This is a historic moment in Indian post-independence era. In India politics has not been a very respectable and interesting topic decades. Till now, people had taken it for granted that the politicians are corrupt and the system is neck deep in corruption. That still continues to be the perception. If you are in politics, then you must not be clean. Thats the perception. There has been a sense of despair too. Over the last few decades, corruption has eaten India like a termite. Yes there has been development at the surface level but the discrimination between the rich and the poor has also starkly increased. A country's growth is no evaluated just by the overpasses or highways. But it is also measured by the access to resources to each and every citizen of the country.
Good people who wanted to enter politics either could not enter due to high entry barriers or just could not do anything inspite of the desire, because of the deep rooted corruption in the national as well as state level politics.
But over the last couple of years, things have changed significantly. It was quite an exciting moment to see the entry of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi elections. Initially it was completely written off by the mainstream parties. This is a common treatment an underdog gets it, doesnt it? But, the people of Delhi knew they needed a change. And the effort was put in selflessly and tirelessly and AAP surprised everyone. Unfortunately, it could not get the majority but when challenged to form the government it did not run away but took the challenge head on and achieved several accomplishments in a 49 day governance. Again, because of the lack of complete majority and complete antagonistic approach by BJP and Congress towards AAP, it had to resign because the greed of power was not in the blood of AAP.
But the entry of AAP into the national politics is a very refreshing to the citizens of India who until now did not really have sensible alternative.
AAP has decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. And that is what makes the 2014 elections historic. For the first time, people of India are getting a credible alternative.
AAP has touched so many hearts that it has inspired some fantastic people to enter into politics and fight the Lok Sabha elections on AAP's plank. This includes the amazing people like Medha Patkar, Meera Sanyal, Rajmohan Gandhi, Rachna Dhingra, Kanchan Chadhury Bhattacharya, V Balakrishnan and many others.
This is a very proud moment for AAP because people of such stature and clean credentials have decided to represent AAP. And if they win, it will be a huge success for the people of India in throwing out the corrupt and the criminals from Indian politics.
But it will not be possible without your support. AAP is not strong on funds. One religious and steadfast rule of AAP is to raise clean and transparent money that is put up on its website.
Different people have taken up the tasks of supporting different candidates. We believe that small efforts will ultimate make a big difference.
The AAP volunteers and supporters of Austin, College Station, Houston and Dallas have decided to take up the cause of Rachna Dhingra and help her in her campaigning as Lok Sabha AAP candidate from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Rachna Dhingra is a phenomenal individual who after finishing her MBA from University of Michigan decided to return to India and fight for the cause of the victims of the deadly Bhopal Gas Leak that happened in 1984. Since over a decade she has been fighting for their rights.
I am posting this with a personal request to support Rachna's candidature by making a small donation. The amount doesnt matter. Your support matters. Every Rupee or Dollar matters for AAP in this effort to raise grassroots level clean and transparent money.
The direct link to donate to Rachna Dhingra is :
http://my.aamaadmiparty.org/candidate/madhyapradesh/bhopal.html
I hope you will definitely make a small contribution and express your support and solidarity. You have to be an Indian Citizen to be able to donate.
By the way if you feel like donating to some other AAP candidate that you know of, you are ofcourse welcome. The link is https://donate.aamaadmiparty.org/
Kindly spread the message.
Thank you so much.
Good people who wanted to enter politics either could not enter due to high entry barriers or just could not do anything inspite of the desire, because of the deep rooted corruption in the national as well as state level politics.
But over the last couple of years, things have changed significantly. It was quite an exciting moment to see the entry of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi elections. Initially it was completely written off by the mainstream parties. This is a common treatment an underdog gets it, doesnt it? But, the people of Delhi knew they needed a change. And the effort was put in selflessly and tirelessly and AAP surprised everyone. Unfortunately, it could not get the majority but when challenged to form the government it did not run away but took the challenge head on and achieved several accomplishments in a 49 day governance. Again, because of the lack of complete majority and complete antagonistic approach by BJP and Congress towards AAP, it had to resign because the greed of power was not in the blood of AAP.
But the entry of AAP into the national politics is a very refreshing to the citizens of India who until now did not really have sensible alternative.
AAP has decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. And that is what makes the 2014 elections historic. For the first time, people of India are getting a credible alternative.
AAP has touched so many hearts that it has inspired some fantastic people to enter into politics and fight the Lok Sabha elections on AAP's plank. This includes the amazing people like Medha Patkar, Meera Sanyal, Rajmohan Gandhi, Rachna Dhingra, Kanchan Chadhury Bhattacharya, V Balakrishnan and many others.
This is a very proud moment for AAP because people of such stature and clean credentials have decided to represent AAP. And if they win, it will be a huge success for the people of India in throwing out the corrupt and the criminals from Indian politics.
But it will not be possible without your support. AAP is not strong on funds. One religious and steadfast rule of AAP is to raise clean and transparent money that is put up on its website.
Different people have taken up the tasks of supporting different candidates. We believe that small efforts will ultimate make a big difference.
The AAP volunteers and supporters of Austin, College Station, Houston and Dallas have decided to take up the cause of Rachna Dhingra and help her in her campaigning as Lok Sabha AAP candidate from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Rachna Dhingra is a phenomenal individual who after finishing her MBA from University of Michigan decided to return to India and fight for the cause of the victims of the deadly Bhopal Gas Leak that happened in 1984. Since over a decade she has been fighting for their rights.
I am posting this with a personal request to support Rachna's candidature by making a small donation. The amount doesnt matter. Your support matters. Every Rupee or Dollar matters for AAP in this effort to raise grassroots level clean and transparent money.
The direct link to donate to Rachna Dhingra is :
http://my.aamaadmiparty.org/candidate/madhyapradesh/bhopal.html
I hope you will definitely make a small contribution and express your support and solidarity. You have to be an Indian Citizen to be able to donate.
By the way if you feel like donating to some other AAP candidate that you know of, you are ofcourse welcome. The link is https://donate.aamaadmiparty.org/
Kindly spread the message.
Thank you so much.
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