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Invitation to Congress Bloggers Community
Written By Sudarshan Mantri - 6 August, 2013
Bangalore Politics Congress suggestion Professional Governance
Prajagale,
As you may know, in line with its objective of having a strong collaboration with the civil society and hence a well composed democracy, Indian National Congress has started a first of its kind organization called as Professionals Cell. By way of introduction, I am the founder president of the cell. I too am a working professional just like you and so is the rest of my organization. In the recent times, I have had the opportunity to interact with your group on topics of common interest. Pursuant to the objectives of our cell, we continue to engage with several forums like yours and invite them for online debates of social and national interest.
With regard to the same, we are now starting a blog group that comprises of working professionals residing across India. The agenda of this group is to discuss some of the recent initiatives of the UPA-2 govt. These blogs are slated to be duly observed by the top brass of the party leadership and thus enable a direct channel of communication between the two communities. Hence, it is an opportunity for organizations like yours to comment on such topics with the view of encouraging the govt on good initiatives and making suggestions for those that need improvement. Since it is an effort driven by the party, the discussions, though in public interest, are expected to be political in nature. Yet, it’s our endeavor to ensure that there is no personal criticism on any individuals. Our idea is to keep the discussions healthy and free from controversies.
With the due consent of your executive committee, I wish to invite you all for these discussions. You can reach me these coordinates – sudarshan_mantri@yahoo.com, +91-9845032374/9845094049
COMMENTS
idontspam - 10 August, 2013 - 15:29
As per my conversation with Mr Mantri I understand the congress forum will have a stricter moderation in line with the party's policies & anyone who wants to discuss issues which they cant on that site can do so on Praja as well, which Mr Mantri will see from time to time & pick at his discretion, while what is posted on the congress site will be viewable to all the party members.
This is a good initiative & I hope other parties will have such transparent discussions on issues as well. If the site is already live pl post the link here
Sudarshan Mantri - 17 August, 2013 - 05:59
@Pranav: Thanks for the warm welcome to Praja :-) Yes, this blogger group will be run by young leaders from Congress, such as Priyank Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and the likes. Of course, it will be moderated. to begin with, bloggers can send their blogs over email and then it will go love. Over the next few days, we will give access to the site to these parties wherein they can go and blog directly. Good point about non-fact based. Our plan is to discuss the initiatives of the UPA Govt,. Bloggers are welcome to appreciate good initiatives and are equally welcome to suggest ways and means of improvements fort such initiative which need more focus. It is a matter of courtesy not to indulge in cynicism and personal attacks on leaders. The idea is to steer clear of unwanted controversies. We are hoping that this becomes a healthy exercise rather than an opportunity for individuals to spar at one another. All this will be ensured by a very tight policing. Hope this answers your question.
Sudarshan Mantri - 17 August, 2013 - 06:00
@ Satya. Thanks for that note. Of course, I will be happy to take up discussions here on Praja which by its nature may not be possibel on the Congress blog site.
Sudarshan sahibaregu namaskara
murali772 - 17 August, 2013 - 14:30
Welcome Sudarshan to Praja.
While we discuss a lot here and often come up with what we think are viable solutions to the numerous civic issues facing the city as well as the state, what we have been lacking in is the reach to the powers that be. With your coming on, hopefully, that gap should now stand bridged.
While we have already seen a lot of that happening on the "Namma Railu" front, can I draw your attention to the following too:
1) Undervaluation racketeering - check here
2) Making defamation a civil rather than a criminal offence (action required by Central govt) - check here
3) Single emergency helpline - check here
4) Maintenance of public toilets - check here
I have picked the above subjects, their having been in the news recently. There are a lot more, which you'll see if you browse through the debates.
As such, let us see how best we can jointly pursue reform to its fullest and proper meaning in the interest of all concerned.
One suggestion - local focus may help
silkboard - 10 August, 2013 - 15:06
Dear Sudarshan,
First of all, welcome to Praja. Nice to see a professionals wing in Congress. Is this bloggers group going to be at a Congress run website? Any moderation planned? And I also feel that without local focus, the blogs tend to be opinionated and tend to get into non-fact based discussions and arguments. Any plan to avoid getting into that loop?
regards,
SB aka Pranav
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