The Indian National Congress was chosen for this analysis as it forms a major part of the Ruling coalition (UPA). This is neither an attempt to glorify or downplay the Manifesto or its implementation.
Indian National Congress Manifesto 2004 (found on their website) has a section on “Defense, National Security and Foreign Policy”. The first line of this section states, “The Congress will ensure that all delays in the modernization of our armed forces are eliminated and that funds budgeted for modernization are, in fact, spent to the fullest.”
This is a rather general statement and not very specific in nature. Can the manifesto have something more specific?
As per this blog entry by Ashish Gupta “We have no centralized database to check the identity of persons detained. This implies that if I detain a suspicious person in Delhi and he says that he belongs to some village Begumangalam in district Nalgonda in AP, I have no way to immediately verify his identity - unlike in the US where a centralized databank will let you check his antecedents in a matter of few seconds.”
So is any political party ready to promise us “We will ensure that a centralized database to check the identity of detained persons will be established before 1st December 2009. This database will at least be accessible at all State capitals and major cities”
If you would like to see this in the election manifesto of a political party please pledge you support by commenting below.
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