election Commission.

Gujarat has taken a lead in improving the health of Indian democracy. This would make our democracy 'voter oriented' and 'citizen oriented'. Also, it would put an end to futile discussions of drawing room politics. I clearly believe that compulsory voting will become a major motivational force for the youth of the nation. Higher the voting, more the accountability of the government. Ultimately, this would serve as an overall public interest.

Moreover, the bill also provides for 50 percent reservation for women candidates in the elections of local bodies. This step would leverage the process of women's equality and women's empowerment.

It would be my pleasure to read your thoughts and comments on this initiative of improving democratic climate. Like rights & duties, thoughts & actions are also two sides of the same coin.

Let's take a break here, albeit, to think and to act.

Yours,

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12/24/2009 7:45:49 PM #

Dear Sir

I am now in Hyderabad , I am glad you have taken a bold step to make democracy vibrant in Gujarat ,the bill passed in the Gujarat Assembly, providing for compulsory voting in the elections of local self government institutions. This is a revolutionary step in the history of independent India.

Regards
Anirban

Anirban Banerjee India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 9:38:06 PM #

Congratulation Modiji! A brilliant idea and should be adopted by the whole country to make adult franchise truly meaningful.

K>S>BASU RAY India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/4/2010 2:49:10 PM #

Congrates, great idea. Keep it up. V indians (gujjus)r with u.

Dr Sanjay Shah India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/24/2009 11:18:28 PM #

respected sir,

  myself ravi sahu frm kishangarh dist.ajmer(raj.)
I thot ur a living legend of our country.
    i have one question
  u wanna become primeminister of our country...

ravi sahu India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/25/2009 12:35:35 AM #

modi
it is historical step . voting is our right but unfortunately almost 50 present of the people  donot practice  this right. so it is the demand of time to make voting mandatory...
yours
pritam ..

pritam pandey India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/25/2009 3:12:21 AM #


Dear Narendrabhai
Agree with these suggestions & m proud that Gujarat will be the starting state. But what will be the plan for people who are hospitalized, are studying abroad or visiting or working abroad  and are legal citizens who supposed to be voting, how are they going to vote? If there is absentee ballot ..fine but people physically disabled will have to depend on someone and that someone can very well mark their own preference instead of the real person's choice. But I think even if it's not perfect we can achieve much higher percentage. Great initiative,even countries like USA don't have 90 % voting,but as a responsible citizen it should be everyones duty.Please avoid election in extremely hot days to have better outcome. Community service of 200 hrs. for nonvoters or double the tax for non voters, choice is theirs.Good luck and best wishes.  

kay United States | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/25/2009 9:56:37 AM #

Respected Narendrabhai,

"Voting is must" is a GREAT move towards involvement of ALL.

Why dont you go a step further by making it a law that unless 50 % of the votes casted are not in favour of a candidate, he cant be declared a winner.

This will ensure total participation of all eligible voters and the mandate shall be very clear with a particular candidate.This will add immense resposibility and accountability to the winner.

Pranam,
Nikhil

Nikhil Shah India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/25/2009 10:40:15 AM #

Dear Narendrabhai Modi.(GUJARAT NU GAURAV)                

GUJARAT IN THE NEWS !

According to the August 8 report of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, the richest city in India is now Surat , ahead of Bangalore and Madras , with an average annual household income of Rs 0.45 million (over  $11,000 per year).

80 per cent of all diamonds sold anywhere in the world are polished in Surat 's 10,000 diamond units.

The only non-Jews in the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem diamond bourse (stock exchange)  are GUJARATI (Not Gujjus..)

Between 2004-5 and 2007-8 Surat 's middle class doubled in size and its poor reduced by a third.

The fifth richest city in India is now Ahmadabad , ahead of Bombay and Delhi , and miles ahead of Calcutta .

The percentage of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labor unrest is 0.42 per cent, the lowest in India .

Of Gujarat 's 18,048 villages, 17,940 have electricity.  Under Chief Minister Modi, the face of industrial Gujarat is changing.

The world's largest oil refinery is coming up in Jamnagar . Owned by Reliance, it already refines 660,000 barrels of oil a day and will double that this year.

Thirty per cent of India 's cotton is grown in Gujarat, 40 per cent of India 's art-silk is manufactured in Surat , employing 0.7 million people.

The world's third largest denim manufacturer is Ahmedabad's  Arvind Mills.

A KPMG report says 40 per cent of India 's pharmacy industry is based in Gujarat with companies like Torrent, Zydus Cadila, Alembic, Dishman and Sun Pharma.

The state of Gujarat's GDP has been growing at 12 per cent a year for the last 12 years, as fast as China 's.

India's wealthiest man, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance, is Gujarati.

Forbes says he is the world's fifth richest man, worth $43 billion.

Azim Premji of Wipro, is Gujarati. He is the world's 21st richest man, worth $17 billion.

Ten of the 25 richest Indians are Gujarati.  Some of the best business communities in India -- Parsis, Jains, Memons, Banias, Khojas and Bohras -- speak Gujarati.

The two great leaders of the subcontinent, the Mahatma and the Quaid, were both Gujaratis from trading communities.  One a Bania, the other a Khoja.

Gujaratis number 55 million, five per cent of India's population living on six per cent of surface area, but hold 30 per cent of all Indian stock.

Gujaratis account for 16 per cent of all Indian exports and 17 per cent of GDP.
And I am a Gujarati too...:-)
....... PROUD TO BE
A GUJARATI (Not a GUJJU ...... as was mentioned in this mail when I got it)...



બૉસ, આ ગુજરાત છે !
અહીં પ્રેમ કેરો સાદ છે
પ્રભુજીનો પ્રસાદ છે
ને પ્રકૃતિનો વરસાદ છે !
બૉસ, આ ગુજરાત છે !

અહીં નર્મદાનાં નીર છે
માખણ અને પનીર છે
ને ઊજળું તકદીર છે !
યસ, આ ગુજરાત છે !

અહીં ગરબા-રાસ છે
વળી જ્ઞાનનો ઉજાસ છે
ને સોનેરી પરભાત છે
અલ્યા, આ ગુજરાત છે !

અહીં ભોજનમાં ખીર છે
સંસ્કારમાં ખમીર છે
ને પ્રજા શૂરવીર છે !
કેવું આ ગુજરાત છે !
  
અહીં વિકાસની વાત છે
સાધુઓની જમાત છે
ને સઘળી નાત-જાત છે
યાર, આ ગુજરાત છે !
  
અહીં પર્વોનો પ્રાસ છે
તીર્થો તણો પ્રવાસ છે
ને શૌર્યનો સહવાસ છે !
દોસ્ત, આ ગુજરાત છે !

Ashish D. Bhatt
Vadodara
9998814503

Ashish Bhatt India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 1:15:26 PM #

Boss TAme Gujarati Chhhooo,

Very Excelent about all our GUJARAT. EXCELLENT WORK ASHISHBHAI U HAVE DONE.

MEMORIAN.

Mehul J GAndhi India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/25/2009 11:32:15 AM #

sirji, congratulations for the initiative. the real picture of democracy would appear with compulsory voting only. the main reason of feeling happy is that the union government caugh unaware!!! Even English Media has to take note of this and has to appriciate this work of Modi Government!!! They really have no option left but to appriciate mr. modi and the Govt. of Gujarat. Mr.Modi, You are the man with long vision. Long live..  

d patel India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/25/2009 3:25:06 PM #

આદરણીય મોદીજી સહ્પ્રેમ નમસ્કાર....


આપણુ મતદાન એ એક વૈચારિક સેતુજ છે.વષો પેલા આવોજ સેતુ બાધવાનો નિશ્ય હનુમાનજી દ્વારા કરવા મા આવેલ ...જેને લોકો હજી સુધી ભુલયા નથી...અને ભુલશે પણ નઈ...આવુજ એક કાર્ય આપના દ્વારા બધા જ લોકોના મતદાન કરવા માટે નો જે નિણ્ય અને સ્થાનિક સ્વરાજ્યની ચુંટણીઓમાં મહિલાઓ માટે ૫૦ ટકા બેઠક અનામત રાખવાની જોગવાઈ ને હુ આવકારુ છુ...અને આ કાર્ય માટે હુ આપને અભિનદન પાઠવુ છુ.

રેશનની લાઈન....! પેટ્રોલની લાઈન...!. એડમિશની લાઈન....! રેલ્વે કે બસ ની લાઈન...! બીજી કોઇ પણ લાઇનમાં ન ઉભા રહેવુ હોઇ, તો આપણે આ જોગવાઈ ને આવકારીયે .... અને હવે ની ચુટ્ણી મા મતદાન માટે લાઈન લગાવીએ .....

ઘણીવાર એક મત માટે સારા લોકો જીતતા રહી જતા હોય છે.આવુ મે ઘણી વાર જોયુ છે.અને મોદીજી દ્વારા લેવાલ આ  નિણ્ય થી આવુ થ્તા અટ્ક્શે.

આપ શ્રી જ્યારે બરોડા આવીયા ત્યારે આપે મને યાદ કરેલ,એ વાત મને મારા મોટા ભાઇ એ કહેલ અને એ જાણી ને મને ધણો આનદ થયો કે તમે માટી (હુ) નુ પણ મુલ્ય સમજો છો.

હવે એક કવીતા લખી ને મારા વિચારો ને વિરમું છું.


એક તમારા મતને ખાતર


એક તમારા મતને ખાતર ખોટો ના ચુંટાઇ એ જો જો.
એક તમારા મતને ખાતર સાચો ના રહી જાય એ જો જો.

એક તમારા મતમાં અસલી જંતુનાશક દવા ભરી છે.
ઝીણા ઝેરી જંતુઓથી સંસદ ના ઉભરાય એ જો જો.

એક તમારા મુંગા મતને કારણ મહાભારત સર્જાયુ,
મહાન આ ભારતનો પાછો ચહેરો ના ખરડાય એ જો જો.

એક તમારા મતની કિંમત નથી જાણતા, તો જાણી લ્યો,
સોનાની વસ્તુ છે એ લોઢામાં ના ખર્ચાય એ જો જો.

એક તમારા મતથી ખાટુ મોળુ શું થાશે જાણો છો?
એક ટીંપાથી આખ્ખે આખ્ખે આખ્ખુ દૂધ ન ફાટી જાય એ જો જો.

એક તમારો મત મેળવવા કહેશે તારા તોડી લાવું?
રાહ જુઓ પણ ધોળે દાડે તારા ન દેખાય એ જો જો.

એક તમારા મતથી ધાર્યુ નિશાન વીંધી નાખો છો પણ -
એ જ તમારી ઓળખનો અંગુઠો ના છિનવાય એ જો જો.

એક તમારા મતની પળને સમજીને સાચવજો અથવા
પાંચ વરસ માટે છાતીમાં ડૂમો ના અટવાય એ જો જો.

તો આવો મિત્રો આ લોકતંત્રનું કલાઈમેટ સુધારવાના આ પગલા ને આવકાર આપીએ.

બસ અત્યારે આટ્લુ જ

આપનો,

રાજ ડાગર (વડોદરા)

Raj Dangar India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/28/2009 3:42:27 PM #

very well said sir...

mital shah | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/25/2009 4:18:12 PM #

dear Sir,
Its a good decision everybody should vote or he or she would not be entitled to any government benefits. Even water or light. Your decision in public through BRTS has impressed me,Also in the children school of small villages, now go through the small villages and meet people. They will think that god has come to our home and your decision of compulsory voting will act in your favour. You are the ICON of young India.

hasmukh chopra India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/25/2009 5:00:24 PM #

Dear Sir,

Please accept my congratulations for the continuous improvement being done in Gujarat under your able leadership. Your thoughts on improving democratic climate is very appealing to the youth section, to which I belong and I would strive from my end to spread the message around on the importance of voting and its effect on the democracy.

I have too made an attempt to be instrumental in giving back to Gujarat & its citizens, a revolutionary attempt to save lives in the way of reducing accidents at high speeds. I have sourced a gel from the developed countries which when installed into the vehicle tyres prevents blowouts and seals the puncture permanently instantly, thereby averting high casualty accidents and therefore saving lives.

Looking forward to hearing from you and once again lots of warmth and highest regards to the fantastic work being done.

Jai Hind.

Sumit Karanji India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/25/2009 6:25:05 PM #

Dear Sir
One more welcome step. congratulations
Please also made at least minimum education qualification to be "Graduate" for contesting any election.
thanks
Nilesh Gupta

nilesh gupta India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/25/2009 11:43:56 PM #

modiji kem cho....u rocks...gr8 move ...v all support it.
plz read this...GUJUBHAI KABHI NA HARE !!!



આપણે ગુજરાતીઓ …...



હોટેલમાં કોઈ ચા મંગાવે અને ચામાં માખી પડે તો શું થાય…. ?

(1) ચોખ્ખાઈનો આગ્રહી બ્રિટિશર ચા પીધા વગર ભરેલો કપ તરછોડીને જતો રહે.

(2) 'કેર-ફ્રી' સ્વભાવવાળો અમેરિકન ચામાંથી માખી કાઢી ચા પી જાય.

(3) 'ચાલુ' સ્વભાવવાળો ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયન ચા ઢોળી કપ લઈને જતો રહે.

(4) 'ચિત્ર-વિચિત્ર' ખાનારો ચીનો માખી ઊપાડીને ખાઈ જાય.

આ સમયે એક 'મહાન વ્યક્તિ' ત્યાં હાજર હોય તો એ શું કરે ખબર છે? એ 'મહાન' વ્યક્તિ બ્રિટિશર પાસેથી તરછોડેલી ચાના પૈસા લે. એણે તરછોડેલી ચા અમેરિકનને વેચી દે, કપ ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયનને વેચી અને અને માખી ચીનાને વેચી દે! બધાના પૈસા ખિસ્સામાં મૂકી ઘર ભેગો થઈ જાય. આ સોલિડ ગણતરીબાજ મહાન વ્યક્તિ એટલે કોણ ખબર છે ? આ અદ્દભુત, જોરદાર મહાનુભાવ એટલે 'ગુજરાતી' !



