-: [rti4empowerment] BMC Polls 2012 - Get elected, become wealthy

The sick, non deliberative,non active, non choosee electorate has given power to such ppl who r nibblers of nations wealth. And ppl making money thru bribe are having assessts worth 100 times more then the disclosed what they hv in black.

Till electorate sleeps and is callous such situation will continue.

GET ELECTED, BECOME WEALTHY

10^th Feb 2012.

Hi Friends,

Please read the attachment. It is from page 2 of today's Hindustan Times, showing the increase in the assets/net worth of our beloved Corporators, as tabulated below. Now link this with my yesterday's mail of the Analysis of the candidates in Ward 227. Makes interesting reading:

                                                 2007                  2012      Party   Ward

i.                     Vinod Shekhar          64 lakhs         1.83 cr    Cong      227
ii.                   Rajendra Choube     6.25 L              1.80 cr   Cong        3
iii.                  Parubai Katke          2.8 L               96.45 L   BSP       175
iv.                 Sujata Patekar         16.45 L           3.24 cr      SS            4
v.                   Yashwant Jadhav     26 L                2.58 cr      SS         207
vi.                 Meena Desai            5.13 L             31 L        Cong      183
vii.                Niyaz Ahmed            49 L                3.46 cr    NCP      170
viii.              Sheetal Mhatre        3.25 L             12.97 L    Cong        1
ix.                 Sameer Desai            76 L               2.74 cr    Cong      49

The stupendous and spectacular increase ranges from 185% (Vinod Shekhar) to 3,344% (Parubai Katke). Vinod Shekhar is the good boy of the Congress. His increase is ONLY 185% in 5 years.

I would like to know from these dear fellows how to increase assets in such a short span of time. My investments in deposits give me only 9% interest; my share-broker friends tell me they get around 30%, and my businessmen friends tell me they get maximum around 50%. They run the risk of losses too.

My analysis:
Vinod Shekhar is a good orator; I have heard him on several occasions. He and his other friends in the BMC irrespective of party affiliations must educate us how to get rich quick! Secondly, whereas I would like to benefit from their advice, I would avoid voting for the traditional parties for the obvious reasons appearing in the above chart.

Deepak Tralshawala

ARTICLE IN HINDUSTAN TIMES

MONEY MATTERS Many corporators hoping to be elected again have become richer in the past five years, some by as much as 3,300%
I: Becoming a corporator puts you on the fast track to prosperity, if the affidavits filed by many of the sitting corporators, who are contesting again this year, are anything to go by.
Data accessed concerning the assets of many low-profile corporators in 2007 and in 2012 shows that in some cases the total worth has risen by as much as 3,300% in five years.
Parubai Katke, the lone Bahujan Samajwadi Party corporator, and her husband Dattu Katke have seen one of the steepest hikes in their total worth.
Katke was elected in 2007 from Mahim fort, earlier represented by her husband. She listed their wealth as Rs 2.8 lakh in her nomination papers in 2007. Now, her husband, who is standing from the same ward on a Peace Party ticket, has filed an affidavit that declares the couple's total assets at Rs 96.45 lakh. That's a 3,344% rise.
Justifying the rise, Dattu said: "I deal in cement and sand, run a hotel in Dharavi and I have a farm in my native village. So the rise in my asset value is natural."
Congress corporator Rajendraprasad Chaube, who has been a member of the standing committee, also saw a meteoric rise in his assets. In 2007, his total assets were pegged at Rs 6.25 lakh. Five years later, his affidavit declares his assets as Rs 1.8 crore, a 2,788% hike.
Despite repeated attempts, Chaube could not be reached for comment.
Another Congress corporator, Vinod Shekhar from Colaba, saw his assets rise by 185 per cent, from Rs 64 lakh in 2007 to Rs 1.83 crore in 2012. Said Shekhar: "Any person who is an elected representative should have his own legitimate business, in which case a sharp rise in assets is okay.
An increase in assets is not a crime but the increase should be accounted for."
Vivek Gilani, founder, Mumbaivotes.com, a portal that is part of the National Election watch, an exercise in helping people choose the right candidate, said: "There's a disparity in the growth experienced by the common man and their elected representatives."
Tongue-in-cheek, Gilani added: "Perhaps we should study the business model of these politicians so that we experience a similar rise in assets."