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08-03-2012
kpiyush80
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: Aug 2012
: BANGALORE
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Lead by Example

There are a few points that have been brought up at different times and should form the core of the party.
  • Decentralization of power in the party
  • Open culture to debate on every topic in a democratic way
  • Ownership in groups

The party should focus on the following:
  • Work on the ground to improve living conditions of people - education, health, other basic necessities. This would help the people in the party understand the ground realities better. Demonstrations for local issues, promoting local communities to solve local problems, etc.
  • Contesting elections should be a secondary concern. If the primary concern in working on the ground, its easier to connect with people.
  • Do not build a party of only elitists. The country's larger population is non-elitists. Their problems, concerns, needs are not always understood very well by the elitists. Their presence in the party in a big way would help represent their thoughts well.
  • There are people working tirelessly on the ground in small villages, cities to make people self-reliant, improve their life conditions. The party should work with such people and focus some energies on bringing them in the party.
  • Form specific expert groups within the party in different fields. For example, finance, agriculture, power, transport, health, education, technology, etc. They will find out how certain problems are dealt with in other countries, states, cities and if they can be applied to other areas. They will also help initiate discussions on topics that need attention. They will bring facts which will help discussions be driven by real information that fiction. They will also analyze government policies in their respective areas.
  • Social media is a good way to find people's opinion/mood on the topic. But the reach is really limited to urban youth. While youth would be a big part of the movement, the elderly can bring in valuable experience about a lot of things. Moreover, the party and movement needs to reach rural areas. So, social media should be used to spread the message but this can't be the only way. This should be further helped by committed people in areas where these are not used a lot.
  • There have been talks of Gram sabha, mohalla sabha, etc to elicit opinions and understand people's perspectives. The party should show the model for this. It should start this within the party for discussions. It should also organize some such gatherings in villages and mohallas and show models for how problems can be solved easily with these approaches.

Last edited by kpiyush80; 08-03-2012 at 07:49 PM