Re: [IAC++] A new political set up for India.

That's all very well, but it isn't relevant to this list/IAC.

India Against Corruption is the apolitical people's movement which believe that change/improvement is continuous and incremental, and doesn't occur in a frenzied fashion once every 5 years just because some corrupt politicians.need to be reelected to keep their bungalows and cars with lal-battis and subsidised chicken biryani at 5 bucks per plate in the Parliament canteen.

In fact the only reason we are having this threaded discussion is because Col.  Jayakaran had got certain bits of  IAC and AAP mixed up.

BTW:  Deprived Parsis and Ahmediyas already get special treatment in the form,  of National / State Minority Commissions, special laws and whatnot and shouldn't be complaining. Where I ask is the Uniform Civil Code ?

Sarbajit

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Vidyut Kale <wide.aware@gmail.com> wrote:

The Professionals Party India is trying something like that. I get their emails often with various stands, proposed policies and such. I find it to be a fairly "upper middle class" view in the sense the issues and objectives are all in terms of "improving facilities" rather than fixing fundamental wrongs. Now there is a fairly strongish "anti-corruption" trend, which too doesn't seem anything unique.

I believe that more than "intelligent and experienced", we need real people with real problems wading in. We need a few farmers in debt joining a political party, for example. We need forgotten communities like Parsis or Ahmadiyyas bringing in perspectives on communal politics. The "intelligence" of it can be collective, IMO, the need of the hour is for people with real problems who can be vocal on what they are and if a proposed solution will be helpful to become visible, as opposed to people who imagine they understand everyone's problems and know what is "right".

We need them to keep issues that go under the carpet on the table, so that collective brains with an experience of what it means to have problems that get ignored can work together and find ways to find fixes that will not get sidelined.

This may mean willingness to sponsor politicians from underprivileged sections till they can earn an income if elected. This sponsorship has to be institutional without strings attached.

Just a view.