આખી દુનિયામાં 'વર્લ્ડ બેસ્ટ વેપારી' નો જેને એવોર્ડ મળેલો છે, તે છે – હું, તમે અને આપણે બધા – 'ગુજરાતીઓ', પણ આપણે માત્ર વેપારી જ નથી, વેપારીથી પણ વિશેષ છીએ. આપણો સ્વભાવ, આપણી આદતો, આપણી ખાસિયતો આપણને બીજાથી નોખાં અને જુદાં બનાવે છે. તો ચાલો આપણે ગુજરાતીઓ કેવા છીએ એની ચર્ચા આજે એરણ ઉપર ચઢાવીએ.

આપણા ભારત દેશનો નકશો જુઓ તો એમાં પશ્ચિમ છેડે હસતાં મોઢાના આકારવાળું રાજ્ય દેખાશે. આ હસતું મોઢું એટલે આપણું ગુજરાત અને તેમાં વસતા સાડા પાંચ કરોડ હસતાં મોઢા એટલે આપણે ગુજરાતીઓ, પણ ગુજરાતીઓ માત્ર ગુજરાતમાં જ વસે છે તે માનવું ભૂલભરેલું છે. ગુજરાતીઓ આખી દુનિયામાં બધે જ ફેલાયેલા છે અને બધી જ જગ્યાએ ધંધો કરી 'બે પૈસા' કમાઈ રહ્યા છે.

વિશ્વપ્રવાસે નીકળવાના શોખીન ગુજરાતીઓમાનો કોઈ સહારાનું રણ જોવા જાય અને ત્યાં તેને ચાની કીટલી ચલાવતો ગુજરાતી મળી જાય તેવું બને ખરું! પેંગ્વિન કે સફેદ રીંછ ઉપર રિસર્ચ કરતો વૈજ્ઞાનિક એન્ટાર્કટિકામાં જાય ત્યારે ત્યાં તેને આઈસ્ક્રીમ પાર્લર ચલાવતો ગુજરાતી મળી જાય એવું પણ બને.

'મનીમાઈન્ડેડ' તરીકે જાણીતા ગુજરાતીઓનો પૈસા કમાવાનો ગાંડો શોખ તેમને દુનિયામાં બધે જ લઈ જાય છે (કાયદેસર કે ગેરકાયદેસર !). તેમાંય ફોરેન જવા માટે ગુજરાતીઓનો સૌથી ફેવરિટ દેશ હોય તો અમેરિકા. જેમ વૈજ્ઞાનિકોને મંગળ કે ચંદ્ર પર જવાનું વળગણ હોય છે તેમ ગુજરાતીઓને કોઈ પણ રીતે અમેરિકા વટી જવાનું વળગણ હોય છે. ત્યાં જઈને ભલે 'કંઈ પણ' કરવું પડે પણ તે માટે તેઓ અહીંયા 'કંઈ પણ' કરવા તૈયાર હોય છે. કેટલાક તો માણસમાંથી 'કબૂતર' બનવા તૈયાર થઈ જાય છે... આ 'કબૂતરો' નું અંતિમ લક્ષ્ય ડૉલરનું ચણ ચણવાનું હોય છે. (કેમકે, એક ડૉલર બરાબર પચ્ચાહ રૂપિયા થાય ને ભઈ!) આને જ  રિલેટેડ આપણી એક બીજી આદત પણ છે..

આપણને આપણી ગુજરાતી ભાષા કરતાં અંગ્રેજી ભાષાનું સોલિડ વળગણ છે. યુ નો, આપણે બધા સેન્ટેન્સમાં વિધાઉટ એની રિઝન ઈંગ્લિશ વર્ડઝ ઘૂસાડી દઈએ છીએ. ગમે તેવું ખોટું અને વાહિયાત અંગ્રેજી બોલનારાઓને આપણે બહુ હોશિયાર ગણીએ છીએ. ગુજરાતી સારું બોલતા ના આવડતું હોય તો ચાલે પણ બકવાસ અંગ્રેજી બોલતા તો આવડવું જ જોઈએ તેવો આપણને ભ્રમ પેસી ગયો છે. બે-ચાર ગુજરાતીઓ ક્યાંક ભેગા થાય તો તેમને અંગ્રેજી બોલવાનો એટેક આવે છે. કેટલાક તો અંગ્રેજી છાંટવાળું પહોળાં ઉચ્ચારોવાળું ગુજરાતી બોલતા હોય છે અને તેનો ગર્વ અનુભવે છે.

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આવી રીતે ગુજરાતી ભાષાના 'સિસ્ટર મેરેજ' કરવા બદલ રેડિયો જોકીઓ અને ટીવી પ્રોગ્રામના એન્કરોને તો ખાસ શૌર્યચંદ્રક આપવો જોઈએ. સરસ-મજાની વિપુલ પ્રમાણમાં શબ્દભંડોળ ધરાવતી આપણી માતૃભાષા ગુજરાતીની સૌથી વધુ અવગણના કરતાં હોય તો તે આપણે પોતે જ છીએ. (અંગ્રેજી શીખવામાં કંઈ જ વાંધો નથી, પણ ગુજરાતી ભાષાને બગાડો એ ખોટું ને, ભઈ ?!)

પરદેશી, પરદેશી ભાષા અને તેની સાથે પરદેશના ખોરાકનું પણ ગુજરાતીઓને અજબ-ગજબનું વળગણ છે. આપણે ત્યાં જે ચાઈનીઝ ખવાય છે તેવું જો કોઈ પણ ચીનો ચાખી લે તો આપઘાત જ કરી લે ! સવાસો કરોડ ચીનાઓમાંથી કોઈએ ક્યારેય ના ખાધી હોય તેવી એક ચાઈનીઝ વાનગી અહીંયા મળે છે. એ છે 'ચાઈનીઝ ભેળ'. આપણે ઈટાલીના પિઝાના પણ આવા જ હાલ કરી નાખ્યા છે. મજાની વાત એ છે કે આપણે ત્યાં ઈટાલિયન પિઝાની સાથે જૈન પિઝા અને ફરાળી પિઝા મળે છે! અને તમને કહી દઉં બોસ, હવે મેક્સિકન અને થાઈ ફૂડનો વારો છે! થોડા જ વખતમાં આપણે ત્યાં મેક્સિકન મેંદુવડા અને થાઈ ઠંડાઈ મળતી થઈ જશે. (ટૂંકમાં આપણે વિશ્વની કોઈ પણ વાનગીનું ગુજરાતીકરણ કરવા માટે સક્ષમ છીએ, હોં ભઈ !)

સૌથી વધારે તેલથી લથબથ વાનગીઓ આરોગવાના શોખીન ગુજરાતીઓ ખાવાની સાથે 'પીવા'ના પણ શોખીન છે. આ 'પીવા'નું એટલે શું તે કોઈને સમજાવવાની જરૂર નથી. દારૂબંધી હોવા છતાં પણ અહીંયા ખૂબ 'પીવાય' છે. દૂધવાળા અને શાકવાળાની જેમ દરેક પીનારાનો પોતાનો અંગત સપ્લાયર હોય છે; જે હોમડિલિવરી કરી જાય છે. પીવું એ ગુજરાતીઓ માટે મોટું થ્રીલ છે, જેની સાથે આપણે વીરતાનો ભાવ જોડી દીધો છે. ધોનીને આઠ લિટર દૂધ પીધા પછી જેટલો ગર્વ ન થાય તેટલો આપણને બે પેગ પીધા પછી થતો હોય છે. ગુજરાતીઓ અને તેમના પીવાના શોખ પર લખવા બેસીએ તો એક અલગ લેખ લખવો પડે એટલે આ મુદ્દાને અહીંયા જ બોટમ્સ અપ કરી દઈએ.

ગુજરાતીઓનો જીવનમંત્ર છે ખઈ-પીને સૂઈ જવું. ઘણા તો બપોરે ખાધા પછી ચાર કલાક માટે કામ-ધંધા બંધ કરીને આડા પડખે થઈ જતા હોય છે. ગુજરાતીઓની  રાતની સૂવાની એક ખાસિયત તો અદ્દભુત છે. આપણે ધાબે-અગાશીમાં સૂવાના  શોખીન છીએ.
ઉનાળો શરૂ થતાં વેંત રાત્રે સાડા આઠ-નવ વાગ્યે ગાદલાંના પિલ્લાઓ લઈ  ધાબે ધસી જતા ગુજરાતીઓને નિહાળવા એક લહાવો છે. એવું ના માનશો  કે આપણે ઉનાળામાં નવ વાગ્યામાં સૂઈ જઈએ છીએ, આ તો આપણે બે કલાક માટે  પથારી ઠંડી કરવા મૂકીએ છીએ. ધાબે ઠંડી પથારીઓમાં સૂવાનું કલ્ચર માત્ર આપણા ગુજરાતમાં જ છે એવું અમારું દઢ પણે માનવું છે. (મકાનમાં ઘરફોડ ચોરી થઈ જાય એનો વાંધો નહીં,પણ લાખ રૂપિયાની ઊંઘ ના બગડવી જોઈએ, હોં ભઈ!) આટલું ખઈ-પીને સૂઈ જઈએ એટલે શરીર વધી જ જાય ને! ફાંદાળા પુરુષો અને બરણી આકારની બહેનો ગુજરાતની ધરતીને ધમરોળતી જોવા મળે છે તેનું કારણ આપણા આ શોખ જ છે. એટલે જ આપણે લેંઘા-ઝભ્ભા અને સાડીઓ જેવા 'ફ્લેક્સિબલ' ડ્રેસ અપનાવ્યા છે જેથી  શરીર વધે તો પણ કપડાં ટાઈટ પડવાની ચિંતા નહીં.

વધેલા શરીરે ટીવી  સામે બેસી રમતગમત જોવાનો પણ આપણે ખૂબ શોખ છે. (આ વાક્યમાં રમતગમત એટલે ક્રિકેટ...ક્રિકેટ…અને માત્ર ક્રિકેટ…) 18 વર્ષની ઉંમર પછી ગુજરાતીઓ શારીરિક શ્રમ પડે તેવી કોઈ રમતો રમતા જ નથી. તેમ છતાંય દરેક બાપ એના દીકરાને અચૂક કહેતો જોવા મળે કે'અમે, અમારા જમાનામાં બહુ રમતા'તા હોં ભઈ!'

વધેલા શરીરવાળા ગુજરાતીઓ માટે કસરત એટલે જમ્યા પછી પાનના ગલ્લા સુધી ચાલતાં જવું તે. મોઢામાં પાન કે મસાલો દબાવી કલાકો સુધી વિષયવિહીન ચર્ચાઓ  કરવામાં ગુજરાતીઓની માસ્ટરી છે. પાનના ગલ્લા અને ચાની કીટલીઓ એ ગુજરાતીઓ માટે વૈચારિક આદાન-પ્રદાન માટેના આદર્શ સ્થાનકો છે. સાચો સમાજવાદ આ બે જગ્યાઓએ જ જોવા મળે છે. અહીંયા ગાડી, સ્કૂટરવાળા સાથે જ મજૂર પણ ઊભો રહી ચા પીતો હોય છે. (આ વાત પર બે કટિંગ ચા થઈ જાય, હોં ભઈ!)

દરેક ગુજરાતી મા-બાપને તેમના સંતાનોને ડોક્ટર, એન્જિનિયર કે સી.એ. બનાવવામાં જ રસ હોય છે. સંતાનોની કરિયર મા-બાપ જ નક્કી કરે છે. કોઈ ગુજરાતી મા-બાપને એવું કહેતા સાંભળ્યા નથી કે 'મારે મારા દીકરાને કલાકાર બનાવવો છે, મારે મારી દીકરીને ચિત્રકાર બનાવવી છે, મારો દીકરો ફોજમાં જશે, મારી દીકરીને એથ્લિટ બનાવવી છે, મારા દીકરાને ફેલ્પ્સ જેવો તરવૈયો બનાવવો છે.' (નાટક-ચેટક, કવિતા, સાહિત્ય-લેખનના રવાડે ચઢેલા છોકરાંવને તો આઉટલાઈનના કહેવાય છે, હોં ભઈ !)

રૂપિયા કમાવા સિવાય બીજો કોઈ પણ શોખ ન ધરાવતા ગુજરાતીઓનો એક શોખ ખૂબ જાણીતો છે રજાઓમાં ફરવા જવાનો અને તે પણ સાથે ખૂબ બધા નાસ્તા લઈને. જ્યારે અને જ્યાં પણ ફરવા જઈએ ત્યારે ડબ્બાઓના ડબ્બા ભરીને સેવમમરા, ઢેબરાં,ગાંઠિયાં, પૂરીઓ, અથાણાં સાથે લઈને નીકળીએ છીએ. ઘર બદલ્યું હોય એટલો બધો સામાન લઈ ટ્રેનમાં ખડકાઈએ છીએ અને ટ્રેન ઉપડે કે પંદર જ મિનિટમાં રાડારાડી કરતાં નાસ્તાઓ ઝાપટવા મંડીએ છીએ અને ઢોળવા મંડીએ છીએ. ગુજરાતીઓના ફરવાના શોખના કારણે પરદેશની ટૂરમાં ગુજરાતી થાળી મળતી થઈ ગઈ છે. જો ગુજરાતીઓ ફરવાનું બંધ કરી દે તો બધી જ ટ્રાવેલ્સ એજન્સીઓ અને પેકેજ ટૂર, કપલ ટૂરવાળાઓનું ઉઠમણું થઈ જાય. (આપણે ફરવાની સાથે ફરવાની સલાહ આપવાના પણ શોખીન છીએ. નવસારી સુધી પણ નહીં ગયેલો માણસ નૈનિતાલ કેવી રીતે જવું તેની સલાહ આપી શકે, હોં ભઈ!)

