Indeed, She is the future of Mandsaur

So, She is the future of Mandsaur http://anshuman-jaiswal.blogspot.com/2009/04/is-she-mandsaurs-new-future.html . It has been more than a month that she surprised me with use of orkut for getting her political message across and now she has surprised everyone by defeating the incumbent MP, Mr. Laxmi Narayan Pandey. Mr Pandey would not have imagined such a defeat at hands of a political novice in his wildest imagination as rightly pointed out by Business Standard http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/meenakshi-natarajan-defeats-laxmi-narayan-by-30000-votes/62005/on But history is already made and it's time for her to deliver on her promises and meet expectations of Mandsaur. ET came out with agenda for next 100 days for the Union Govt. So has to be the case for Meenaskshi Natarajan. Here is what she should immediately focus and deliver on :

1. Increase number of trains and better rail connectivity.
2. Completion of four laning of Neemuch Ratlam National highway in next 6 months.
3. Attract small business and enterprises to setup their shops in Mandsaur.
4. Plan for eradicating water crisis.
5. Put a curb on corruption involved in Opium supply chain.

She should not and in fact no public representative should forget that public will punish non performance. So Ms Natarajan, ball is in your court. People will keenly watch your action and in action too.

Is she Mandsaur's new future?

प्रिय मित्र ,इन्टरनेट आज के युग मैं संपर्क का आसान माध्यम है और इसलिए बदलते समय के साथ चलने वाली आज की पीढी से संवाद के लिए मैंने इस माध्यम को चुना है . मंदसौर नीमच जावरा संसदीय क्षेत्र से मैं लोक सभा चुनाव मे उम्मीदवार हूँ . मुझे आशा है की आप मंदसौर नीमच जवारा संसदीय क्षेत्र के विकास के मेरे और आपके सपने को पूरा करने के लिए मुझे पूरा समर्थन देंगे. यदि आपके मंदसौर नीमच जवारा संसदीय क्षेत्र के विकास हेतु कोई सुझाव है तो कृपया मुझे स्क्रैप करे.कृपया मेरे वेब पेज को देखें www.meenakshimandsaur.com सदैव आपके साथ ,मीनाक्षी नटराजन

This was the scrap that I got from Meenakshi Natarajan, Congress LokSabha candidate from Mandsaur Constituency. I was happily surprised with her use of orkut and internet to reach out to voters in a constituency which is agriculture driven, rural district. In spite of low internet penetration, she chose to reach out to prospective voters. Either she wants to not leave any stone unturned in her campaign or there is immense potential of internet marketing even in semi urban and rural India. It’s unique experiment as your candidates and representatives are getting closer to voters not just in cities such Delhi and Mumbai but also in low profile, grossly ignored areas of the country.
I visited the site to know more about her and her agenda. Here are some pros and cons of her candidature.
Pros
· She is just 36 years old. Her youth with be beneficial as she is contesting against BJP candidate Laxmi narayan pandey, who is septuagenarian (76 yrs old).
· Her offensive is based on poor performance of her opponent who has not done justice to his job in spite being in the office for 8 times.
· Excellent academic record.
· Excellent political career.
· She has consciously moved to Mandsaur while her opponent is on weak grounds as his permanent residence is still not in Mandsaur even after representing the area for 8 times.
· There is clear anger among urban voters over lackadaisical attitude of Mr. Pandey over negligence and non pragmatism. Issues of Railway connectivity, Roads, Water crisis, Electricity, Industrialization have been neglected by current MP that will sway voters in favor of Ms Natarajan.
Cons
· She hails from Ratlam, a neighboring district. Since her opponent is also an outsider, her outsider status is not of greater significance.
· She is new for Mandsaur and it would be extremely difficult to recall a new comer’s name at the time of voting. Her South Indian heritage might be a disadvantage as Malwis (people of the region) might not associate a “Natrajan” to be one among them.
· She is just riding on incumbency factor and has not come out with any concrete action plan for solving problems of water crisis and industrialization. Sadly this has been the case for all Indian politicians who never have any action plan to solve issues. They just have political promises.
Overall, I feel Congress has done a good job in fielding Ms Natarjan. Her youth, energy and qualification will prove advantageous in removing BJP bottleneck from progress of Mandsaur, Neemuch, and Jaora.
Pic Reference : http://www.dpcc.co.in/aiccimages/minakshi.gif