Meet The Leader

3rd December was a special day at school. This time we had Ms. Vinita Dharm, a senior leader with the Indore Municipal Corporation, with us as part of the Meet the Leader programme. We were also awaiting the results of the election that we had participated in!

Ms. Dharm told us many things about the working of the Indore Municipal Corporation - how the members are elected and how they work. She told us about the A to Z company that is responsible for cleanliness in our city. She informed us about the call centre and how if we have a complaint and it is not taken care of, the concerned authority gets a penalty. The responsible person may also get a penalty on their salary. If the waste is not removed even after complaint the A to Z company would be fined Rs. 100 for each waste bin that was not cleaned.

Ms. Dharm told us the importance of paying the tax on time and the right amount. This tax money eventually helps us in our needs like roads and cleanliness etc.

Ms. Dharm was also a teacher earlier. She encouraged us to utilize our precious time.

Now was the time to announce the results of the election. This was done by the Election Commissioner Jayesh Bhawsar of class IX. And the winner was the contestant from the Indus Aristocrat Party - Jatin Bhawsar!!!

Ms. Dharm gave us the numbers that can be contacted if we have any problems related to any of the departments.

Control Room - 932955502

A to Z company - 810901547

Health Department - 0731-434482

Call Centre - 155343

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Kirti Kulkarni

Class VIII

Elections!

As part of the chapter Electoral Politics in Social Science, Class IX conducted elections. These elections were as democratic as the actual process. Elections started with nomination of candidates. This happened keeping in mind the ratio of boys and girls in the class. Aman Tagore, Burhanuddin Khambati, Jatin Bhawsar and Vibhuti Thackar were nominated. The four parties were Allay Party, Ekta Party, Indus Aristocrats and Empowerment Party respectively. Each had supporters in the class and Jayesh Bhawsar was appointed the Election Commissioner.

As usual, the candidates with their supporters started campaigning and convincing people to elect them. (Some of us couldn't resist a bit of horse trading). The walls of the second floor were covered with posters and slogans for the elections.

Finally, the much awaited day arrived - 1st December! After the morning assembly, the candidates gave their speeches which were full of promises to make Indore and the country a better place. The day of the election also showed the main features of a democratic election - there was equality among all voters - class VI children's votes counted as much as the votes from class IX students which carried the same value as the votes given by our mentors. There was no discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, colour, career or age (classes III to V did not vote though - they were underage for our elections!)

A very strict Election Commissioner ensured free and fair elections. There were four polling booths and at each booth the process went very smoothly.

Now, with bated breaths we await the result which will be declared on 3rd December.

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- Riya Godwani

Class IX