ગુજરાતીઓના લેટેસ્ટ બે શોખ. એક - ટુ વ્હીલર અને બીજો - મોબાઈલ. જગતમાં સૌથી વધારે ટુ વ્હીલર ગુજરાતમાં ફરે છે. આપણું ચાલે એક રૂમમાંથી બીજા રૂમમાં જવા માટે પણ ટુ-વ્હીલર વાપરીએ. પહેલાના જમાનામાં એવું કહેવાતું તું કે 'દેવું કરીને પણ ઘી પીવું.' હવે એવું કહેવાય છે કે 'દેવું કરીને પણ બાઈક લેવું.' ગુજરાતીઓના 'દિલની સૌથી નજીક' જો કોઈ હોય તો તે છે મોબાઈલ (કેમકે આપણે મોબાઈલને હંમેશાં શર્ટના ઉપલાં ખિસ્સામાં જ રાખીએ છીએ.) જાત-જાતના મોબાઈલ, ભાતભાતની રિંગટોનનો આપણને જબરજસ્ત ક્રેઝ છે. મોબાઈલની સૌથી વધુ સ્કિમ આપણા ગુજરાતમાં જ છે અને તેનો સૌથી વધુ લાભ પણ ગુજરાતીઓ ઉઠાવે છે. જો સ્કિમમાં 'ફ્રી' લખ્યું તો તો 'ખ…લ્લા…સ'. રાત્રે દસથી સવારે છ, 'મોબાઈલથી મોબાઈલ ફ્રી' એવી સ્કિમ જાહેર થાય એટલે ગુજરાતીઓ મચી જ પડે. બાજુ-બાજુમાં બેઠા હોય તો પણ મોબાઈલથી મોબાઈલ વાતો કરે ! (હે…લો…, અને જ્યારે બિલ આવે ત્યારે કંપનીવાળા જોડે સૌથી વધુ બબાલ પણ આપણે જ કરીએ છીએ, હોં ભઈ !)

ગુજરાતીઓની સ્વભાવગત ખાસિયત પણ અનોખી છે. આપણે એવર ઓપ્ટિમિસ્ટ એટલે કે સદાય આશાવાદી માણસો છીએ. શેરબજાર ક…ડ…ડ…ડ…ભૂ...સ…કરતું તૂટે તો પણ આપણે આશા રાખીએ છીએ કે 'કશો વાંધો નહીં, કાલે બજાર ઉપર આવી જ જશે..' આ સાથે આપણે ગુજરાતીઓ એટલા જ ખમીરવંતા પણ છીએ. ભૂકંપ આવે, પૂર આવે કે બોમ્બ બ્લાસ્ટ થાય, આપણે ત્યાં બીજા દિવસથી તો બધું રાબેતા મુજબ….

ગુજરાતીઓની એક સૌથી મોટી ખાસિયત, ખૂબી, વિશેષતા, વિલક્ષણતા એ છે કે આપણે ગુજરાતીઓ ક્યારેય પણ કોઈનાથી ઈમ્પ્રેસ થતા નથી. સાદા શબ્દોમાં કહીએ તો આપણે ક્યારેય કોઈથી ઘીસ ખાતા નથી. ગમે તેવો મોટો ચમરબંધી હોય પણ આપણે તેનાથી અંજાઈ જતા થી. 'એ લાટસા'બ હોય તો એના ઘેર, મારે શું ?' આવી તાસીર જ આપણને 'જીદ કરી દુનિયા બદલવાની' શક્તિ આપે છે અને તેના લીધે જ ગુજરાતની ધરતી પર ગાંધીજી, સરદાર અને ધીરુભાઈ જેવી હસ્તીઓ પાકી છે. (શું કહો છો, બરાબરને ભઈ?)

હાચુ કઉં તો મને તો ઍક ગુજરાતી હોવાનો બહું ગર્વ છે, તમને છે?

જો હા તો, ઍક સાચા ગુજરાતી તરીકે તમે પણ આપણી આ 'ગુજરાતી ગૌરવ ગાથા' ને આગળ ધપાવો.

harshdeep India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 7:54:09 PM #

Khub Saras  Ane  Sachu  Lakhan  Chhe.

Hemant H. Jiwani India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/6/2010 11:07:41 PM #

gurati kube na hare

I liek this artical please keep on writing or send this type of artical
thankyou

Vinodrai lalji KLhagram United Kingdom | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 12:02:36 AM #

Modiji, Congratulations! U R the first politition who take a step to wakeup indians. But hope is that, implementation should proper.

Prashant Kayande India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 1:49:47 PM #

Narendra Bhai.

Namaskar.

Is  very  good  idea  to make voting compulsaory. but  do  we  have machinary  to follow  it  up and  make  it  smooth process? is  good  idea  to roll and  make  others  to think.
yes  it  may be new idea but  process  has  to start one day  from  a  small  step  what  we  call PA PA  PAGLI  (WHEN CUTE  BABY START LEARNING  HIS  OR  HER  FIRST  STEP)
GOOD  LUCK  AND  GOOD  WISHES.

HUSAINI ADENWALA
A PROUD GUJARATI[quote][/

adenwala husaini U.A.E. | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 1:59:48 PM #

sir apa p.m. kab banege is dekh ke
please i am big fan narendra modi sir
dekh ko aja sab se jayada apki ki jarurat hai sir

anup b jain
banswara{raj}
9460583320

anup b jain India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 7:51:48 PM #

dear sir
         we hertly hope that you will be next P.M of india and we can say with proud our P.M is CM (comman man)and he will push our india to the top of the world

K.C.Patel India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 7:59:22 PM #

we feel our comman man is CM we proud on them i have no word to say

thanks
K.C.PATEL
Radiance Engineers
Surat

K.C.Patel India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 3:16:53 PM #

THIS IS DEFINETELY A VERY HEALTHY STEP IN IMPROVING THE DEMOCRATIC PROSSESS IN OUR COUNTRY.
BUT IT ALSO REQUIRED A GOOD AMMOUNT OF P. R. WORK SPECIALY IN THE INTIRIOR PART OF OUR STATE/COUNTRY TO CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT THE RIGHT OF ALL INDIAN PEOPLES TO CAST THERE OPINION, AS OUR TRIBLE AREA ARE STILL LACKING PROPARE COMUNICATION SYSTEME.

JAYANT SHAH India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 3:45:36 PM #

Dear Sir,
I am thrilled at the brilliant idea that you have implemented in your State.It should be done for all positions in the Parliament and state legislatures.
It is no democracy, rather an insult to democracy, that often, it is the minority that rule over the majority, simply because many lazy bones do not turn up for voting. My hearty congratulations to you for this innovative idea.

Regards
S. Saran

S. Saran India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 4:02:52 PM #

shri Narendra Modi,first time i am writting such things to great persons like you,i am from Maninagar, sir is it possible to change Maninagar area Name??.
i always think now it should Be MODYNAGAR,!!!,

BECAUSE THIS WILL BE LONGLASTING!!!!
THANKING YOU,  DT 26-12-2009.

JAYESH SOLANKI India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 4:09:21 PM #

jay mataji vande mataram jay garvi gujrat   aap no shandes vachi ne aanad thayo

mahant rameshgiri d India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 5:21:47 PM #

yes I agree with you about the 100 % voting but brfore that you have to change systme for voting-What I mean to say first issue Election card to all people in right language/name & address-also change the procedure of election card issue.
100 % voting means real democratic state/country because it means-by the people-for the people-through the people when 100 % voting will be there real & genuine candidate will be elected & corruption & others will be removed only work say the candidate/party's vote.
regards
vipul kamdar
9974526430

vipul kamdar India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 5:32:51 PM #

Dear Sir,If u recollect I visited your office a year ago(Native of Himatnagar,presently at New Delhi).We are indeed proud of your new bill regarding compalsary voting,which should eventually get mandatory for applying for driving licence,telephone ,ration card etc.It will definitely strengthen democratic process and improve responsibility of citizen towards state and nation building.I am certain that your bold steps for improving vibrant gujarat will serve as model to emulate at national level irrespective of political party barriers

LT COLONEL MB Patel India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 5:37:19 PM #


Respected Shri Narendrabhai,

Namaskar.

Under your "able & stable" leadership, we are getting ideas being implemented in the state of Gujarat.

Gujarat has always made India proud.

Gujarat has always led the whole country right from the days of freedom movement till this date when India has proved that she (Ma Tujhe Salam) is a super power nation.

This bill is conveying a strong message to each and every citizen of this country - starting from Gujarat - that one should exercise one's fundamental right to VOTE.  

Voting gives a sense of being a citizen of this country and you feel "connected to your country" being a part of a democratic process.

This bill - compulsory voting - will eventually enhance patriotic values of each and every one of us.  This will bond all of us together more and will not allow anyone to comment / complain after the election results and thus they will accept the verdict of the election very easily.

We all Gujaratis congratulate to you once again for your innovative style of leadership - I will call you a leader of masses because you think for all of us.

I have many ideas that I would like to share with you.  

Promise me that you will get this implemented.

Just to give you one example - weight of the school bags of school going children is a big concern- we can reduce this burden by thinking out of the box.  

Instead of having different textbooks of different subjects, we can have three term books for the whole year for each standard.  

The first term book will contain all the chapters of all the subjects (chapters from Maths, Science, Gujarati, Hindi etc all in one book for one term) for that standard upto the first term exam.

The second term book will contain all the chapters that are taught from the end of first term to the end of second term and so on upto the final exam.

This way, a child will carry only one term book and two note books (one for class work and one for home work - s/he will write all the work in these books and when s/he comes home, s/he will file the pages in "subject file".

Thus, by carrying only three things (one term book and two note books), the school going child will be "weight free" and this will solve a lot of back ache / orthopedic related problems of our next generation.  Our next generation will be more healthy...  

Finally, all the schools should have RO system for water so that kids do not need to carry that water bottle (2 kg) to the school....

Thus, a big problem gets solved by applying mind like this...however, this has to be approved by you - Respected Shri Narendrabhai Modi - and your team to get it implemented.

I have said more than enough...I guess.. and that's why I would now stop my thinking process here......more for next time after I get your reply...and an invitation to meet you personally...

Jay Gujarat, Jay Bharat.

With warm regards,

Maulik R. Shah
consultant biomedical engineer
Ahmedabad
cell : 98240-19971
email : maulikrshah@in.com








Maulik R. Shah India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 10:26:04 PM #

Narendrabhai, Maulik has this very good suggestion. Can we hear/read your suggestion on this?

Amish R Shah India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 9:20:07 AM #

શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઇ મોદીજી

નમસ્કાર,

આપ અને આપની સરકાર દ્વારા ગુજરાતની સ્થાનિક સ્વરાજ્યની ચૂંટણીમાં જે નિર્ણય કરવામાં આવ્યો છે તે ખરેખર ગુજરાતના ઇતિહાસમાં સુવર્ણ અક્ષરે લખાઇ ચૂક્યો છે.

આપના આ ઐતિહાસિક નિર્ણયને સૌ સરકારો અનુસરે તેવી પ્રભુ પાસે પ્રાર્થના...

સર્વોદય પાટીદાર

sarvoday patidar India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 2:11:29 PM #

Dear Sir,

We feel proud for your commitment for Gujarat Development.

I here by requesting and invite you to visit our village website www.vadgam.com

Thanking you,

With kind Regards,

Nitin

Nitin India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 5:10:08 PM #

Dear Sir ,
I am Proud of you for taken a bold step make democracy in india & gujarat for copulsory voting , but sir one thing requesting without self descipilne democracy is not strong so require to develope self descipilne in people & Automatically improve society , villages , talukas , districts , states ,nation & world Than democracy.

Mansukh India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 6:47:36 PM #

This is a revolutionary step in the history of any Democracy. Some people call you a Dictator, I know you are not, but even if your are one.... This country needs a Dictaror like you. You have shown how rules can be imposed upon to up hold democratic credentials of our constitution.

WHEN ARE YOU MOVING TO CENTRAL POLITICS? INDIA NEEDS YOU!

Arun India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 6:47:51 PM #

respacted sir,
                commen men always agree with you.
  

                                        vipulacharya
                                            ahmedabad

vipulacharya | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 7:10:36 PM #

Dear Pujya Brother Shri Narendrabhai Modi,
Have a Good day.
As we know that our new youth and older is little weeker in his culturel study of the Country-i.e.'Sungandh of our Hindustani mati'.I am just trying to refreshing you by one incidents of ISRAEL-THE COUNTRY OF Jues-When ISRAEL becomes indepents the group of person sitting for deciding the 'NATIONAL LANGUAGE OF ISRAIEL'.At that time every israely speaks Arebic-English language,Even if they decided their National Language as 'HIBRU'.but another problem arise at that time only one person in Israel Knowing the 'HIBRU' Language.Even if they decided 'HIBRU' as National Language this is the spirit of the people of Israel.With in few years every Isreal learn the 'HIBRU'.Pu.Narendrabhai as you know the brave history of Brave Israel is in 'HIBRU',and the people of Israel belives that our bravery lies in our mother language.
On other side in INDIA you know the facts of todays youth and older age person(I have respect to Older Age).In short at least in GUJARAT Pu.Nardendrabhai we can make 'SANSKRIT' step by step compulsory in std.1 to 10 to draw out the courage from the brothers and sisters and childern of the State.More I can explain you face to face when you permitt our family for your namskar.

Nikhil Parikh
Sukan-II,Ramdevnagar
Ahmedabad
9924555822

Nikhil G.Parikh India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 7:49:18 PM #

Namo  Saheb  Vavdematram                                                                      

Bhai  Hu  Kutch  Maa Rahu  Chu. Mane  Gujrati  Type Nathi  Aavadti  Mate  Maf  Karjo .  Abhinandan  Gujrat Mate Ek  Kranti  Karak Paglu Tatha  Tamari  Sarkar Na 3000 Divas Mate.  
Khub  Khub  Aabhar Tamaro , Tame Gujrat nu Gaurav  Vadharyo Chhe ,Tame  Gujrat  Na Nath  Chho , Ek Gujrati  Have Pachhi ?

