AAP manifestos(point wise) along with comparison with other parties manifestos

1.  Lokayukta bill will be passed in 15 days of AAP getting elected which will have the CM, ministers and MLAs under its purview.
2. Introduction of Swaraj Bill. Mohalla Sabhas to decide on local governance issues.
3. Full statehood to Delhi, police and law and order should come under Delhi government.
4.  Electricity bills to be reduced by half, electricity distribution companies will be audited
5. 700 litres of free water to every family. Those consuming more will pay more, opposes privatisation of Delhi Jal Board.
6.  Education in government schools to be as good as that in private schools, 500 new schools to be opened. New law would be introduced to control profiteering by private schools and colleges.
7. New colleges to be started for students specifically from Delhi.
8. Security for women. Citizens Security Force will be established.
9. Ensure use of SC component plan for the welfare of scheduled castes, and implementation of SC/ST and OBC reservation in Delhi government. Zero or low interest loans for entrepreneurs.
10. Ensure that false cases against Muslims are not registered; Bring transparency in the functioning of Delhi Waqf Board.

Comparison with Congress and BJP Manifestos

 

1. CONG(a): Nothing on Jan lokpal bill but speaks of transparency through e-governance with an aim to cover 90 per cent of government services.
   BJP(b):The institution of Lokayukta would be made effective with sufficient powers and helplines would be set up for reporting corruption cases, public grievance cell shall be established in government offices for redressal of grievances in a time-bound manner. 
2. a)It already has Bagidari Scheme.
   b)To ensure good governance, the party would promote e-governance to ensure transparent, responsive and corruption free administration, and form Accountability Commission to ensure efficient use of public money. 
3. Demands full statehood and centralised command structure. Also Free Economic Zone across NCR so that business and traffic can move seamlessly
4. a) To set up fast track grievance cells to address complaints, increase power generation and promote solar power.
   b)Promised to reduce electricity charges by 30 percent in a manifesto for the December 04 Delhi Assembly Elections. 
5.  a)Will extend the subsidy to domestic consumers from current 30 Kilo litre per month to 40 Kilo litre per month, 3 new water treatment plants to be set up.
   b) 1)promised full statehood to the city, reduction in vegetable prices within 30 days of coming to power, and 12 subsidised LPG cylinders in a year to each household.
   2)Trauma centres in all districts and medicines of 25 types free of cost to every 
6. : Introduce the option of second shift in all private schools to open a second shift and thereby creating at least 25 per cent more seats,150 new government schools, 10000 new teachers.
7. : More evening colleges to increase seats by 30 per cent, University of Health Sciences with 5 medical colleges.
8. a) Push for police reforms, evolve mechanism for better cooperation with police, special training for police to handle crimes against women.
   b)1)Emphasising on taking steps for safety of women, the BJP said 24-hour call centres and a dedicated 'Women Security Force' would be set up under the direct supervision of the chief minister.
   2) The party promised to construct more hostels for working women and set up fast track courts for speedy trial in cases of violence against women. 
9.  Easy loans for self employment groups (SC/ST, OBC, Minority), Rs 1800 per year for every child in school, scholarships.
10. a)Modernisation of Madrassa education, Haj house in Dwarka.
    b) formation of madrasa board and expansion of Lal Dora area. 

NOTE : This is just comparison of basic points of manifestos of AAP, Congress and BJP and not the complete manifestos

Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/comparative-study-of-congress-and-aap-manifestos-for-delhi/435287-80-258.html
http://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-polls/delhi-bjp-manifesto-promises-lower-vegetable-prices-electricity-charges_892459.html

AAP released its innovative tailor-made manifestos for 28 Assembly seats

• Aam Aadmi Party yesterday (27th November) released the first 28 of its 70 constituency-level manifestos, which it claimed will act as a ready reference for party representatives to focus on problem areas.

• According to the party compilation of manifestos was a “Herculean Task” as they had to filter from over 3,000 suggestions that we received during our meetings with the people in a constituency.Party’s policy making was constituted at two levels -issues related to the city were discussed in the Delhi Manifesto-local-level issues form the basis of constituency-level manifestos.
  
