Bharat Punarnirman Dal

Bharat Punarnirman Dal is a National political party, founded by a group of graduates of the Indian Institutes of Technology, [cite news |title=Political party formed by IIT grads splits |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1852783.cms |work=The Times of India |date=2007-04-03 |accessdate=2008-02-20 ] and other such individuals and professionals [cite news |title=India’s white collar party dreams of clean politics |url=http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/19/int14.htm |work= [Pakistan Dawn |date=2007-04-19 |accessdate=2008-02-20 ] on 28th December 2006 in India, with the objective of making "Bharathvarsha a prosperous and powerful nation and re-establish it as the world-leader, a position, which the nation rightfully deserves". The party is registered with the Election Commission of India.

Core values:
* Always Nation and National interest first
* Equality : All Indians are equal

BPD Defines, Nation and Nationalism as
* Nation: A group of people united by the virtue of sharing their lineage in a territory .
* Nationalism An intense selfless commitment towards the prosperity and security of the group called as Nation with the ultimate consequence of prosperity and security of self and the group.

Leadership

At the national level party is led by the
* National President Ajit Ashwalayan Shukla, he himself an ex-IITian who has completed his B-tech & M-Tech from IIT Mumbai.
*Ravikishore , Vice-President and Acting Spokesperson, an Ex- IITian from Mumbai.

The other members in the National working committee are
*Mr.Mahesh Pramod Patil National Working Committee member.
*Mr.Omendra Pratap Singh National Working Committee member.

Party Presence: Currently the party has a strong presence in the following States
* Maharashtra
* Uttar Pradesh
* Delhi
* Andhra Pradesh.

There are plans to expand the party in the states of
*Gujarat,
*Bihar,
*Karnataka,
*West Bengal
*Tamil Nadu

Elections Contested

* Maharashtra Civic Polls Feb 2007 Contested on 4 seats 1-Mumbai , 2-Thane, 1-Solapur garnered around 250 votes in all
* Andhra Pradesh MLC polls March 2007 Supported three Candidates and won in 2 seats
* Uttar Pradesh MLA polls April-May 2007 Fielded 8 candidates on party ticket and 2 supported in all garnered more than five thousand votes, and stood ahead of some of the regional and other state partys.

The candidates fielded by BPD for all the above elections were at least graduate and of zero criminal background and the BPD's Candidates manifesto for the above elections was based on good governance, Accountability, transparency and efficiency. The results in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh did not yield any seats. The party will be contesting in Hyderabad corporation elections and Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections in 2008 followed by Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha elections in 2009. BPD has also fielded its candidate in the upcoming MLC (upper house) elections which are to be conducted in mid June in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. But the Main test for the party and the benchmark will be the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections.

Party activities apart from election

* Primary member Registration Drives in all the states happen on regular basis
* Weekly Office Bearer meetings are conducted in respective cities, Monthly State Meets, and Quarterly National Meets are held to discuss and update members on party's progress and other activities
* Vijayi Yuvak Marathi Monthly Magazine was launched in July 2007 in Maharashtra with a circulation of 5000 magazines per month
* Protest march are being held on various Youth related issues i.e. employment, Fee Structure, Technical status to some of non tech universities.
* An English Newspaper Sambharatam was launched in the month of January 2008.
* Party will be taking issues mainly related to National interest, Educated unemployed youth, Women Development issues and Farmers related issues. And will focus it and get results out of it by all constitutional means possible.
* A social wing under the name Sambharatam is launched at India level to address students related issues and other social issues.

Political positions

Reservations Policy

The party is determined to eliminate all man-made social differences and evolve a society where equality of opportunity is guaranteed in every walk of life in theory and practice.

The policy of reservation, conceived at the time of framing the Constitution with the objective of eliminating social, educational and economic disparities between different caste groups, has totally failed to achieve its stated objective. Instead of eliminating the differences, identities along the caste lines have got consolidated and are gradually becoming more assertive. Thus the Party stands against the concept of caste based reservations as a policy tool to bridge the gap between different caste groups. Instead certain resources of the state can be reserved for economically disadvantaged. It is thus proposed:

:Reservations, if required, should be based on economic status and not caste. The criteria for availing the benefits of reservations could be made commensurate with the income tax exemption limit. In other words those who are exempted from paying income tax can avail the facility of reservation. Making use of this benefit if their income crosses the exemption limit they will not be allowed to make use of the benefits under the policy of reservation further.