Hemant H. Jiwani India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 8:36:16 PM #

Development is the Mantra.
A Memoranda.
                                        
To:
Shri Narendra Modi,
Honourable CM of Gujarat.

Dear Sir,
It is much more pleasing that under your leadership, Gujarat has been given more priority for development. In the interest of the people, I would like to bring up some suggestions personally to take it to new heights of developmental mantra.
Our economy and stability is dependent on agriculture, but it is mostly depends on the mercy of rain god.
Here my suggestion is to provide tractors, bulldozers and other equipments to all the Panchayats, Mandal Panchayats, so that it will benefit the farmers who can utilize these machines for farming and other purposes like roads & other facilities / infrastructure development at a minimal cost / rent or at free of cost on priority basis. Many farmers are unable to bear labor costs for farming and this will reduce their burden.

Other suggestion is to open “Agriculture Training and Technology Centre” to inculcate modern and scientific methods of farming and new crops (other than traditional) at all the Panchayats, Mandal Panchayats and Taluk Levels. In addition, these centers must be connected through Internet for market access and information.
Apart from these, government can look in to opening storage / cold storage / go downs for agro-produces to be stored by the farmers to sell at their convenience. Also financial Institutes / Banks have to study a possibility of comprehensive financial assistance to low income / small farmers, based on their yearly income from agriculture / farming and their financial needs to run their family. For this, government can adapt poor farmers with assured income and agro-produce through pension or grants, insurance and monthly payment for poorest at difficult times.

Other suggestion is to look in to Hydroponics and Aqua-cultivation methods / technology for farm produce like vegetables and some crops to save agricultural land for more output.

Also I request you to start one stop “NRI CENTRE” (NRI SERVICE CENTRE) that will help NRIs doing investments, opening business / Industries etc. It can also look into the problems / difficulties faced by NRIs at their residing countries and give help. This centre can provide temporary stay / rooms for those coming from far away countries.  
NRI Gallery: This will be a part of the NRI Centre, to showcase / exhibit the achievements by our Indian / NRI Diasporas around the world and their contributions towards science, technology, IT / electronics, economic and political fields.

Another concern in India is safety of public and the people at all the places including manmade, accidental or natural.
For this, my suggestion is to start a “Ministry /Agency of National /State Safety, Accidents, Disaster and Emergency” to look into actions, causes and prevention. A team of trained / equipped men with a co-ordination of different departments at all district and taluk levels shall be formed.
Also it would be in the interest of all, if a “Self-defense, Personal Safety, First-Aid and Hygiene and Health”(SDPSFHH) training as well as moral education are imparted especially among students.

I firmly believe that machines & technology, not manual labor, will make the developments faster & long lasting.

I wish that the state will be on top among states in India in terms of socio-economic development.

Thank you with regards,
Yours Truly,
Satisha M.K.

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12/26/2009 9:28:23 PM #

This was needed long ago.
Good people are not participating in election process and therefore Bad people are taking advantage.

Chandrakant S Modi India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 9:43:59 PM #

sir,
As a politician, You are the only person I am taking seriously.
you have given new dimensions to Indian politics.Compulsary voting is one of them. I am impressed with the negative voting, by using of which we the citizen can make the political parties realise the acceptance level of their candidates. ultimately we may have the better candidates.

warm regards,
Rajendra Kalyani

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12/26/2009 10:19:25 PM #

"AAGVI CHE AAPNI ODAKH ,
  AAGVI CHE AAPNI VATT ,
  SHREE NARENDRABHAI NI ADYAKSHYATA MA UJVI SU SWARNAM  
  GUJARAT "
  JAY JAY GARVI GUJARAT
  AMO KACCHI CHIE ATLE KACCHDO BARE MAS    

SHAILESH SHIVLAL MISTRY India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/26/2009 10:53:46 PM #

Sir A bold and essential decision in favour of public interest. Congratulations...Modi

Modi Hareshkumar India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 3:08:22 AM #

Sir,

This is a great leap (not Step only) ...

Some situations should be considered positively even some wrong people may get undue benefit of those provision, but genuine can represent their positions not to vote.

There should also be a provision for Right to Recall...

You are great to implement in innovative ideas ... which is the demand of present time.

Have a good day... sir.


Vijaykumar Dave

Vijaykumar Dave India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 10:19:25 AM #

Dear Mr Modi
I love this step taken by my state and I feel proud to be a part of this history. This certainly reiterates my faith and confidence on your able leadership for the state and the country.
I feel If we do not vote, we loose all rights to critisize later. So first step is to be a part of it then work towards bettering it.
-Trilochan

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12/27/2009 10:50:42 AM #

HAPPY......NEW YEAR 2010
                         RESPECTED SIR
JO KAM AAPNE KIYA HAI WO AAJ SE 50 SAAL PAHLE HONA CHAHIYE THA.SIR DESH KO AAPKI JARURT HAI. AAP HI DESH KE LIYE BAHUT KUCH KAR SAKTE HO. SIR AAP P.M. BAN JAO. BAN JAO NA SIR,PLZ.

JOGINDER(HARYANA).

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12/27/2009 11:08:04 AM #

HEY BHARAT KE VEER SAPOOT TUJHKO MERA PRANAAM,
SHYAM VIR SINGH HAI MERA NAAM,

  shrimant modi ji log baatein karte rahey mahila aarakshan ki aapne shuruaat kardi vo bhi 50%, or aapko barambaar badhai ki aapne sabhi gujratiyon ka vote dena jaroori kar diya matlab double bebefit, ek to sabhi gujaratiyon ka aatmasamman badhega, apni pehchan or adhikaar paakar jo ke unke mukhymantri ne unhe bina mange diya, or sabhi pradeshvaasiyon ke vote se jo bhi log chune jayenge vo bhi achhey hi honge.

shyam vir India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 11:36:38 AM #

My Beloved Narendrabhai,
I alwys appreciate your Ideals & ideas.
You are a Noval-CM. haveing progessiving thinking.
After long time I find that India should proud to haves Gems like you.
After Vajpaiji, I    find a Hope in you.
Contry needs politician like you.
I fully support you idea of 'compulsary voting'. I   am 100 % sure that other staes will follow soon.Next genration will thank you for your bold & progressive ideas.
Let God give you good health & steanth to serve INDIA.,
As a matter of fact, India is going to lead the world, due the presence of people like you.
All the Best.
Hari om.
NArendra, Mumbai

Narendra Shah India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 11:51:20 AM #

respected modi sir,
yes its a revolutionary step.i pray for get more and more success in all the fields for you.also if good people with high and strong moral,dedication,courage,dignity like you come in field of poitics then the day is not far when whole of india will be singing success story like gujrat.

rajeev soni | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 12:32:08 PM #

Dear sir

Your are my ideal  person and i am always welcome your new things .but  i have one suggisiont in my mind is please take step agian chain pooling and robbery case .it increase day by day ..and its mostly happen in ahmedabad so we are gujarti worry about wearing a gold in our native place

Thank you very much for hearing  me

we are alway with you ...
you go ahead ....



Viren Sharma India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 1:10:53 PM #

Dear Sir,

Jay hind,

Yes It is as good as to boost yr Image Nationa wide. I(We True Indian)Want to see u as PM INDIA.

Love U Ever.

Memorian

Mehul J GAndhi India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 1:13:10 PM #

Yes Boss,

This is one of ur ever revolutionary steps ever taken by any CM of India, I thinks this is the First Steps of being ur PM INDIA. SIR,

Love u

Memorian.

Mehul J GAndhi India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 3:12:26 PM #

Aapno frijyat mtdanno ivkLp AavkayR 0e. pr>tu vaStivk mtdan ma3e [N3rne3no ]pyog v2u Asrkark rhex.

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12/27/2009 3:13:55 PM #

i like viste this postand feel that our CM is really our.

prakash desai India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 4:55:21 PM #

Sir,

I'm Shashank 4m bengalooru, U r the first to make voting compulsory in this country,...Congrats...Gr8 Going Sir....

Shashank D India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 6:37:46 PM #

Respected Narendra Bhai,

It is a historical step taken by you in making voting compulsary. This would really made our democracy stronger and will ensure that proper people are voted to power.

Long live ModiJi. Jai Hind!

Best regards,
Rajesh

Rajesh Parashar India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 6:50:39 PM #


    Sir,
Today is the happiest day in the history of Democracy,whenyou have made voting compulsory
in the local bodies.Let the people sitting in Election Commission and in Union government take a clue from it
and follow suit for assembly and parliament elections
also.This is basic to the democracy otherwise by 40-60
percent of voting the democracy becomes lame and not true
representative of the people.
Gujrat has always been the torch bearer,Sir keep it up
and show the way to rest of India.

JPGupia India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 7:18:34 PM #

Pranam Modiji,
It was really a glad tidings that you have initiated-namely compulsory voting at the local level.All Rights have accompaning duties and obligations.No democracy can be really people oriented unless and until people participate and the minimum participation is to cast one's vote.In a democracy numbers count but the way ours was/is functioning a candidate with minority votes gets elected.If there are 1000 voters and five candidates and only 500(50%) votes it means that a candidate who has secured 105 votes can be declared the winner.Does this mean that he/she represents the 1000? This is deception and a mirage of a democracy.You have done the right thing and when change is brought in there will be opposition just for the sake of opposing and when it comes from Modiji then it must be resisted because the credit for this should not go to Modiji.I cannot understand how the Election Commission can find fault and see only enormous difficulties!Instead of giving assistance to this experiment so that it can be put in practice in other States the EC is already raising doubts.I hope and wish this compulsory voting will reach up to the other tiers of democratic structure.I fervent pray the Almighty to bless you and want you to know that we are proud of you and your goverance.Keep going...

Dr Mrs Hilda Raja India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 8:01:09 PM #

Dear modiji,

I like to congratulate you for initiating such a bold step, it will bring vibrance in the democracy and  at the same time it will also empower the voters. Having said that next step should be that of educating the voters and to make entire process of voting simpler.
Keeping foresight voters list should be intigrated with the national programme of Unique Identification code right from the inception stage.

with regards
arun

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12/27/2009 8:39:54 PM #

Dear Sir,
We are very happy and fortunate that our state has a CM who take lots of innitiative as revolution for public interest.
  
But dear sir dont u think   there should be a norms, laws or regulation for the candidate whom we are giving our valuable vote about their charcteristic,criminal record,career record or education record and how he can be usful as a MP or leader,because i know some of very nearest people who taking big bribe,so how can we trust.

    Dear sir i am Milan Shah age-38 from Ahmedabad,businesmen in healthcare sector with the experiance of 20 years ,My vision to bring a latest technology in medical freternity so patient should not go Mumbai or Chennai or out of Gujarat. See this is journey of succsses ,goal can not be achieve but we should try as i am very small to think this but i think because i understand healthcare industries well and i have all right to see dream.
thank u

MILAN SHAH India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 10:51:19 PM #

dear modiji
           congratulations for the master stroke!
congress should implement must voting on national level,at the soonest.

jhs India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/27/2009 11:51:15 PM #

આદરણીય મોદીજી,
સહ્પ્રેમ નમસ્કાર,ગુજરાત માં ફરજીયાત મતદાન નું પગલું ખુબજ આવકારદાયક છે.લોકતંત્ર ને મજબુત કરવા સાથે લોકો માં રાષ્ટ્ર પ્રતેય ની ફરજ યાદ આવશે,લોકો પોતાના મત થી ખુબજ સુશાસન ની સેવા પ્રાપ્ત કરશે આપશ્રી નું આ કદમ રાજકારણીય નહિ પણ રાષ્ટ્ર ને હિત માં રાષ્ટ્રીય ભાવના જગાવતું પુરવાર થશેજ,આપ શ્રી ને મારી નર્મ આવેદન છે કે જો મતદાન નો સમય લંબાવવા માં આવે તો ઘણા લોકો ને સુવિધાજનક પણ રહેશે,અહિયાં યુકે માં સવારે ૭૦૦ થી રાત્રી ના ૧૦૦૦ નો સમય છે.૫૦% મહિલા અનામત નું વિધાયક મહિલા શક્તિ ને પુરુષ સમોવડી બનાવવા સાથે તેઓ ની રાજકીય શક્તિ નો ફાયદો થશે સાથે વધારે પ્રમાણ માં સ્વચ્છ સાશન સ્થાપશે મહિલાઓ ખુબજ મહેનતુ હોય છે.આપશ્રી ને ખુબજ અભિનંદન માં અંબે ગુજરાત અને આપશ્રી ની રક્ષા કરે.
                                 લી.ભરત સચાનિયા અને કુટુંબીજનો ના પ્રણામ.
વંદે ગુજરાત વંદે માતરમ.

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12/28/2009 8:08:21 AM #

It is a very good idea and action taken to put our democratic structure on a better foundation. No doubt the teething troubles will have to be sorted out but as many leaders always have said” LET US BEGIN”. One more thought comes to my mind whether, on a ballot paper, the compulsory voter should have a chance of expressing that he does not vote for any of these candidates for whatever reasons, he might think fit. It is quite possible that many a times voter refuses to go to polls because he does not want to vote any of candidates listed on the ballot paper. It has its own implications and difficulties. But that kind of reform will go along way in strengthening our Democratic fiber of the society. Let us hope for the best. God bless U.

Vatsal Yajnik India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/28/2009 10:28:41 AM #

This is indeed a bold and well-meaning step...If implemented through out the nation it will show robust long-term returns...The media is as usual failed to create an atmosphere of positive debate and analysis around this topic...I hope few of the misfortune of this nation that have the potential to be great and gloabally competitive will change with the leadership of people like you..

Best wishes...

sovan | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/28/2009 11:12:32 AM #

Dear Modiji,

Great work! making voting compulsary is a revolutionary act by you. This will definately make the system accountable and people friendly. You are the only one who is a true democrat.

I wish you become prime minister of India and make it compulsory through out the nation.

