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What do Delhiites think of Kejriwal now?
Khalid Sayeed
https://www.quora.com/What-do-Delhites-think-about-Kejriwal-now?no_redirect=1
Let me answer this question this way. Switch off your TV set ,Twitter and facebook for a week. Go travel around Delhi,Talk to people randomly ,visit Government offices for mundane work like Birth Certificate,Marriage certificate..
During these days , you will realize that Delhi is becoming much better and organized city. You will see that there is lot of improvement needs to be done,but government is genuinely working towards that goal step by step and more importantly - With an honest approach.
Khalid Sayeed
https://www.quora.com/What-do-Delhites-think-about-Kejriwal-now?no_redirect=1
Let me answer this question this way. Switch off your TV set ,Twitter and facebook for a week. Go travel around Delhi,Talk to people randomly ,visit Government offices for mundane work like Birth Certificate,Marriage certificate..
During these days , you will realize that Delhi is becoming much better and organized city. You will see that there is lot of improvement needs to be done,but government is genuinely working towards that goal step by step and more importantly - With an honest approach.
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Modi's paper tiger India:
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We are in it for ideological reasons: BJP poll strategists
Myithili Hazarika| TNN | May 20, 2016, 01.06 AM IST
Shubrastha Shikha(left) and Rajat Sethi. (Photo courtesy: facebook.com/AssamNirman)
BJP's victory in Assam following 15 years of Congress rule had a 29-year-old Harvard public policy graduate and a 27-year-old writer-activist crafting poll strategy for the saffron party. In an email interview, Rajat Sethi and Shubrastha Shikha talk to Myithili Hazarika about their game plan and the road ahead.
Q: How did it all start? Did the BJP approach you for their poll campaign for the 2016 Assembly elections in Assam?
A (Shubrastha): It started way back in June 2015. BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav ji and Rajat have a long history of association since Rajat's IIT days. When Madhav ji was invited by the Harvard India Group for a lecture in 2014, the Assam talks first began.
Q: What were your expectations from the party, in a region that has been historically unhappy with 'communal politics' of community and indigeneity?
A (Shubrastha): We expected regular feedback and consistent mentorship from the party leaders on implementing micro and macro communication strategies, and we received them at each stage of the campaign.
Q: Social media being what it is today, how was its power harnessed to help Sarbananda Sonowal?
A (Shubrastha): Although not a determining factor, social media was definitely a crucial tool for us during the entire campaign cycle. We engaged with constituents on social media and sought regular inputs from them. We outperformed and outnumbered the incumbent party on social media communication in December last year.
Q: A major part of the poll campaigning would have been to understand the ground scenario involving marginalized groups and their expectations from the 2016 polls. Comment.
A (Shubrastha): The agenda of our communication strategy was this - focus the debate on development and make the people of Assam active stakeholders in agenda- setting for this election. Assam has unique challenges and unique solutions, all interspersed together. But no one heard the people - the marginalized, the poor, the disadvantaged all these years. We filled that gap and reached out to as many people as we could. Thereafter, we ensured that the communication was consistent in narrating the vision of Narendra Modi and the BJP. We tried to convey the philosophy of entitlement versus empowerment in the simplest possible way, utilising all channels of communication at our disposal.
Q: Your Facebook status says, 'From 5 to 55 seats in five years for Sarbananda Sonowal'. Rajat, what has been your strategy, the pitch? Was the stand against immigrants the BJP's trump card?
A (Sethi): This election is a reaffirmation of Axomiya pride and identity and it was an election, by and large, on the question of preserving and nurturing the core entity of Assam. This assertion went beyond social and cultural positioning to political, economic and developmental posturing.
In a state ruled by the Congress for more than 55 years, it was very frustrating for people to hear the standard response of 'Baad diya hai' (let it go) from their incumbent CM to every problem Assam faced. So, first, we began by establishing ourselves as a credible opposition raising issues relevant and pertinent to the people of Assam. After we built on anti- incumbency with our 'Baad diya hai' communication series, we presented people's solutions to problems they faced in the form of a people's vision document for Assam.
Q: How has the vision document 'Assam Nirman' been instrumental?
A (Shubrastha): Assam Nirman gave us an opportunity to reach out to every nook and corner of the state. By dividing the state into various zones and identifying core areas of focus in each of these zones -- which came with their unique set of charms and challenges -- we were able to make sense of the popular adage 'Assam is a microcosm of India'. The dialogue series we held was a sincere effort on the part of the party to reach out to the intellectuals, opinion makers, policy experts, artists, entrepreneurs, socio-political workers of the state. It gave us a humbling experience to listen to the people and understand Assam. The vision document was a repository of all this and more.Q: How has Assam been different from states such as Bihar?A (Shubrastha): There is no reason to compare Bihar and Assam - arithmetically, socially, culturally and politically. BJP was never even a comfortable minority party in Assam prior to this Assembly election. The socio-cultural, ethnic and political issues of Assam are markedly different from Bihar's. The alliance in Assam was more on ideological grounds than on arithmetic grounds.Q: Has any other party approached you?
A (Shubrastha): No. We are not 'professional' in the sense of the term it is often used these days. We are in this industry for ideological reasons.
Myithili Hazarika| TNN | May 20, 2016, 01.06 AM IST
BJP's victory in Assam following 15 years of Congress rule had a 29-year-old Harvard public policy graduate and a 27-year-old writer-activist crafting poll strategy for the saffron party. In an email interview, Rajat Sethi and Shubrastha Shikha talk to Myithili Hazarika about their game plan and the road ahead.
