Dear Friends of Mumbai,
we are all angry about what has happened. We were angry when 26/7 happened. And what did we do? How are you going to show your anger? Just by turning up at gateway with candles? Won’t work.
neither will mindless violence.
we need a strong symbol of our righteous anger. For example : Let’s all go to Mantralaya and throw a pair of chappals at the building. And let’s keep throwing till our sleeping “sarkar” is shamed into submission. till they do what we want. 2 million chappals might do the trick.
But seriously, what do we want…? Better bullet proof jackets for our troops? How will that help in an earthquake or 26/7? We need a charter that makes our appointed government work come peace or war. A complete overhaul of the system. We need new ideas. So here is a Charter that will change Mumbai forever.
Let’s put a timeline. And let’s then say…if you don’t do it in that time…we won’t pay any more taxes. And like Magna Carta a thousand years back…when people forced the King to sign their charter of demands and ushered in modern democracy, let’s cordon off Mantralaya till the new CM signs our charter of demands. We will not stop mumbai from doing its work but no one goes in or comes out of Mantralaya. This government’s time is over. We will build something new.
Turn over for Mumbai’s own Magna Carta.
Mumbai wants leadership, i will provide leadership of thought. Without thought there is no action. Without Voltaire and Rousseau there is no French Revolution.
Your brother in arms, A.J
Read on and act to Change Mumbai Forever…here it is the Great Charter of 2008.
Mumbai Magna Carta 2008
The Great Charter of Mumbai, 2008
1. Declare Mumbai a city state: Special Territory of Mumbai.
2. Mumbai will have its own Presidential form of government.
3. All candidates contesting Mumbai Presidential Elections must be Independent. No political party member or anyone with criminal record can be Mumbai’s President.
4. Mumbai will pay 25% of all its taxes to Maharashtra for this special status, 45% to the center. 30% of all Mumbai taxes will remain in Mumbai.
5. Mumbai’s President will be the only elected representative in Mumbai. He will select his Cabinet.
6. Mumbai’s President will have a term of 4 years with the Right of Recall resting with people. He will present a Performance Report every year on 26th November (to honor our heroes of the Taj Tragedy). His Report Card will need Validation by a Referendum conducted via Internet and Mobile every year. With no cost to the treasury
7. Mumbai’s Water supply, Security, Roadwork, Budget etc. will all be under Mumbai’s President.
8. Mumbai’s President and the City will be autonomous from the rest of India just like Hong Kong is from mainland China.
9. Mumbai will build its own monument to mark the terrorist attack and this Charter by a 360 feet statue in the waters : a modern non religious statue of Mumbai Goddess…the Shakti of Mumbai. A Security Sentinel post with a Lighthouse will be housed in the eyes of this Statue. The statue will be bomb proof and will remind all Mumbaikars they are safe.
10. People moving into mumbai will be free to come but will have to sign the rest of this Charter and live accordingly. Anyone violating the charter more than 3 times will have to leave mumbai.
The Salient Articles of this Charter Governing the City State of Mumbai and its Citizens will be announced on the Internet.
Join Facebook group “Mumbai Magna Carta” for further action