More than 100 people marched from Churchgate station to CSMT in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The march was led by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Aniket Ovhal (31), national secretary, ABVP, and Devendra Pai (31) from the Indian Institute of Democratic Leadership, had organised it. “The law has been heavily misinterpreted by…
While August Kranti Maidan was full of people opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Thursday, several others backing the government’s move came together near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT). Around 150 protesters, who gathered at Churchgate, marched to CSMT raising slogans against Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid. The protesters shouted in a Hindi…
One of the determinants of a protest’s success – or failure – is how conspicuous it is… or isn’t. That there was a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Mumbai’s August Kranti Maidan on Thursday was palpable at Grant Road station itself, where protesters took to sloganeering and marching in files. Simultaneously, another protest…
The Indian Institute of Democratic Leadership (IIDL) in Bhayandar, operates out of a 14-acre campus, located just off the road that leads to Essel World. IIDL seeks to create a new kind of politically aware leadership that is educated, has a practical grasp of India’s politics and is aware of the socio-political issues facing India,…
Efforts to groom ‘netas’ in leadership skills have started picking momentum at an institute near Mumbai which is now planning to launch its third academic session to train political greenhorns in governance and public affairs. Located at Uttan in neighbouring Thane district, the Indian Institute of Democratic Leadership (IIDL), started by BJP vice president Vinay…
India in 2019 is clearly progressing towards a prosperous future with a firm and steady pace. This progression along with the requirements brings with it immense opportunities for the society, especially the youth to join in and contribute proactively to this progress train. India with its young population stands to benefit extensively from this change,…
Politics do not require any educational qualification, but the ruling BJP is now pushing for qualified netas that may force other parties to follow suit. The BJP-linked Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, affiliated to University of Mumbai, is starting a nine-month post-graduate (PG) diploma course in politics from this July at Rs 2.5 lakh. FREE PRESS JOURNALS…
For the first in India, a structured Post-Graduate course to comprehensively understand leadership-science, politics and governance was launched by Mumbai based Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP), a training and research academy working for capacity building of people’s representatives, political party workers as well as voluntary social workers. In 2017, RMP set-up Indian Institute of Democratic Leadership…
The Indian Institute of Democratic Leadership is training political hopefuls who align with the ruling BJP to be competent. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe is on a mission that is at once impossibly simple and yet somehow insurmountable: He is training Indian politicians to be competent. Not just any politicians, mind you—Hindu nationalist politicians. Sahasrabuddhe, a senior official…