  
• AAP volunteers and members went to various localities in each constituencies and gathered information on a number of policy issues public service provision, the state of housing, transport systems, employment, issues concerning minorities and others.
  The findings from these background studies were used to develop sector-specific proposals which later came out as the city-level manifesto that was finally released on 21 November.
• Every effort was made to include a range of neighbourhood types planned colonies, unauthorised areas, resettlement colonies, regularised, jhuggi clusters, and rural and urban areas, as well as sections of the society.
  The analysis of findings from these meetings formed the basis of the constituency-level manifestos that were prepared by Aam Aadmi Party volunteers at the constituency level.
  
  
  
• This idea of coming out with 70 constituency-wise manifestos (also known as tailor-made manifestos) was also adopted by BJP who released their manifestos after AAP. AAP is therefore attacking BJP  for stealing its innovative idea of a tailor-made manifestos. 

Source:http://www.firstpost.com/politics/delhi-polls-aap-releases-manifestos-for-28-assembly-seats-1253881.html
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-polls-bjp-follows-aap-releases-tailormade-manifesto/436311-80-258.html

AAP's Candidate selection procedure: A thing you must know

1. 100 voters of any assembly constituency can come together and propose the name of a person they wish to be the candidate for their constituency. Also, a prospective candidate himself, with the approval of the 100 voters from his constituency, may propose his name. A particular voter may propose the name of a single candidate only.

2. Application forms can be downloaded online or can be obtained from any of our party offices.

3. After filling in all details asked for in the application form, one can deposit it at the party head quarters with Mr. Dilip Pandey, Secretary, Selection Committee (Address: A -119, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad). This can be done on any day after the 15th of April 2013, between 10am and 5pm (except for Sundays). Any correspondence regarding the candidate selection process will happend from this same office.

4. A screening committee has been created by the party to work on this process. Members of this screening committee are -

1. Manish Sisodia

2. Sanjay Singh

3. Vinod Kumar Binny

4. Rajan Prakash

5. Dilip K Pandey

6. Nisha Singh

7. Ashish Talwar

8. Kishore Asthana

9. BS Dhanola

10. Rahul Mehra

11. Abhay Singh

12. Vinay Mittal

5. After the 5th of May, the screening committee will start the process of putting together a short list of a maximum of 5 candidates from eacy constituency, from among all the applications received. For the purpose of creating such a short list, the screening committee will have one-on-one interactions with all the applicants and will also take inputs from various sources such as - active volunteers, journalists, reputated citizens and more. The decision of the screening committee will be final in shortlisting candidates. Ater releasing a shortlist, candidate applications will not be received for that particular constituency.

6. The above shortlist will be promoted in the public domain by various means such as - releasing it online, campaign by party workers and other media, and opinion on the candidates will be sought from active party volunteers and the public at large. Everybody will be allowed to share their views, good or bad, about any candidate, and would also be invited to submit proof of any wrong-doings by the shortlisted candidates. Such submissions can be made online or sent directly to the party office. There would be a window of 15 days set apart for this.

7. The screening committee will take congnisance of every information/opinion that is shared, and on receiving evidence-backed negative information about a candidate, strike out the name of such candidates and release an updated shortlist.

8. Aam Aadmi Party is a recently formed political outfit. There are many people who have now participated and contributed for a long time as volunteers in this movement, but have not been formally enrolled as party members. All such volunteers will be indentified/declared as 'active volunteers' and their opinion will be sought on the shortlist of candidates.

Post this, such 'active volunteers' would gather together at constituency level meetings and would rank the candidates by means of preferential voting. This process would be carried out by a secret ballot, the results of which would be made available to the political affairs committee. At the moment, the number of active volunteers at each constituency is not significantly large. For this reason, we do not plan to release the outcome of the preferential ranking vote and rather only submit it to the political affairs committee as an input.

9. Next, the political affairs committee will have one-on-one interaction with each of the shortlisted candidates.

10. Preferential voting by active volunteers will bring forward the popularity of candidates. While personal interaction with the screening and political committee will be used to determine if the candidate is - courageous, has a vision for bringing in systemic change in Delhi, understands all aspects and nuances of direct democracy (swaraj), has learned opinions on broad range of issues, has respect for every caste and religion etc. Considering the popularity of all candidates, their thoughts on various issues and opinion held by the public at large about them - the political affairs committee will take the decision on who would be the candidate from a particular constituency.

Editor's View: When compared to other present political parties like BJP,Congress etc who do their Candidate Selection in closed shady environments on the basis of money and GUNDA power, AAP's selection procedure is much more democratic and transparent.In fact it is presently the most ideal political selection procedure and is another reason for which voting AAP this time can be considered to be a good deal...
  

