We Are Coming Mr Prime Minister

PRESS RELEASE - WE ARE COMING MR PRIME MINISTER

2008-12-09T10:29:00.001-08:00

WE ARE COMING MR. PRIME MINISTER

Mumbai – 9^th December 2008

A car rally for peace initiated by STAYING ALIVE - A Civil Societies Revolution and supported by WE inc, with a single minded intention of meeting with the Prime Minister, to put forth a list of demands & their immediate implementation, will commence on the 12th of December 2008 from the Gateway at 6 am and go all the way to New Delhi.

This car rally, passing through the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana will be joined by the Non-Cooperation Movement & other groups in Delhi and together will proceed to the residence of the Prime Minister and demand to see him.

STAYING ALIVE requests all citizens, to join us in their respective cars, bikes etc to add to the numbers and make this movement a success.

A Revolution started on the 3rd of December 2008 at the Gateway and now we need to sustain it and our rally is a STRONG initiative in that direction. WE PLAN TO RECREATE THIS MAGIC IN DELHI OUTSIDE THE PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE.

We will reach Delhi on the 14th of December 2008 and will converge at the residence of the Prime Minister and demand that he meets us to look at the agenda that we are submitting to him. We will not just be satisfied with his reply which we are anticipating in advance - "We will look into it as soon as possible". On the other hand we will insist on a 2 month deadline and in case it is NOT met, we will march back to Delhi.

Silk Road Records & WE Inc along with upcoming music directors Arco & Dev have created a special anthem called "YE HAK HAMARA HAI", which they will perform in Delhi with the renowned music band STEREO NATION.

REMEMBER THAT THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO GET THE CHANGE THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS DREAMT OF.

Come join us.....Jai Hind

More details will follow.

Aroona B Bhat

for STAYING ALIVE

CONTACT INFORMATION

Aroona B Bhat 98202 23471

Vinta Nanda 98200 40680

Nutan Bajaj - 98201 24844

Aseem Arora - 98703 64734

Pratham SS Jolly 98928 66981

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Aroona B Bhat
Staying Alive - A Civil Societies Movement
+91 98202 23471

OUR LIST OF DEMANDS

2008-12-07T20:40:00.000-08:00

Dear All,

Here's what we are looking for from the Prime Minister.

Please Note that this list will be finalised on Tuesday, 9th Dec 08, after we have a joint group meeting.

India Demands

1. Immediate security to be tightened and reinforced in Mumbai and other Metro's.

· A single anti terror federal agency with a significant presence in each city with capabilities for rapid response and the best equipment money can buy.

· Establish Crisis management cell's in each and every city.

2. Resolve and realign India's security infrastructure.

Invest in reinforcing the security across India's coastline.
Give us an accountability of budget allotted for coastline security.

3. Destroy Internal & External Terror Support Network

· Internal Elements/known suspects/peripherally suspected/passive helpers, residing in any part of India, supporting terror activities should be dealt with very severely.

· All known training camps and All known terror suspects hiding out openly in neighboring countries should be flushed out by mounting unprecedented global pressure on their governments.

4. Revise and implement the 6^th Pay Commission for the police and the Armed forces.

· The salaries of the police and the Armed forces should be on par with the corporate sector.

· Reforms to be implemented.

· Police force of all states to be better equipped, trained

· Most advanced surveillance systems to be deployed nationwide on a scale that will by itself act as a deterrent.

5. Tough Anti-Terror law with a fast track judicial system.

· We kept Maulana Masood Azar in our jails for six years and eventually released him to free the Kandahar hostages.

6. Every act of public violence to be made into a non-bailable offence.

· This would immedietly help in putting a check on parties such as MNS, RSS, Bajrang Dal and VHP.

7. Strictly enforce a law wherein any individual with a criminal record or criminal history cannot contest elections or hold any public office.

· Use the RTI act and demand that we – the ordinary citizens are informed about the Criminal records/bio data/ bank balance & assets/ net worth of all candidates who wish to stand for elections.

· Retirement age of politicians to be on par with Civil services.

8. Legalise a citizen's surveillance cell which can work in tandem with the police and the government security agencies at the local and state levels.

9. Insist that every young boy/girl who reaches the age of 18 gets one year training in armed forces.

10. Directly elected Mayor in every metro city of India on the lines of New York, London and Shanghai.

· The Mayor will act as the head of government of the city and head all local organisations like BMC.

11. A committee of ordinary citizens to be recognised by the Government that will oversee the implementation of the above demands within the time frame promised by the government.

· This committee can be headed by prominent citizens of India.

· The government will be accountable to this committee for all its actions.

· This committee will be directly elected by the people of India.

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Aroona B Bhat
Staying Alive - A Civil Societies Movement
+91 98202 23471

ROUTE MAP TO DELHI FROM BOMBAY

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1. On Friday, 12th December 2008 Converge at The Gateway between 5.30am - 6.00am

2. Flag off by survivors at 6am

3. Drive via the Western Express Highway to Ahmedabad, following the route on the map

4. Halt at Ahmedabad on 12th Night

5. Departure to Jaipur at 7 am on Saturday, 13th December 2008

6. Halt at Jaipur on 13th December

7. Departure to Delhi at 7 am from Jaipur on Sunday, 14th December 2008.

8. Converge at the residence of the Prime Minister at 4pm on the 14th December 2008

9. WE WILL STAY PUT OUTSIDE HIS RESIDENCE TILL HE COMES OUT AND MEETS WITH US.

Keep watching this space for final fine tuning of travel plans.
We are a group travelling together with a purpose. All joining us in the rally are expected to self-fund.
Anyone wishing to contribute - either monetarily or otherwise, are welcome to communicate to us through this blog.