Jago Party

Jago Party is an Indian political party. It was founded in August 2007 by a group of non-political Indians and was registered with the Election Commission of India in January 2008.[1][2]

Jago Party
LeaderDeepak Mittal
FoundedAugust 2007 (2007-08)
ECI StatusState party
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Website
www.jagoparty.org

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

Manifesto
Elimination of all reservations and provision of free education to all[3]
Death sentence for big-scale corruption and rape; court judgment within three months
Removal of all subsidies; direct transfer of cash worth Rs 800 per month to all voters
Maximum privatization including that of power and railways[4]
No income tax up to Rs. 400,000 per annum; reduction in number and rates of taxes[5]

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 a primary member.[6]

Active membership:
Every active member must be aged 18 or over, pay the annual membership fee of Rs.100 and 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.

The primary unit of the party is the district executive committee.

2008 Rajasthan Assembly elections

Jago Party contested Assembly election in Rajasthan in 2008 in 26 seats, although no candidate won the election.[7] Jago Party was ahead of all the 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 was fourth there among all political parties.

Jago Party contested the elections of Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha in 2013 and Lok Sabha in 2014.[8]

References
  1. Registration Letter From Election Commission
  2. "आरक्षण को प्रमुख चुनावी मुद्दा बनाएगी जागो पार्टी". Patrika News (in Hindi). 15 September 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  3. "Manjit Singh GK led JAGO party to support BJP in Delhi polls". SinghStation. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  4. "जागो पार्टी की उम्मीदवार दविंदर कौर गीत ने उत्तम नगर वार्ड के मंदिरों और गुरुद्वारों को किया सैनिटाइज". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  5. "भ्रष्टाचार पर दिल्ली की सिख सियासत गरमाई". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  6. "दिल्ली सिख गुरुद्वारा प्रबंधक कमेटी चुनावः जागो पार्टी ने घोषित किए सभी वार्ड अध्यक्षों के नाम". m.jagran.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  7. "India Rajasthan: Shergarh: Total Votes Polled: Jago Party | Economic Indicators | CEIC". www.ceicdata.com. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  8. "IndiaVotes PC: Party performance over elections - Jago Party All States". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
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