Source:http://delhi.aamaadmiparty.org/news/candidate-selection-process-delhi-elections-2013-english-version

AAP to form Mahila Suraksha Dal in all constituencies

The Aam Aadmi Party on 22 April 2013 has announced to  form a Mahila Suraksha Dal in all Assembly constituencies and colleges to take up those cases of sexual harassment against women that policemen do not investigate properly.

 Arvind explained that activists of the proposed Mahila Suraksha Dal would visit police stations and put pressure on cops who were shoddily investigating rape cases. 

Arvind also said those interested in joining the Dal should SMS their contact details to 9212472681 or email volunteer@aamaadmiparty.org.

Arvind also said that it was AAP's intervention that a five year old girl's rape case(in Delhi) was given proper consideration. He said that "Girl's  uncle called at the AAP's helpline and informed that the rape case is being suppressed by the police and that they(girl's relatives) were offered a bribe to remain silent.

That's why AAP went to Gandhi Nagar police station and ensured that the matter wasn't hushed up. Later when she was sent to a hospital that didn't have the required facilities to treat her injuries, AAP intervened"

Arvind said that the AAP's helpline was getting swamped with callers complaining about sexual abuse cases which the police were allegedly not probing.
Since AAP do not have enough manpower to take up all the complaints. They decided to create Mahila Suraksha Dal and requested citizens to volunteer it even if they do not support AAP.

Source:http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/aap-to-form-mahila-suraksha-dal-in-all-constituencies/article4646724.ece
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-23/delhi/38761763_1_aap-members-aam-aadmi-party-subhash-tomar

Main Points /Vision of the AAM ADMI Party(AAP)

Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday launched his party naming it 'Aam Aadmi Party’ (Common Man's Party) with an aim to provide Gram Sabhas more say in law making and making higher judiciary accessible to common man. 


The party has named 23 members to its national executive, including Manish Sisodia and lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who are close associates of Mr Kejriwal.  Mr Kejriwal will be the national convenor, Pankaj Gupta the national secretary and Krishna Kanth the national treasurer, it was announced  .
Main Points /Vision of the AAM ADMI Party(AAP)

•  Vision Document speaks of bringing self-rule in the country and demands that the preamble be implemented in letter and spirit. 
• It aims at bringing Janlokpal, Right to Reject and Judicial Reforms.
• It aims to provide Gram Sabhas more say in law making .Kejrival also widened the meaning of Gram Sabha here saying "The Panchayats have become corrupt. We are not talking about it. We want the Gram Sabhas, the mohalla sabhas in the cities to be actively involved in law making except for major issues like that on foreign policy and external security,"
• It opposes the selections in party on basis of relations/connections/money.For this purpose t if one becomes a member of the state executive or national executive councils, his or her relatives will not find place in any councils. 
• It will have its own  internal lokpal  at the Centre and Lokayuktas at every state and district.  i.e its own anti-corruption institute observing corruption in party.Any person can lodge a complaint against any party member and if the Lokpal or Lokayukta finds a prima facie case then the person will be probed.
• party will have the Right to Recall and it will be implemented in national executive council, state executive council and district executive council. 
• There will be a  national council of 320 members which will be expanded by bringing one member from every district committee, Kejriwal said, 23 members were elected to the National Executive. 
  He said the strength of the executive committee will be 30 and the remaining seats will be filled soon. "We have to see that there is proper representation for all sections in the committee. If backward people, minorities etc does not have proper representation, then we can have five more members," he said.
• Party will have two kinds of members -- ordinary and active members. Anyone can enroll himself as an ordinary member by paying Rs 10 as fee for three years and an ordinary member who works for the nation and party tirelessly for four months then he will be made active member. The decision on making one an active member will be taken by the committees. 
• when it comes to fighting elections and the party will give prominence to youth and women who are kept at fringes in other parties. Every college will have a party unit.Party is committed to provide at least 33 per cent seats to women for contesting elections. 
• The party's functioning will be transparent and donors list and expenses list will be uploaded on the website from time to time,

Controversy A member of the Tamil Nadu group said they were not against the party but their problem was with the way in which delegates from the state were selected. "There is an issue. We have objection to the manner in which people were selected for the meeting," the member said. 

A group from West Delhi's Tilak Nagar also voiced their disapproval about the way in which delegates were selected. 

Source:http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/arvind-kejriwal-names-political-outfit-aam-aadmi-party_812493.html