Jago Party
| Jago Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Deepak Mittal |
| Founded | August 2007 |
| ECI Status | State party |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
0 / 545 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
0 / 245 |
| Website | |
| www.jago.in | |
|
Politics of India Political parties Elections | |
Jago Party is an Indian political party.
History
Jago Party was founded in August 2007 by a group of non-political Indians and it got registered with Election Commission of India in January 2008.[1]
The Party was launched by Shri Deepak Mittal, who is the President of Jago Party. He is a businessman based in Hyderabad. Vice-President of the Party is Shri Awadhesh Kumar Singh, an ex-IAS (allied) officer.
The Party has branches all over the country, but currently it is focused in Rajasthan.
It is the only "right of the center" party in the political space in India at present.
Vision
- To make a society based on individual freedom to pursue one's happiness, so long as one does not take away freedom of others by force or fraud
- To make India a free market economy and protect its freedom-based institutions such as democracy and secularism
- To restrict role of the government only to maintenance of individual's freedom and management of public property
- To eliminate all discrimination exercised by government or individuals on the basis of religion, caste, sex, place of birth, income, ethnicity etc
- To strive for one world government based on democracy, secularism and free market economy with one global policing and justice system
Details of this vision can be seen at Jago Party web site under Mission
Manifesto
1. Elimination of all reservations and provision of free education to all
2. Death sentence for big-scale corruption & rape. Court judgment in three months
3. Removal of all subsidies. Direct transfer of cash worth Rs 800 p.m. to all voters
4. Maximum privatization including that of power and railways
5. No income tax up to Rs. 4 Lakh per annum. Reduction in number and rates of taxes
Membership
The Party has two categories of membership:
Primary Membership:
Any person who is a citizen of India, has attained the age of 18, accepts the Constitution and ideology of the Party, and is not a member of any other political organization can become a primary member of Jago Party. There is no membership fee on enrollment as primary member.
Active Membership:
Every Active Member will have to fulfill the following conditions:
- He/ She is of the age of 18 and over;
- He/ She should pay the membership fee of Rs.100/ every year
- He/ She should actively participate in party's activities
Local organization of Jago Party:
- a. A State/UT General Council for each State/UT.
- b. A State/UT Executive Committee.
- c. A District General Council for each District.
- d. A District Executive Committee for each district.
Primary unit of the Party is the District Executive Committee.
2008 Rajasthan Assembly elections
Jago Party contested Assembly election in Rajasthan in 2008 on 26 seats, although no candidate won the election Jago Party was ahead of all smaller parties in most of the 26 constituencies it contested, except Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress and SP. Jago Party was ahead of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in two constituencies and placed at no. 4 there among all political parties.
Jago Party is going to contest coming elections of Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha in 2013 and Lok Sabha in 2014.
