MP Promotes “Right to Remember” in India
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Celebration’s Raghav Chadha has suggested applying a “Right to Recall” mechanism in India, permitting citizens to eliminate non-performing chosen authorities prior to their term runs out.
- Core Idea: Empowers voters to dismiss representatives mid-term if disappointed.
- Justification: Chadha argues that a five-year term allows underperformance without effect, pointing out over 24 countries with comparable systems.
- Process: Calls for a recall request backed by 35 – 40 % of citizens, complied with by a digital ballot requiring 50 % authorization for removal, permitted after 18 months in office.
- Existing Standing: Exists for local bodies in some Indian states yet not for MPs or MLAs.