Hats off to you,
Chandrashekara

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12/28/2009 12:06:41 PM #


Respected Narendraji,

Congratulations and lots of thanks to you for bold initiative you have taken by making voting compulsory. There is a continuous deterioration of Indian politics and suffering of common man by corrupt poiticians.Peopole are feeling helplessness and their is a need for another revolution in political system.Compulsory voting is one way to solve these problems. Let every citizen of India take part in democrtic electoral process.There is a need to create an atomosphere so that people come forward to join active politics.Politics should be an option as profession .You are running Gujarat state as CEO, let system of every political party be run by like that.There has to be measurable parameters, apparisal of work done and answerability.

You are going to Patanjali Yog peeth at Haridawar to participate in various functions being organised there.You will meet chief ministers of various states there. I request you to please talk to these CMs also and bring a consensus so that this compulsory voting is appliacble to all elections nation wide including parliamentary elections.

Apart from this, reforms in Education and Judiciary systems are long pending and should be dealt with urgency.We need to discard present prevailing british systems and bring in our own Indian system.These are the only ways to restore our pride and self esteem for our nation.I hope you will take these matters also at appropriate forum whenever you gets an opportunity.

Congratulations to you also for initiative taken towards promotion of solar power. We "SURYA PUTRA "( a term devise by you) can make a difference in saving mother earth and lead the world.I am associated in my profession with Renewable energy projects and can cleary see that Gujarat and Narendra Modi are front runner in this direction.

God gives you long life and strength.

Aapka

Brahmanand Bhardwaj






Brahmanand Bhardwaj India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/28/2009 12:15:42 PM #

Respected Sir,
Fully agree with your decision to make voting compulsory. Only an Iron Hearted man like you could take this bold step. We spend thousands of crores of rupees for the election process and the turnout of voter is very low. People take a day off and enjoy their holiday, but forget their responsibility and then crib for bad governance. It is a historic decision which will change the future of our country and center (UPA) government should follow suit and do away with their selfish vote bank based politics.    

Niraj Thakur India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/28/2009 12:18:03 PM #





Respected Narendra Modiji,

You have courageously introduced an excellent rule which is very very over due in our democratic process since independence.  The rule should be introduced for all our election process in India and elaborate tamper proof regulation should be introduced to take care the exercising of vote considiring the movement of individuals on a particular day of Poll.
The compulsory voting system will bring down the money power and expenses on elections and then the result will be a real democratic decision from the mass.
This will add one more feather to your dynamic  democratic crown.
Congratulations Sir,

With respectful regards,

K.Prabhakaran Pillai, Bangalore.

K.Prabhakaran Pillai India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/28/2009 12:36:09 PM #

Hello Sir,

Making voting compulsory in local self Government bodies is a great step towards making democracy as effective it should actually be rather being a puppet in hands of dubious politicians.

Please keep working for the betterment of India sir, people like me will always be with you at every step of your journey without distance/hierarchy being a hinderance.

Jai Hind!!!

Sandeep India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/28/2009 1:29:34 PM #

for us as an indian we must appreciate leaders like Mr Narendra Modi, what an idea sirji

sanjay India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/28/2009 2:33:49 PM #

Hello,

I want to congratulate you from bottom of my heart for the bold move and this would be a turning point in for Indian Election System in the future and as u hv rightly said for the political system as well - "Improving Democratic Climate".
Beauty of this move is -"Negative Voting"! This would make each political party to think abt each candidate's suitability. and in true sence such kinda voting will give a democracy its true meaning.
Beside this, I would also like to urge you like one you reader has mentioned, that at least pl also think about Making some rule for candidate's educational background, like graduate, knowledge of computers etc.

Thanka once again n best of luck for others future ideas like this one.
Have great day ahead sir!

Regards,
Rahul

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12/28/2009 4:20:38 PM #

Sir,
Good Idea,I appreciate
Regards
Puneet Sahni
Gwalior(M.P.)

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12/28/2009 5:37:48 PM #

Hellow Modijee,
               Very good ideology express by you to support democrasy. I realy appriciate your feeling to make Gujarat & India not only biggest democrasy but greatest democrasy in the word, I appriciate your chief Ministership.
Shailesh B. Patel(Kimbuva, Patan)

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12/28/2009 6:48:56 PM #

         compulsory voting,all is well.

jayesh pandya India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/28/2009 10:29:08 PM #

Dear Gujarat Na Nath,
      I am of 18 just Now. The elction of AMC will be first for me. I completely agree with your decision of compulsory voting. This time you wrote the post after a long time. Don't think about Media's or Congress' comments on Compulsory voting. Actually, I need not say this thing to you. Because I have learnt it from you. I also admire you for your help to the BPL Families. One thing more Sir. I want to volunteer the CM's Fellowship Program. So please try to join us -Engineering College Students. That's all. Because I'm preparing for my GTU's Exam.  
Your student,
Pavit.

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12/28/2009 10:37:22 PM #

What do i call you ?! I dont want to call you a sir.. am not an englishman.. adda ?! kaka ?! bhai ?! i think i'll settle for mama !! Like everyone knows mama gives you the love of 2 mothers and thts y he is called Maa twice and thts exactly what you have been doing.. selflessly serving the community !!  Mama i've seen you shoot to success.. i've seen your good times.. i've seen your sad times.. i've seen you of all. I am a 22 year old gujarati born and bought up in kerala. But i envy each and every person staying in the beautiful state of gujarat. Its not only turning the financial capital of India but its the place u can call your home and live in peace. All credits to you mama. Each and every step you take is bringing you all the more closer to the hearts of people where you have already made a permanent place for yourself. When i see you, when i hear you.. it feels like a lions roar.. i see the passion of not only being successful yourself but to make each and every brother and sister of ours successful. When i see you i feel like i want to be you. i want to be that man who can serve others without demands and complaints. i really wish i can meet you someday. i want to touch your feet coz because thts exactly what my parents have taught me, to touch the feet of all the elders especially a great man like you. a hond of blessing on my head would rather turn me to gold. I WISH YOU ALL THE SUCCESS MAMA. I REALLY PRAY FOR IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I REALLY HOPE U HIT A NEW HIGH EVERYTIME YOU SET OUT. JAI GUJARAT. JAI HIND!

Akshay Thakrar India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/28/2009 11:40:51 PM #

Dear Modiji,
            You are known to this state and this country as a revolutionary whose, constant effort is the empowerment of the citizens. your steps vindicate what you say. We have our immense faith in your vision and we congratulate you and support you in this visionary, revolutionary and benedictive step.. thank you for everything you hav done for gujarat. With you as our leader, we believe Gujarat will climb to greater heights every day.

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12/28/2009 11:59:58 PM #

Dear Narendraji,
I am not sure about results of compulsive voting in Gujarat but would be pleased if crusadors like you push the Central Government to facilitate voting at Missions/Embassies/Consulates abroad so that NRI's can exercise their voting rights. Also OCI's should be allowed to vote. Perhaps this could be a threat for some political parties but the mandate will be stronger.
Jai Hind
SUNIL PARKHI      

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12/29/2009 12:52:49 AM #

Hon. modiji.
Aapne CM hote hue bhi  ye ek krantikari kadam uthaya he.
chunav me vote nahi dalne ke liye pralobhan, gundagiri aur kai aur hathgande bandh ho jayenge.
nagative voting ka pravdhan matdaro ki dil ki bhavna vyakt karne ka moka dega.sachche loktantra ki vibhavna he. Ek ruling parti ki ye pahel to sachmuch sahash aur loktatra ke prati sachchi nistha dikhati he.dhanyavad.
mahilao ke liye to ye ek golden chance hai hi magar 50 % bahene public service me judne se sahi mayne me mahila sashaktikaran hoga aur samaj sudhar ke liye durgami parinam milenge.THANKYOU FOR THIS , WE ARE WITH YOU ,SIR.
VINOD KOTECHA-DWARKA- DIST.JAM.-GUJARAT

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12/29/2009 1:08:18 AM #

AAKAHA DESH MA  BADHI CHUNTNIO MATE MATADAN FARJIYAT KARVA NI JARUR CHHE.DESH NA HIT MA CHHE. AAVO, AAPNE BADHA DESVASIYO JAGIYE. PARLIAMENT NE JAGADIYE.RASTRIY KAKSA YE  JAGRUTI  UBHI KARIYE.
IT IS NASSESSORY  TO COMPULSORY VOTING FOR ALL ELECTIONS IN INDIA.IT IS A WAY TO RIAL DEMOCRACY.
  AFTER AWERNESS OF INDIANS .....IT IS  NOT  IMPOSSIBLE

VIND KOTECHA(DWARKA)GUJARAT

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12/29/2009 3:02:11 AM #

Dear Narendra Modiji,

Aap ni aa arthtantra ne sudharvani pahel janine khub anand thayo. Kharekhar jo samgra praja potano mat pragat kare to itihas badlai jay. Chuntaniona Parinamo badlai jay. Kharekhar Lokshahi ne tandurast banavva khubaj saras paglu che ke jenathi Gujarat tatha Bharat ni educated praja ke je prajamathi matra 20-30% voting thay che te Mane ke Kamane vot apva preray.

Jo Dharmik Vyastha, Shaishnik Vyavstha ke Samajik Vyastha ne majbut banavvi hoy to Chokkas pane Loktantra ne majbut banavvu pade. Je kharekhar khubj Umada ane Rashtra na hit ma avashyak paglu che. Jo aa rite Sudharao ni sharuvat thay to mara jeva gana bija bhartiy mitro ne Potana Desh ma pacha avvani icha thay ane kaik karvani icha thay.

Kharekhar Duniya thi Alag ane Virrudh jaine kaik karvani pahel Shree Krishana, Chanakya, Swami Vivekananad, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Swami Sachidanand(Dantali)pachi apna ma che.

Bhagvan ne mari atli prarthana ke Gujkok, Latthakand karnar ne Fasi vagere Bill ni jem Anu Bal Maran na thay ane Jaldi ma Jaldi kaydo Rashtriya falak par Pasar thay.

Hari Om.

Hardik Narendrakumar Jani

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12/29/2009 3:07:40 AM #

shri. Modiji,
In the study of Political science it is said -"Rights imply duties"- that means if one wants his state to honour his right then, he should also be equally eager to fulfill his duties towards the state.These days during elections people do not go to vote thinking that "all(political partties) are the same and one vote will not make any difference" But they want their work to be done as it is their "Right"!!!! I hope with your initative there will be a change in the attitude of our people and Gujarat will really be a "suvarna-golden-" Gujarat.
With Regards,

Gaurang Nilkanth.         '

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12/29/2009 7:53:37 AM #

i m very impress to ur work , you r very brilliant man u r so powerful idea in ur mind i m very respect to u

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12/29/2009 9:34:55 AM #

Compulsory voting will benefit democracy by all means. But my major concern is drawing your serious attention towards land grabbing and land laws which are very weak in our country compared to developed nations.Please try your level best to bring down illegal activities happening in land and property deals by fraud builders in our city and state.Bring strict laws inorder to stop fraud builders becoming billionaires and trillionaires...

Thank You Mr. Modi Sir

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12/29/2009 12:29:21 PM #

Dear sir

We are having independence but common man is not knowing about their own right to act due to ignorace or low level of education or busy in routine to feed responsibility. The group of people are leaving in Tension / Pressure even some are lost their faith in Democracy.They leave like cowards & doing PULL on for their life.Hardly getting time to think because they are so poor & Dull against this  " Karmi MONGAWARI " you have made policy to have awareness about own right for real democracy.It is true that every citizen use their right to do VOTING.You have improve their awareness by making this act /law.Your try for improvement to raise their voice. Really appriciable.you have shown the direction but down ADMIN.level should also cooprate. Govt. machinery is doing their level best...?
where is the election card ......Election card prepared but details are wrong in respect of residence address, age, birth date.Common man is not getting their RIGHT due to their mistake & misbehaviour.
Now let us see, how it will help us.Due to this ACT We will definately receive the benefit in minor percentage........who will go under proceddings..
Lot of Thanks,you have taken care in this direction for the first time.It is our good fortune.

Ramesh Mohanlal Amodwala India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/29/2009 10:38:32 AM #

sirjee,
your masterstroke has left your adversories, dumbstruct.
i have a suggestion to make in your move to improve the electoral process. instead of decalaring a holiday on the voting day, it should be a working day. the employers should be made responsible to facilitate their employee's voting. infact, that day's attendence to the office should be considered only after the employee shows the "inkmark" on his index finger.

Mannu Makhania India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/29/2009 10:55:01 AM #

Respected Sir,

Good Step.... Wll Done, We Proud Of Gujarati..

Hiamsnhu Pandya,
Gandhinagar.

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12/29/2009 11:33:41 AM #

yes dada tame je karo cho a saruj karo cho! pan maru ek suggestion che k tame gujarat ne tourism shetre aagal lavo gujarat pan ek malaysia bangkok singapore jevu rajya bani sake che avu maru personal manvu che!

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12/29/2009 11:41:18 AM #

aashaayen ...
gujre aaisi har raat raat
ho khwaahisho se baat baat
aashaayen ...
lekar suraj se aag aag
gaaye ja apne raag raag
aashaayen ...
kutch aaisa karke dikha
khud khush ho jaaye khuda
(aashaayen khile dil ki
ummeedein hase dil ki
ab mushkil nahi kutch bhi
nahi kutch bhi)

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12/29/2009 5:45:23 PM #

sir
       i am a student of faculty of social work, baroda. today, inour country we are seeing that people are lose their interest from giving vote. there are so many factore which are affecting it. if government want to people participate in democracy. it should be two way intense of one way. if in democracy we make votting compulsory than it should make some provision like if elected member do not work for the people. than public has right to call back his/her.
        
       compulsory votting is good idea sir. but we must see limitation of people. working out side of their village or studing. some time ritual and some time responsiblity make people unable to vote.

      by compulsory votting we must have make a provision for giving reason why they are not able to do vote. so democracy can make more stonger. and people have faith on government also.

                  thanking you

                                    your citizen
                                       devang

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12/29/2009 10:57:44 PM #

Dear Sir,
I am extremely pleased to see this visionary step, being piloted at Local Elections.

We ultimately wish really to see the same level of duty being asked at state and national elections as well.

