Many of the urban, educated youngsters have decided to try their hands in electoral politics this time, which is a sign of hope for the people who have started losing faith in the system.
IIMB Professor and Congress Party leader Rajeev Gowda is looking for interns interested in getting first-hand experience of the practical aspects of electoral politics.
In a candid conversation, Lok Satta party leader Jayaprakash Narayan, as he shares his thoughts on the chances for his candidates in the Karnataka elections, as well as for an overall reform movement in Indian politics.
His approach seems to make the very essence of one key aspect democracies worldwide — political parties – standup on its head. The founder of Nav Bharat says his organisation is going candidate-centric to make crooks lose elections.
Though RWAs are supposed to be independent of political affiliations, RWA reps across Bengaluru are getting worried about increasing interference from corporators and MLAs.
As the city council polls are finally set to take place, parties other than the BJP, Congress and JD(S) kick-start their campaign in a bid to bring about change in Bengaluru.
A meeting with prime minister Manmohan Singh on 8 May was somehow billed as a non-partisan ‘citizens meet’, with the promise of interaction. Instead, the opposite happened.