The Income Tax structure especially the exemption limit is to be revised to make it more in tune with reality.

Article 370 of Indian Constitution

Article 370, which grants special status to the State of Jammu and Kashmir should be annulled. This article and the all the legislation deriving their authority from the Article are a blot on the very concept of equality.

Nuclear Agreement

Party is against the current nuclear agreement and it and will oppose it because Party is against the current form of nuclear agreement as it is against the national interest, taking into account the Hyde Act, no guarantee off Feul Supply and Economically costing twice the rate, no eco friendly and even if installed will reach only 7% of installed capacity of power in India by 2025 which is very less and finally the deal cannot be looked into isolation as it will hamper India's Foreign policy due to US factor

Ram Setu

Threat to National security:>Once the canal is created, it will create an international boundary between India and Srilanka and so will the waters will be international waters (currently they are historic waters).

* Economic loss: The area is full with Thorium reserves are extremely important for our nuclear reactors as a fuel. Shell fishing industry of Rs100crores+.
* The project itself is not economically viable since its a 150year old idea for 150year old ships.
* National instability due to sentimental factor,
* Environmental factor Tsunami prone area.

Other issues

* Party will strongly support capital punishment in cases of terrorism/terrorist and rape further accounting to murder.
* Terrorism: Party will support all the current POTA, MOCA, TADA or any new laws against terrorism and terrorists. The government should take every measure possible, including enacting stringent legislation, to fight this menace. A policy of no negotiations with the declared terrorists and terrorist outfits, similar to the policy adopted by Israel, can be instituted. A comprehensive policy on terrorism and separatism based on culture, religion or language should be devised. The general approach is to make any separatist activity, whether using violence or not, should be punishable with the utmost degree of severity.
* Uniform civil code: party will support uniform civil code.

Regional units

Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh Unit of BPD is led by
*State President Omendra Bharat who is an IIT Kanpur alumnus. He is also the National Working Committee member.
*The chief general secretary is Dr. Punit Nath who did MBBS & MD from Kanpur Medical college. He is a cancer specialist.
*Pratima Bharat is the State Treasurer
* Ravi Bharat is the general secretary.
*Awadhesh Mishra (East U.P.) SWC members
*Dr. Sanjeev Yadav (West U.P.). SWC members
*Dr. Sarita Tyagi and Dr. Sunil Saxena. as SWC advisers

Maharashtra

The Maharashtra Unit of BPD is led by State President, Mahesh Pramod Patil,Graduate from Mumbai University The State Committee of Maharashtra further consist of
* Sagar Killekar State Vice President
* Ravi Bramhe State Vice President
* Nikunj Shah State Chief General Secretary.B.Sc Chemistry
* Daris Daniel State General Secretary. GLC LAW
* Sarang Habib State Organizer.B.A Graduate
* Santosh Yadav Committee Member & Party Pracharak

Andhra Pradesh

The Andhra Pradesh Unit is led by State In-charge Srikanth.

References

External links

* [http://bpd.org.in Official website]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1615565.ece The Times (London) coverage]
* [http://mahabpd.org BPD Maharashtra unit website]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Lead_India_Say_yes_to_cleanse_political_system/articleshow/2765224.cms Lead India: Say yes to cleanse political system]
* [http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/31381/iitians-enter-the-world-of-politics.html IBN Live]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Bollywood-inspired_IITians_eyeing_polls/articleshow/1260234.cms Bollywood-inspired IITians eyeing polls]
* [http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080040702 IITians plunge into UP politics]
* [http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/articles.aspx?newsid=79382 IIT-K ex-students to join protest against SEZs]
* [http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/04/stories/2007040410320500.htm The Hindu reports, Party formed by ex-IIT students splits]
* [http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=225515 Indian Express reports, Bharat Punarnirman Dal]