If any one has any doubt about its feasibility, we must remind ourselves that not too long ago computer application in daily life in India would have been unimaginable at a scale as it is today. A lack of initiative in that field would have consigned us to eternal backwardness.

And to skeptics, who think compulsory voting is invasive, we must remind ourselves that military service is compulsory in several advanced and rich democracies.

Dear Sir, let us not give in to skeptics. Everything is possible, given the leadership, which is the ultimate solution for all situations.

We thank you for your vision and surely this will be the most revolutionary initiative by an Indian leader in recent times.

We congratulate the people of Gujarat for this great step.

Best wishes for the all round success of Gujarat and India.

Regards,

V.V.Babu


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12/30/2009 11:00:30 AM #

આદરણિય મોદિજિ
નમસ્કાર
ગુજરાત સુવર્ણ જયઁતિ ઉજવવા થનગનાટ અનુભવે છે હુ ઘણો દુર છુ પણ એક વિચાર મનમા રમે છે કે આપણે ગુજરાતિ માટે એક સર્વમાન્ય વ્યાકરણના નિયમો તૈયાર કરિએ તો કેટલુ સારુ થાય. મહારાષ્ટ્ર સરકારે તે કામ કર્યુ છે આપણે આઁગણે સુવર્ણ જયઁતિ જેવો અવસર આવતો હોય અને ગુજરાતનો નાથ નમો હોય ને તે ધારે તો ગુજરાતિને એક સર્વ માન્ય ગ્રામર ના આપિ શકે એ વાત કોઇ ગુજરાતિ માન્ય ના કરે
મારિ આપને વિનઁતિ છે એક સારસ્વત સઁસદ નિયુક્ત કરિને આપ ગુજરાત માટે કાર્ય કરો છો તેમ જ ગુજરાતિભાષા  માટે પણ કરો . હુ અત્યારે અમેરિકા છુ નહિ તો આપને રુબરુ મળિને આ વાતનો દુરાગ્રહ કરવાનુ સાહસ કરત

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12/30/2009 5:46:06 PM #

SHRI NARENDRAJI..........

      PRANAM...........
  ITS STRONGE, BOLD STEP..........WILL MUST BE GOOD FOR ALL GUJARATI ALSO TO INDIANS.IT SHOULD NOT REMAIN ON PAPER ONLY, STRICT ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR SUCCESS.

DEVENDRA H.SHAH India | Click here & Reply to this comment

12/30/2009 6:12:32 PM #


my name is virag.b.patel.

    shree narendrabhai modi sir

       khub khub abhinadan.....

          kakariya karnival  and  b r t s project.....

              gujarat no;1    cm  no;1

                    ani gujarat ni 5avod jitava.....

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12/30/2009 7:44:33 PM #

Dear Sir,
This is good move to vote compulsory.
and i want to suggest that some of police men are looking a fatty today, they have be to fit for hard work. They are not maintaining the fitness level as per at time of joining.

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12/30/2009 8:39:56 PM #

Respected Narendra Modi Sir,
            I m a gr8 fan of urs n i find myself really lucky 2 have a cm like u. U r different 4m all the politicians n it is my sincere wish dat u vl one day bcome the pm of India.
Regards,Gati

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12/30/2009 10:29:58 PM #

આદરણીય મોદીજી,
સહ્પ્રેમ નમસ્કાર,આપ શ્રી અને સંગ્રહ ગુજરાતીઓ ને ૨૦૧૦ નાં નુતન વર્ષા ભિનંદન.આવનારું વર્ષ ખુબજ મહત્વ નું છે ગુજરાત ગોલ્ડન જ્યુબીલી વર્ષ ઉજવી રહ્યું છે માં અંબે હમેશા આશીર્વાદ આપ તા રહે ગુજરાત ની પ્રગતી ને વધારે આગળ વધારે સ્વાથ્ય સુખાકારી આપે તેવી માં અંબે ને પ્રાથના.
                                                લી.ભરત સચાણીયા અને પરિવાર ના ફરી ને નુતન વર્ષા ભિનંદન પ્રણામ.
વંદે ગુજરાત વંદે માતરમ.  

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12/31/2009 12:16:45 AM #

Dear Modiji,

Greetings of the season. You are proud of our Gujarat & India. Its a great movement towards DEMOCRACY. You are converting rubber stamps to active participation & make people think & decide. It will improve overall growth of Human as well as Economic health of GUJARAT & offcourse due to that of INDIA.
We are lucky to have such active, dynamic, dashing & intelligent LEADER like YOU SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO SALUTE YOU & YOUR DECISIONS.
SHANTANUKUL PAVANASCHA SHIVASTA PANTHAHA.
Regards,
Sandeep Ramesh Pandya.

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12/31/2009 12:31:49 AM #

DEAR MODIJI,
GREETINGS FOR THE SEASON. ITS A GREAT STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY. YOUR LEADERSHIP WILL CHANGE HUMAN & ECONOMIC HEALTH OF GUJARAT AND OF INDIA TOO. WE HAVE PROUD OF YOU BEING A YOUNG & DYNAMIC LEADER. I WOULD LIKE TO SALUTE YOU FOR YOUR WHOLE HEARTED EFFORTS FOR REVOLUTION.

REGARDS,

SANDEEP RAMESH PANDYA

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12/31/2009 7:45:54 AM #

Modiji your alternate name is revolution for betterment. In democracy first and foremost weapon for the people is voting to ensure the effective governance by the political party. If the weapon of voting is not used by all or say more than 80% of the people how could democracy become healthy like without weapon war can not be fought.
I hope Modiji would have found the solutions of practical problems for compulsary voting.
With regard to women reservation I do not favour because any kind of reservation leads to the defeat of merits and justice. Instead the infrastructure and circumstance should be provided to impart equal and fair opportunity to compete in any area whether it is election, employment or education. Reservation in its self defeat the justice and becomes a tool for the temptation to choose the political party irrespective of its merits and performance. As an experienced banker working in rural and semi urban areas I have come across the illiterate women serpanch being puppet of a group of persons having strong hold. Secondly the women having merits and qualities to work in public life do not find difficulty to come in politics. In the areas for which women reservation is proposed for local Authority the women are illiterate or lacking in the standard of education to understand the political affairs fairly.  

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1/1/2010 11:45:13 AM #

hi,
compalsary voting is such a good thing. congrates for d same. wishing u a happy 2010. i have one wish i want to take one photo of me with you. if you allow me then i will be verymuch thankful to you. thanks and regards

dewang thakkar India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/1/2010 1:51:00 PM #

પ્રતિ,
નમસ્કાર મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી,
નરેન્દ્ર મોદી સાહેબશ્રી,

આપશ્રી ગુજરાત રાજ્યનો સુકાન સંભાળી રહ્યા છો ત્યારે નીચેની બાબતો વિષયે સહજ રીતે વિચારો વ્યકત કરી રહ્યો છું.
                             ખેતીઃ
ગુજરાત રાજ્યમાં જયારે દરેક ક્ષેત્રનો વિકાસ થઈ રહ્યો છે ત્યારે જો ગુજરાત રાજ્યમાં ખેતીમાં ડેવલોપીંગ (જે હાલે માત્ર પંજાબ રાજ્યમાં જ છે) તો દરેક ખેતીની જમીન સ્કવેર (લંબ-ચોરસ) માપમાં આવી જાય. જેથી કરી મહત્મ જગ્યાનો ઉપયોગ થઈ શકે.
જેના ફાયદાઓ નીચે મુજબ છે.
•  ખેડુતો દ્વારા ઉપયોગમાં લેવાતા ટ્રેકટરોમાં કલચ, બ્રેક, ડીઝલ સહીતનો બચાવ થઈ શકે છે. અને ખેડુતોને સરળ રહે છે.
•  માપણી વધારો કરેલ હોય તો ખરાબો તે ગામ તરફ લઈ જઈ જેથી માપણી સમસ્યા હળ થઈ જાય અને આ ખરાબા જમીનનો ઉપયોગ ગૌચર, ઉદ્યોગો, અને ગ્રામ યુટીલીટી માટે સરકાર મેળવી શકે.
•  રોડના પ્લાનીંગ થવાને કારણે આવવા જવાનો સમયનો મચાવ, ફયુલનો બચાવ લાઈટનો બચાવ તેમજ આવવા જવાનું સરળતાથી અને પ્રાથમિક ધોરણે તેમજ ફયુચર મેન્ટેન્સ પણ સસ્તુ પડે છે.
•  જયારે ખેતરમાં કામ કરતા ખેડુતો સાથે કોઈ આકસ્મિક પરિસ્થિતિ ઉભી થાય જેવી કે, કોઈ જીવ જંતુ કરડવું, વાહન સાથે અકસ્માત થવું કે અન્ય કોઈ અકસ્માત થાય તો તેની સારવાર માટે લઈ જવા માટે જો આ પ્લાનીંગ થઈ શકે તો સરળતા રહેશે.
•  તેમજ માપણી વધારા અને દબાણો જેવા સરકારી કાર્યો પર ભારણ ઓછું પડે જેની સમસ્યા રહે જ નહી.
•  જયારે હાલમાં નોન-એગ્રીકલ્ચર કરવામાં આવેલ ત્યારે અરજદારોને પોતાની મુળભુત નાણાકીંય લાભ થાય એ રીતે જમીન નો ઉપયોગ કરે છે. જે વાસ્તવિક ટાઉન પ્લાનીંગ નથી તેમાં પણ એક સુંદર આયોજન કરી શકાય
•  અમેરીકા અને ઇગ્લેન્ડની અંદર આવી નાનામાં નાની એક એક વસ્તુઓને ધ્યાનમાં લઈ આવું પ્લાનીંગ કરવામાં આવેલ છે.
•  જેનો ઉલ્લેખ સચ્ચિદાનંદ સ્વામીના પુસ્તક ‘‘ મારૂ રશીયાથી અમેરીકાનો પ્રવાશ ‘‘ એમાં ખુબ સારી રીતે દર્શાવામાં આવેલ છે.

                            ઉદ્યોગ
•  આપ જ્યારે વિકાસ કરી રહ્યા છો ત્યારે ઉદ્યોગની ભીડમાં ઉદ્યોગકારો કોઈ જગ્યાએ અનુકુળ જમીન લઈ પોતાની ફેકટરીઓ નાંખે છે ત્યારે આજુ-બાજુ માં આવેલ જમીનોમાં એની સારી અને ખરાબ આડ અસરો ધ્યાનમાં લેવામાં આવતી નથી.તેમજ આવા ઉદ્યોગો એગ્રીકલ્ચર લાઈનથી દુર કરવામાં આવે તો ખેતીની આડ અસરો ઉભી ન થાય. દાખલા તરીકે કચ્છમાં કચ્છ એક્સેલ પ્લાન નાંખવામાં આવેલ છે. (ગજોડ ડેમ પાસે, પત્રી રોડ, મુન્દ્રા તાલુકા) જ્યાં વેસ્ટ વોટરને જમીનની અંદર બોર કરી નાંખવામાં આવેલ છે. જાણવા મુજબ આ વોટર ખુબ જ ઝેરી છે. ભવિષ્યમાં આ વોટર અનેક જમીનોને બંજર કરી નાંખશે આ રીતે ઉદ્યોગો માટે ઝોનીંગ કરીને ઉદ્યોગો નાંખવામાં આવે તો આવકાર્ય રહેશે.

                          તમ્બાકુ
•  જ્યારે ગુટકા કેન્સરનો નોતરી રહી છે ત્યારે આપશ્રીની સરકાર દ્વારા તેના નિયત્રંણ માટે સ્કુલો હોસ્પિટલના અમુક દાયરામાં વેંચાણ પર પ્રતિબંધ કરેલ છે. પરંતુ આ આદતીય વસ્તુઓ હોઈ તેનું સેવન કરનાર અન્ય જગ્યાએથી આવા તમ્બાકુ વધારે પ્રમાણમાં લઈ વધુ સેવન કરશે જેથી સાચા અર્થમાં આ પ્રતિબંધ પરિપુર્ણ લાગતુ નથી. તેમજ વહેંચાણ ધારક કાયદાની બીક વગર છુટ થી વહેંચાણ કરે છે. જો મહારાષ્ટ્રમાં  (કોંગ્રેશની સરકારમાં) ગુટકા બંધ થતું હોય તો આપ શ્રી જેવા ઝાંબાજ મુખ્યમંત્રી તરીકે આપ કાર્યકર્તા હોઇ તો સ્વાભાવિક રીતે લોકો અપેક્ષા આપશ્રી પરથી વધારે હોઈ તે સ્વાભાવિક છે. ગુજરાત રાજ્યને ગુટકા સંદર્ભ જે પણ કાઈ આવક થતી હોઈ તેને ઠુકરાવી હિતાવહ છે અને તે જ સાચા અર્થમાં વિકાસ છે.

                          પ્લાસ્ટીક બેગ
•  ભારત અને બાગ્લાદેશ દુનીયામાં ૯૩%  શણ ઉત્પાદન કરે છે. અગાઉ ભુતકાળમાં આ શણની બેગ્સનો ઉપયોગ અનાજ ભરવામાં કે ચીજ વસ્તુઓને લઈ જવામાં કરવામાં આવતો હતો. પરીણામે વિદેશ હુંડિયામણમાં કરોડોની બચત થતી હતી.અને આજે કમનસીબે આપણે એને ત્યજીને અમેરીકન પોલીથન બેગનો વપરાશ કરતા કરોડો રૂપીયાની હુંડિયામણની આવકને બદલે જાવક થાય છે. જેની આડઅસરો અનેક છે. પશુઓ ખાસ કરીને (ગાય) તેને ખાય છે. તો આવી પ્લાસ્ટીક બેગનું સંપુર્ણપણે બંધ કરાવવું જરૂરી છે. પેપર બેગનો ઉપયોગ કરવામાં આવે તો પણ આપણા કેટલાક ઉદ્યોગકારો જીવંત થશે અને વિદેશ હુંડીયામણ પણ બચશે અને આપણું અસ્તિત્વ જળવાઈ રહેશે. જો આ પ્લાસ્ટીક બેગ તાત્કાલિક ધોરણે બંધ કરવામાં આવે તો જનહીતને વધુ ફાયદો થશે. હાલમાં જ્યારે આ ૨૦ માઇક્રોન કે તેથી ઓછી પાતળી પ્લાસ્ટીકના વહેંચાણ પર પ્રતિબંધ છે ત્યારે વહેંચાણ કરાનારા કાયદાને વાટીને પી ગયા છે જેની વાસ્તવિક અસર જણાતી નથી અને ભષ્ટ્રાચારોને બળ મળે છે. પરિણામે જો આ પ્લાસ્ટિક બેગનું ઉત્પાદન જ બંધ કરવામાં આવે તો તે સાચા અર્થેમાં લોકો અને પશુ આરોગ્યના હીતમાં હશે.