Q: How did it all start? Did the BJP approach you for their poll campaign for the 2016 Assembly elections in Assam?
A (Shubrastha): It started way back in June 2015. BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav ji and Rajat have a long history of association since Rajat's IIT days. When Madhav ji was invited by the Harvard India Group for a lecture in 2014, the Assam talks first began.
Q: What were your expectations from the party, in a region that has been historically unhappy with 'communal politics' of community and indigeneity?
A (Shubrastha): We expected regular feedback and consistent mentorship from the party leaders on implementing micro and macro communication strategies, and we received them at each stage of the campaign.
Q: Social media being what it is today, how was its power harnessed to help Sarbananda Sonowal?
A (Shubrastha): Although not a determining factor, social media was definitely a crucial tool for us during the entire campaign cycle. We engaged with constituents on social media and sought regular inputs from them. We outperformed and outnumbered the incumbent party on social media communication in December last year.
Q: A major part of the poll campaigning would have been to understand the ground scenario involving marginalized groups and their expectations from the 2016 polls. Comment.
A (Shubrastha): The agenda of our communication strategy was this - focus the debate on development and make the people of Assam active stakeholders in agenda- setting for this election. Assam has unique challenges and unique solutions, all interspersed together. But no one heard the people - the marginalized, the poor, the disadvantaged all these years. We filled that gap and reached out to as many people as we could. Thereafter, we ensured that the communication was consistent in narrating the vision of Narendra Modi and the BJP. We tried to convey the philosophy of entitlement versus empowerment in the simplest possible way, utilising all channels of communication at our disposal.
Q: Your Facebook status says, 'From 5 to 55 seats in five years for Sarbananda Sonowal'. Rajat, what has been your strategy, the pitch? Was the stand against immigrants the BJP's trump card?
A (Sethi): This election is a reaffirmation of Axomiya pride and identity and it was an election, by and large, on the question of preserving and nurturing the core entity of Assam. This assertion went beyond social and cultural positioning to political, economic and developmental posturing.
In a state ruled by the Congress for more than 55 years, it was very frustrating for people to hear the standard response of 'Baad diya hai' (let it go) from their incumbent CM to every problem Assam faced. So, first, we began by establishing ourselves as a credible opposition raising issues relevant and pertinent to the people of Assam. After we built on anti- incumbency with our 'Baad diya hai' communication series, we presented people's solutions to problems they faced in the form of a people's vision document for Assam.
Q: How has the vision document 'Assam Nirman' been instrumental?
A (Shubrastha): Assam Nirman gave us an opportunity to reach out to every nook and corner of the state. By dividing the state into various zones and identifying core areas of focus in each of these zones -- which came with their unique set of charms and challenges -- we were able to make sense of the popular adage 'Assam is a microcosm of India'. The dialogue series we held was a sincere effort on the part of the party to reach out to the intellectuals, opinion makers, policy experts, artists, entrepreneurs, socio-political workers of the state. It gave us a humbling experience to listen to the people and understand Assam. The vision document was a repository of all this and more.Q: How has Assam been different from states such as Bihar?A (Shubrastha): There is no reason to compare Bihar and Assam - arithmetically, socially, culturally and politically. BJP was never even a comfortable minority party in Assam prior to this Assembly election. The socio-cultural, ethnic and political issues of Assam are markedly different from Bihar's. The alliance in Assam was more on ideological grounds than on arithmetic grounds.Q: Has any other party approached you?
A (Shubrastha): No. We are not 'professional' in the sense of the term it is often used these days. We are in this industry for ideological reasons.
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Modi/RSS jingoism now reaching new highs:
http://www.indiatrendingnow.com/ind...s-captain-should-say-jai-hind-in-flight-0516/
Students, Supreme Court in fav of NEET.
But Modi brings out ordnance against it and against the Supreme Court.
Which country's PM goes against their own highest court?
Japanese, American, Canadian, Swedish?
None.
And the BJP dances on the streets?
http://www.indiatrendingnow.com/ind...s-captain-should-say-jai-hind-in-flight-0516/
Students, Supreme Court in fav of NEET.
But Modi brings out ordnance against it and against the Supreme Court.
Which country's PM goes against their own highest court?
Japanese, American, Canadian, Swedish?
None.
And the BJP dances on the streets?
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Pakistan applies for NSG membership
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...g-membership/95931eff94d8336f7f01a151eed12ae3
VVIP Chopper scam: ED finds money trail in Israel
US House votes to block $450m aid to Pakistan
Why a mysterious black briefcase follows the US president everywhere
Read more at http://www.businessinsider.my/nuclear-football-2015/#tIYcysBh1zPwlepe.99
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...g-membership/95931eff94d8336f7f01a151eed12ae3
VVIP Chopper scam: ED finds money trail in Israel
US House votes to block $450m aid to Pakistan
Why a mysterious black briefcase follows the US president everywhere
Read more at http://www.businessinsider.my/nuclear-football-2015/#tIYcysBh1zPwlepe.99
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Students are not in favor of NEET.
Students Cheer As Centre Preps Order To Defer Common Medical Test NEET
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cabi...dical-exam-neet-1408141?pfrom=home-topstories
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India to select fighter jet under 'Make in India' by March
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...dia-by-march/3a4b1b9de2bf93da5780142b1b78003c
India will decide on either Boeing's F18A, Eurofighter Typhoon, Rafale or Gripen.
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