Election 2009
‘One Billion Voters’ campaign
Janagraha, a non-profit organization based in Bangalore has teamed up with several companies to launch a campaign called ‘One Billion Voters’. Goal it to mobilize and persuade India’s politically apathetic middle-class youth to vote in 2009’s month-long general elections. In 2004, the last general election, national turnout was 58 per cent, but in urban areas [...]
Who will be India’s next PM?
Check out the debate on who will be the India’s next Prime Minister at a blog at Reuters.
Youngisthan can save India
Justice Shivaraj V Patil, former Supreme Court Judge and former acting chairperson of National Human Rights Commission says “Only Youngisthan can make better Hindusthan”. In the Times of India Article titled “Youngisthan for better Hindusthan”, Justice Patil says that the voting power of young Indians have woken up the aging political leaders who are now [...]
India’s Young and Election 2009
Here is a clip from BBC, pointing out increased role for India’s youth in this year’s election. I hope its not just a fad and this level of involvement in politics/governance continues even after the election.