                                         આપની અપેક્ષા સહ
                                                            આપના અને પાર્ટીના શુભચિંતક

                                                              સુનીલ ઠકકર, ભુજ - કચ્છ
                                                                 નગરસેવક,ભુજ
                                                               (ભારતીય જનતા પાર્ટી)



sunil thacker India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/1/2010 2:36:19 PM #

good namo,go ahed with devlopment and yrs pbik

rajanikant India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/1/2010 8:28:49 PM #

Congratulation Modiji.
jangal ma ak j ser che.

jitendra dankhara India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/1/2010 8:30:17 PM #

Respected Sir,
i am diehard fan of yours......i appreciate your ideo of 100% voting.... what change vll it bring is also known to us.....but sir one simple question when a voter is not present at place of voting due any circumstances vll he get right to cast vote through nominee voting?
My another question to you sir is Ahmedabad has developed like anything and so has the infrastructure of ahmedabad, but feeling of responsibility or self-consiousness towards our city is still lacking in heart of people..... still people urinate in open although there is a public toliet nearby, spits on roadside,do not follow traffic rules etc....etc... this needs change in mass thinking and i want to know how can it be done??

sahishnu Kikani India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/2/2010 12:39:39 AM #

THANK YOU NARENDRABHAI,THIS IS A VERY SMART WAY FOR CONNECTING PEOPLE,THANKS AGAIN

PRAKASH LAKHANI-SURAT India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/2/2010 12:44:41 AM #

THANK YOU NARENDRABHAI,THIS IS A SMART WAY FOR CONNECTING PEOPLE,I HOPE AND FEEL THAT GUJARAT IS SAFE BY YOU

PRAKASH LAKHANI-SURAT India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/2/2010 12:02:46 PM #

respected narendrabhai modiji,

this was the first time i logged on to ur website.
i truly believe that if YOU are the prime minister of India then India would be a definite leader in the world.

My request to you is to curb the harassment to girls or ladies on the roads and around. i am a teacher and i come across harassment of girls students on the roads. Please make it safe for them. I live in satellite area.

harit dave

harit dave India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/2/2010 1:05:16 PM #

Modi saheb,

aapna aa pagla thi khub aanand thayo......

Nikita Jayantilal Gada India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/2/2010 1:13:41 PM #

I am always with you sir.
you are only leader who inspire me most.

A.T.Attarwal,
9824457052
(architect/engineer)
*President-Laguhmati Morcho, Jamnagar.

A.T.ATTARWALA India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/2/2010 2:44:06 PM #

jai namo...............

jai hind

MAKE NAMO THE PM OF INDIA

bhavin thaker India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/2/2010 2:45:20 PM #

A STEP TO COMPULSARY VOTING WAS A VERY   GOOD STEP KEEP IT UP SIR....................

bhavin thaker India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/3/2010 12:34:17 PM #

Dear sir
Good step for making a government elected through a compulsary rather 100 % voting sounda like a PPP firm (public private partnership firm) and suppose to work well.
Amit thakkar
research scholar

Amit thakkar India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/2/2010 5:56:12 PM #

અરે ભાઈ આ તો ઉત્તમ પગલું છે તેના ફાયદા અનેક બનશે . નાગરિકની ફરજ ને ચૂંટણી તો ઠીક પણ એનાથી બિનકાયદેસર નાં ગુજરાતીઓ ને  લાભ લેતા તકલીફ થશે . ગમે ત્યારે  પોલીસ આ ઓળખપત્ર  ચેક કરી બહારથી ઘુસનારાને  પકડી શકશે . બીજા રાજ્યો નો શું બીજા દેશો પણ આને અનુસરશે. ફરજીયાત મતદાન , ફરજીયાત શાળા અને  બહારવાલા માટે પાસપોર્ટ ટૂંકમાં બધી જ વસ્તીનો અંદાજ સરકારને રહેશે . આમાં પાર્ટી , ધર્મ કે ઊંચ નીચ નો સવાલ જ નથી રહેતો . આવા પગલા જ અને પ્રજાનો અવાજ જ સુધારા લાવી શકશે . ખુબ ખુબ સુભેચ્છા .

kay United States | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/2/2010 6:21:09 PM #

dear sir
first of all  thx. for visiting bharuch for such a good cause
thx.u very much
and a simple request that u should give such flying visit to or bharuch so that bharuch remain clean as u seen.
thx once again sir

dr rashi patel India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/2/2010 8:53:36 PM #

Pranam,
We and our family member's had granted your idea. We are always with you. Your ideas are appriciable.  Pl. make it clear in detail what is "negetive voting" & there should not be any loop to change your idea.
Regards.
Kumthekar

Kumthekar P.S. India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/3/2010 3:55:50 AM #

it is realy a inovative idea ,   in many elections polling wre around 50 percent vote polled , the govt formed if got 60 of percent vote  polled, it is realy got 30 percent of the voter. that means govt  actually not  formed by majority. it is nice idea t make voting compusory, initially there might be some problem initialy  but those can be sorted out .once people feel voting is duty  ,  no law will be requiered,

m n debchouidhury India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/3/2010 6:22:36 AM #

परम् आदरणीय नरेन्द्र मोदी जी,
अनिवार्य मतदान का यह कदम अति आवश्यक था । यह निश्चित रूप से सफ़ल होगा । जैसा कि आपने साक्षात्कार में कहा, इससे सभी दल समग्रता से विचार करके प्रत्याशी तय करेंगे ।
हमारा लोकतंत्र मज़बूत होगा और समाज की भागीदारी बढ़ेगी ।

बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद

पवन परमेश्वर मोदी
यांत्रिकी अभियंत्रण
राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, जमशेदपुर

pawan parmeshwar modi India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/3/2010 12:29:34 PM #

Mr. Modi,
No matter what the common illiterate Indian Voters say, you are undoubtedly the best Indian leader in current India.

VR United States | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/3/2010 5:07:14 PM #


Dear Honrable shree Narendra Modiji

I heartily very appreciates your voluntory iniciate of making compulsary voting in the election.wchich will make all the civilians to take parts of slecting and electing their candidates.
This will be prooved revolusionary and bold steps taken firtly on the nation wide.

Hope you keeps on continous imrpovement which will be very usefull and benificiar to the entire normal people.

Thanks

Nikul Patel
Piplag-Nadiad

Nikul Patel India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/7/2010 11:37:05 PM #

jay hind

aap kaa sevak chirag kaam ho bulalena

my mobail no.9979888620

chirag patel India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/3/2010 6:44:50 PM #

hello,sir                                                           your work is very good for gujarat but sir,i telling to you my village name is (parvala T-umrala DIS-bhavnagar)my village has problem of water last 10-years please,slow my village probleam    

nilesh India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/3/2010 9:43:49 PM #


Dear Sir,

I am in Udaipur doing job here. But i feel very proud when i talk about you and your thoughts here with my colleagues. Yes you are right that voting strengthens the democracy. Voting is not only right it is our duty to the nation.  Everybody is contributing to the nation by performing various role like engineer, doctor, politician, bussinessman. But if one doesn't vote means contributing in making the democracy weak. So i beleive tha it is thebold step taken by Gujarat Gov. Being gujarati, i feel proud.

Sanket Patel India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/4/2010 10:23:39 AM #


Respected sir,

This is a very good move towards the real democracy and everybody should welcome it.
Only the main challenge is to get the exact head-counts in the gujrat and also those who belongs to gujrat and are outside the gujrat or the country.
There should be some electronic system through which everybody can vote (E-voting) without going to the booth and also it is good those who are not in gujrat during election days.

Ratnakar India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/4/2010 4:09:01 PM #

Dear Sir,
well said Sir, nice step though I guess a better thought is need to be given, as coming to practicality I am not finding direct(on site) compulsory voting a very feasible option. There are certain issues which came to my mind right while I read the statement.
    Most of the people who live out of town/city/state/country at a respective considerable distance cannot reach to their voting place because of certain constraint like Traveling, Time availability (leave permission at their work center), Financial constraint, Social liabilities.
    Like I quote my example I am 24 and have never cast a vote, why?
    Because I have always been out of village/town earlier because of my studies and later because of job constraint. Definitely now the responsibility comes to me for not casting my Vote, but the thing is I don't see any point of casting my vote because till now in our area whether Congress/BJP/BSP anybody has won I hadn't seen a proper road to my hometown. Now comes casting a negative No-Vote to anyone, I don't go for this because I really don't find utility of this when I don't see any No-Vote in election.
    What I feel is need of some kind of off-site voting so that people can send their vote with some kind of identity verification of if people can cast their vote at some center like GRE center or something like that.

Regards
Arun

Arun India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/4/2010 10:12:13 PM #

Mr CM,
Once again you have proved that you are one of the smartest politician in Indian politics. From the discussions going on the compulsory voting, initial feedback is encouraging. Your intention is clear. However, the compulsory voting law is incomplete till we agree on how to implement this law. It seems you want to  test the water before going ahead. As suggested by some citizens and experts, it can't be denied that there are some practical difficulties in implementation of this law.
I suggest, you should start another discussion on this subject and ask for suggestions from the people regarding how to deal with the defaulters.
Once again I wish you all the best for your good intention. I believe, if there is a WILL, there is a way...

Pankaj Patel
Ontario, Canada

Pankaj Canada | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/5/2010 12:49:13 AM #

Respected sir,
first time i m writing coments on your blog.
I m must say that in INDIA the different face of politics is Mr.Narendra Modi. Sir,every time u r trying new ideas.
This idea of compulsary voting is also a mile stone in indian politics.
More over i just want to give 1 sujestion that if possible kindly pls reserve 5% to 10% seats for youth who r 20 to 30 years old & who wants to join politics because it is their passion. Because now a days politics also become a favourite subject for youth because of leader like u.
Sir, pls now it is a time to walk with youth togather & youth is the most poweful  wapon to make Gujarat & INDIA strong. And it is your duty to take all youth under 1 roof. We r with u.
with  respect,
yours,
Dipesh.parekh

dipesh parekh India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/5/2010 9:13:15 AM #

DEAR C.M.,

IT IS A REVOLUTIONARY ACT U PASSED IN GUJARAT. THIS WAS REALY NEEDED.
U ARE ONE OF THE BEST LEADER I HAVE EVER SEEN.
BUT THERE ARE FEW THINGS WHICH I FEEL U MUST GIVE SOME ATTENTIONS, IN GUJ. GOVT. JOBS PEOPLE ARE GETTING JOB ON FIX SALARY BASIS FOR AROUND FIVE YEARS. SALARY IS VERY LESS AND EVEN HARD TO SURVIVE. I AM GUJARATI AND WORKING IN HARYANA DUE TO LESS SALARY STRUCTURE IN GUJARAT.
eg. PRIMARY TEACHERS ARE PAID 2500/MONTH, IT IS NOT  POSSIBLE TO SURVIVE IN SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT. AGAIN THIS PERIOD IS 5 LONG YEARS.SECONDARY TEACHERS HAVE 4500/MONTH PAY. DON'T YOU THINK IT IS SHAME ON EDUCATED CLASSES.
THERE BY GUJ. GOVT. IS LOOSING HIS TELENTED YOUTH, COZ THEY LEAVE STATE FOR THEIR LIVLIHOOD.
I AM A FEMALE, HAVING POST GRADUATION IN ENGLISH AND ENGLISH TEACHING, AGAIN HAVE DONE DIPLOMA IN MECHANICAL ENGG. BUT HAVE NOT GOT APPROPRIATE JOB IN GUJARAT AND LEAVED GUJARAT, NOW WORKING IN MNC IN HARAYANA.
PLEASE THINK OVER IT AND MAKE YOUR EDUCATED PEOPLE LIVE A PROSPEROUS LIFE........

heeral joshi India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/5/2010 9:15:18 AM #


સ્નેહી નરેન્દ્રભાઈ
આપના ગ્લોબલ વોર્મિંગ તેમજ લોકશાહી ને મજબુત કરવા માટે ૧૦૦% મતદાનની શરૂઆતથી ગુજરાતે દેશભર ને વિચારવા માટે મજબુર કાર્ય છે આનાથી વિશુદ્ધ પ્રકૃતિ શુદ્ધ થશે પરંતુ સાથે સાથે સંપૂર્ણ મતદાનના અમલથી લોકશાહી માં પડેલી વિશુદ્ધિ પણ દુર થશે.
      વિરેન્દ્રસિંહ અટોદરીયા ભરૂચ

virendrasinh atodariya India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/6/2010 9:43:13 AM #

Wishing you a Happy new year 2010...

Sir, where is our new year greeting message?

Vikas India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/6/2010 12:19:10 PM #

i am impressed with the way kankaria lake is developed. i am living in kankaria near apsara aradhna theatre.i recommend you to add one more thing.dolphin fishes in the lake.i think this is such a thing which will attrect visitors more. kankaria is now covered with full security.the safety of fishes will be protected. regards, hemant mehta.

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1/6/2010 12:37:19 PM #

sir,
   solar lights must be available at reasonable price in gujarat which will help in removing darkness in gujarat as well as  will reduce electricity cost.by making CNG compulsory in public transport you have saved crores of rupees of common men as well as  have have reduced pollution in the air.this work also will save money of the people.regards, hemant mehta

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1/6/2010 6:29:18 PM #

every development step for people start from modiji soul. with thanks
p.jayakumar,
namakkal  

jayakumar.p. India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/7/2010 10:10:59 AM #

મોદીજી

પ્રગતિની દિશામાં વધારેલું આ ડગલાને મારા જેવા તમામ યુવાનો તરફથી ખુબખુબ  અભિનંદન.

ગુજરાતની નિરંતર પ્રગતિ ચાલતી રહે એજ સુભેક્ષા થી વાત આગળ વધારું છું. આઈ. ટી. (Information Technology) આજે મોટા માં મોટી રોજગારી ની તક ઉભી કરે છે. આપણાં ભારતમાં, બેંગલોરે, હૈદરાબાદ, પુને, મુંબઈ, નોયડા, કોલકાતા અને ઘણી વધી જગ્યાએ આઈ. ટી. ક્ષેત્રમાં રોજને રોજ, વધુ ને વધુ જગ્યાઓ ખાલી જોવા મળે છે. છેલ્લા  કેટલાંક મહિનાથી હું  IBM હૈદરાબાદમાં  કામ કરું છું. આ પહેલા હું અમદાબાદમાં જ આઈ. ટી . ક્ષેત્રમાં કામ કરતો હતો.

ઉપર જણાવેલ જગ્યાઓ પર રોજ હજારોની સંખ્યામાં vacancy જોવા મળે છે. આમની પાસે એટલી જગ્યાઓ છે કે દેશના તમામ ખૂણેથી લોકો આવીને અહી કામ કરે છે અને એ લોકો મારી જેમ મજબૂરીમાં પોતાના પરિવારજનોથી, પોતાના માતા પિતાથી - જેમને કે આંગળી પકડીને ચાલતા શીખવાડ્યું, કેટલાક ચહિતાઓથી
કે જેમના મનમાં આપણાં પ્રત્યે આશ હતી એ બધાને છોડીને, એ બધાનીજ ભલાઈ માટે, એ બધાથી જ દૂર રહીને કામ કરવું પડે છે.  


અને જયારે પરિવારજનો ને, માતા પિતા ને એમના વૃદ્ધાવસ્થા સમયે આપણી જરૂર હોય છે તે વખતે અમે એમનાથી દૂર રહીએ છીએ આ વાતનું મને ખુબજ દુખ થાય છે. મોદીજી, તમારા બધાજ કર્યો સરાહનીય છે. મારા જેવા લાખો યુવાનોનું આ પ્રબળ મનોઇચ્છા  છે કે પોતાના માતા પિતાની સાથેજ રહીને એમની સેવા કરીને પોતાનું ગુજરાન ચલાવે. જેના માટે અમારા લોકોની તમારાથીજ આશાઓ રહેલી છે કે આપના રાજ્યમાં આવી આઈ. ટી. કમ્પનીયો આવે અને એ કમ્પનીયોને ગુજરાતમાં ખેચી લાવવમાં આપ સક્ષમ છો અને એનાથી આપો આપ આપણાં ઘર, ગાવ, રાજ્ય અને દેશની આર્થિક સમસ્યા દૂર થઇ જશે.

તમારે માત્ર એકજ કામ કરવાની જરૂર છે બાકી વધી સમસ્યાઓ આપો આપ દૂર થઇ જશે. પછી તમારે ખુશહાલ લોકો સાથે, ખુશહાલ ધરતી પર, ખુશી ખુશી જીવનના આનંદોજ મળવાનું રહેશે

હું મારા ઘરના વિકાસ માટે હમેશાજ તત્પર છું.

DEVMUNI

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1/7/2010 11:39:30 PM #

prti shree c.m.sir,



                            aap viramgam ma avya te joi khub j anand thayo. ane viramgam na vikash ane pachhat varg na vikash mate fadavel kamo mate aap saheb shree ne khub khub abhar.



                           shanharsh janawavanu ke viramgam mana rashta o na vikash mate aap shaheb shree ae fadavel grant mani ek pan kam giri chhella lagbhag ketalay varsh thi hath par dharava ma aavi nathi. je rasta o ni nondh hu aap shaheb shree ne janavava mangu chhu.

          (1) golwadi darwaja thi polash station tower chock.

          (2) golwadi chock thi  gandhi hospitel (mandal road)

          (3) khodaya ma na mandir thi munshar darvaja road.

                      app shaheb shree ne biju janawava nu ke viramgam ma nu MUNSHAR TALAV chhella ketalay samay thyi khali kari ne muki deva ma aavyu chhe. temaj viramgam nagar palika nigam ma (1) saf pani (2) gatar sudhara jeva ketalak kamo hath par dharva na badale filo meda par chadavi deva ma avi hoy tevu lage chhe.



                    ant ma aap mananiy shaheb shree ne nava varsh ni subhakamna o sathe janawvanu ke aa lakhan mea lakhel darek babato mara mitr varg ni charcha no vishay chhe. jeno ant lavava aap shaheb shree ne amari namra vinanti chhe.



                     hu mara gujarat ane mara viramgam par garv karu chhu. ane mane garv chhe ke maru gujarat ane viramgam aapane netrutva niche chhe. tethi mane vishvash chhe ke aap tena vikash matena darek karya sampurna rite dhyan ma lai ne pura karavasho





                                                                          AAPANO NAGARIK



                                                                           AZADSINH.JILUBHA.CHAVDA

azad India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/8/2010 4:06:21 PM #

Dear Friends....

A small request. if you ppl write your replies in english it will be easy to understand to the ppl from outside gujarath like me. we want Modi to be our PM so we want to know him closely.

Jai Bharat

Ramuyadav India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/8/2010 4:43:28 PM #

  Sir, I want u see as P.M. Of the Country.

Jashraj Senma India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/8/2010 5:41:21 PM #


Respected Sir,

I am proud to be a Gujju whose leader like you lead the state with the vision and I am  firmly believe that the step you have taken will definately in the interest of the aam admi and will inspired another state to act accordingly.

Jaydevsinh Zankat India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/8/2010 6:06:35 PM #

Respected Modiji,
I fully endorse your views of compulsory voting as well as negative voting. These reforms are a must to strengthen our democracy and also to allow good people in governance. This one step will clean politics to a large extent.
With warm regards,

L.K.JAIN
DELHI.

L.K.JAIN India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/8/2010 10:08:09 PM #

Dear Sir,

We agree to your greatest thought of Indian election history..

As a Civilians, we always demands for our rights but we usually forget our basic duties towards our city, state n country..

Thanks for rising this issue. Pls make compulsory voting system effective from upcoming election..

Ashish Patel India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/8/2010 10:41:27 PM #

Parnam Manyawar Modiji,

Hu aapune madwa mangu chhu, aap na darbar ma, agar aap mane tariq aapi sako tho ek alag idea chhe je apda Gujarat na Gaurav ma vadhaoro kari saksu.
Gauranteed,
Maru Janam Mumbai ma thayo chhe pan aapna adarsh heter hu pan kai karwa mangu chhu.

Jo aapna Ashish male to ek saras inoovative idea chhe je Gujarat na Loco ma and pardes ma rehta apna Gujarati potana watan ma paccha warse.

Jai Hind Jai Gujarat

Sanjay B Bhanushali India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/8/2010 11:07:46 PM #

Dearest and Respected Narendra modiji

wish you and all my brothers and sisters in gujarat a very happy new year 2010.May God bless your and gujarats every endeavour and new year and years to come ahead bring lot of happiness peace and good health for all that only this wellwisher and ordiniray person can wish.Sir keep it up the way you taking gujarat to new heights it will keep inspiring generations to come.and you will be role model and source of inspiration for them.
i would be glad if acknowledge my email.mobile-8087421362
wellwisher,admirer

With best regards,
Rajesh N Chouhan
11/9,Anand Society
Shankar Seth Road
pune- 411037
Maharashtra

Rajesh Nanalal Chouhan India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/8/2010 11:19:13 PM #

sir,

i am pleased to know ur thought that " this is not blog but its a rather bridge with people".

i am also proud to have u as a chief minister, thanks to god & people of gujarat & urself.

also pleased to know that u & big b have seen "paa" together. and after seeing the "paa" which expands the scenes of one very rare medical condition, u come to conclusion that it should be made tax free for the five crore people of gujarat. i am pleased to know that u r  so much concerened about the people of gujarat that u dont even want that people of gujarat should suffer with rare medical conditions.

only one request from my side is plz go through "3 IDIOTS" which expands the consequences of present education system and present way of parenting. and education, parenting and education system affects almost all the people living in gujarat.

thanks
nilesh patel

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1/8/2010 11:34:32 PM #

Dear sir,
It is a milestone in the history of INDIAN democracy.
The centre must follow the same.i am very eagar to see
you as PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA.My best wishes are always
with you.

sudhir karshanbhai patel India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/9/2010 10:40:32 AM #

Dear Sir,
Jay jay garvi gujarat.
why we do not have growth in IT Industry????
I do believe, next 10 years are of IT & our state is lacking in IT growth.
Please plan exclusively for IT companines ot invest in Gujararat.

is it not possible to having 10 lakh IT staff in Gujarat??

Patel Bhupendra S India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/9/2010 1:59:14 PM #

I visited Gujarat alongwith family and friend from 27.12.2009 to 01.01.2010 on pilgrimage and also to see why Gujarat has become vibrant. We had an excellent trip and enjoyed every moment of our stay in Gujarat except 01.01.2010 when we were on our way back from Ahmedabad.
We were travelling in a tourist taxi of another state and had ensured that every document and requirement as per MVI Act was in place. Still at Ahmedabad, we were stopped at every junction (about 5 times) and harrassed by the Traffic Cops and were forced to bribe them.
The same was true for all vehicle which were having Registration Certificate of another state.
While, this happens in most of the states, but it was very pronounced in Ahmedabad.
We are inviting your attention to apprise you of the harrassment which only leaves people in bad taste.

Regards,

Arvind Sinha  

ARVIND SINHA India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/9/2010 2:03:45 PM #

bhavishya ma aeva j rajyo sukhi ane samrudhdh hase jemni pase purti vijali ane pani hashe.vijalinu rokan vadhu ma vadhu gujarat ma hovu joiae.
vijalinu rokan aakha desh ma gujaratma sauthi vadhare hovu joiae.
jay garvi gujarat.

vijayshah India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/9/2010 2:11:24 PM #

hello sirrrr
who say nobody is parfect but i say you are parfect sirrr
and you are good exampal of gret politisoniyan

ram modhawadiya India | Click here & Reply to this comment

1/9/2010 3:51:59 PM #

DEAR SIR,
IAM DINESH TANNA FROM RAJKOT IAM IN SESAMESEED BUSINESS FROM RAJKOT,SIR I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT GUJ AGRICULTUER,SIR GUJ FARMER IS VERY HARD WORKING PERSON & THEY PRODUCE VERY GOOD QUALITY OF FOOD.

SIR,WE PROD WHEAT IS PREMIUM QUALITY & DEMAND OF GUJ WHEAT IN ALL OVER INDIA,ALSO IN ALL OUR INDIA NEW ARRIVAL OF WHEAT STARTED 1ST IN GUJ AROUND 20TH JAN ALSO SAME IN GRAM,ALSO OTHER STATE BUYER ASKED 1ST FOR GUJ QUALITY & GIVE PREMIUM RATE FOR SAME.

ALSO WE ARE IN SESAMESEED BUSINESS GUJ QUALITY IS VERY GOOD IN SESAMESEED 90% OF CROP HAS BEEN EXPORT TO ALMOST ALL COUNTRY IN WORLD,ALSO WE MUST MENTION IN OVERSEAS CONTRACT QUALITY GUJARAT ORIGIN.

SIR,PLEASE GIVE MAXIMUM SUPPORT TO FARMERS,SIR I LIKE YOUR POLICY & AFFIRT FROM YOU,SIR PLEASE TRY FOR NARMADA WATER EVERYWHERE IN GUJ FOR IRRIGATION.

THANKS.

DINESH TANNA

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1/10/2010 1:23:32 PM #

NAMO TAME SAUNE GAMO.......

Your step towards compulsory voting will create revolution in Indian democracy....With this your STEPPING STONE WILL BECOME A MILE STONE.......

Sharuaat to Karo Badlega INDIA......and we see that you have changed a lot in Gujarat, India....

RAJESH KATHIRIYA

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2/5/2010 12:54:33 PM #

vikas ne varela modi saheb ne mara namaskar,
    aaj na yug ma navi navi shodho thay chhe tema matra bhanela ganela j bhag le chhe. jema mota engineer ke mota digree vara hoy chhe.bhutkal ma je pan shodho thai chhe tema 80% bhanela na hata. gujarat ma eva pan loko chhe ke bhanela na hoy to pan navu karavani shakti temana ma padeli chhe. mate gujarat ma ek branch nahi bhanela mate kholi temane navu karava ni tak aapava vinanti.temane mate paisa ni sagavad pan sarakar karase to jarur thi sara parinam malase.
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2/6/2010 6:42:24 PM #

sir i was proud by indian ,my dream hero as for you . when your  idea was very strait things.so for when this idea compalsory to auct in kanyakumari to  himalayas.india is world is nomber one place going .                          thaning you     mr.saravanan  

muthu kamachi rathinavel saravanan | Click here & Reply to this comment

2/10/2010 3:47:08 AM #

Dear Respected Modi-ji,

Pranam,

I am a basically from Karnataka. Now i am doing Ph.D in Nanotechnology, in UK. The movement which you have taken in-order to remove the imbalance occurring in  the democracy, is really great. I am not a person to judge your political steps, but i am one among of those, who are ready to dedicate themselves to support you in your fight towards building the nation.

If you are reading this email, then plz guide me to my future, and i kindly request you to give me one chance to meet you and talk to you.

Vande matharam

Your's sincerely
Ganesh Kamath
Ph.D student
Nanotechnology center for PVD
Sheffield hallam university
Sheffield
UK

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