National Alliance of People's Movements Extend Support to Aam Aadmi Party // देशभर के जन आन्दोलन ‘आप’ को वैकल्पिक राजनितिक पहल के रूप में देंगे सक्रिय सहयोगी // JNU professor leaves CPI, joins Kejriwal

Mumbai, January 13 : People's Movements for years have been striving in non-violent, democratic ways for a broader social and political transformation. These struggles at times manifest is changing government policies and laws and raise broader questions of alternative development and address questions of societal values. For years and decades long struggles have evolved consensus among various sections of farmers, workers, labourers, fish workers and across classes, including the middle class in the cities and villages. The movements are in alliance across the country and have achieved many things, in the form of protecting people's rights, livelihood and resources as well as changing their relations with the rulers, the power holders. We have always stood for people's power !
However, the movements have over years witnessed the changing face, culture and approach of political class to people's issues and priorities. The mainstream parties in power have just not been insensitive to people's demand but also been insulting the people's power, role and violating rights. Corruption – as misuse & misappropriation of monetary and natural resources - is hitting not only the micro level livelihoods and downtrodden but the macro economy of the nation as well. When the politicians are engaged in loot and don't care for the large majority of common people, they resort to caste-religion and other bases to gain vote bank and distribute notes, freebies, liquor  to regain and retain political power. This needs to be condemned. People's movements have always faught against these fraudulent ways and means that defeat democracy and become barriers in achievement of the goal of peace, justice and development of the country.
Today a new context and content has been provided to the people in the movements by the ongoing churning among the common masses, emerging beyond the non-electoral processes. People are eager and full of confidence, courage and commitment to bringing in change, distinct and deep.
A number of attempts by small and large parties and fora to create an alternative to the mainstream politics, creating space for those at margins by the power holders have played a role in the past. Earlier it was JP Movement (post-emergency rise of new alliance of parties) and again with V P Singh that such churning happened. Once again and with a difference, the concern of the masses has led to formation of Aam Aadmi Party reflecting a need for changing the political cultures and system. The people's movements have found their issues and visions reflected in the position of the AAP, that includes :
  1. Decentralisation of power and governance to grant primacy to people and the lowest smallest unit of democracy – gram & Bastis.
  2. Rooting out corruption from bottom to top though not only legal but social political processes.
  3. Due place and scope for alternative economic and technological solutions rooted in the land of India and Bharat.
  4. Rising above caste, religion, gender based divisions and discriminations while retaining positive discriminatory measures such as reservations.
  5. Resolutions of conflicts between the state and people, may those be farmers, dalits, adivasis or urban poor; through due democratic processes and on the basis of the constitutional values and principles
  6. Solutions to inequality, injustice, corruption and water, energy crises.
  7. Working for an alternative political culture for the political class. 
Arvind Kejariwal and the team of youngsters, with Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan, Prof. Anand Kumar, Prof. Ajit Jha and many experienced intellectual activists took a lead and have made a dent into the electoral politics. Their achievements through innovative strategies, principles of transparency and accountability in realm of governance have raised hope for everyone today.
We consider the attempt of AAP as a movement and appreciate the endeavour to fill in the political vacuum. It's because the AAP is following the movement ways, giving regard to mass participation and bringing in simplicity and selfless service into politics that many comrades and colleagues in various people's movements have decided to extend our active support to AAP. This is a decision taken through dialogue to deliberations within movements in states taking note of diverse opinions with a common ground. Narmada Bachao Andolan, Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan (Maharashtra), Jan Sangharsh Vahini (Delhi), lok Shakti Abhiyan (Orissa), Kosi Baadh Prabhavit Sangharsh Samiti and Jan Jaagran Shakti Sangathan (Bihar), Unorganised Sector Workers federation (South India) and many others.
The decision is based on our viewing AAP as an evolving political vehicle for people's movements. With Indian Constitution as the guide with fundamental rights to directive principles and 'we the people of India' as our resources, we feel AAP is committed to both. Hence, without any dogmatic views and traditional dilemmas, we see a hope and extend our support and contribute to ideological strengthening of the Party pogrammes and policies. We appeal to other movements too to join and support. The victory in Delhi should be taken forward to all states, villages, hamlets, bastis and cities in the country.
We are however, yet to discuss some aspects – ideological to strategical – with AAP leadership and ensure a mechanism to establish a relation of the party with the people's movements. Many of us are part of National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), a non-party political platform, which will continue to retain its independent identity and provide input to programmes and policies and also lead struggles on people's issues as done always. We see AAP itself as a movement that bring in complementarity and hence we confide in its leadership to evolve such process and spaces within for the long term struggle to clean politics and bring in an alternative politics and political culture.
We will announce forms of support and our interventions into the political arena with AAP with all formalities and processes after our dialogue in Delhi on 16-17th of January and look forward to a new era of politics – electoral and non-electoral as strengthening each other and the Indian society with democracy, unity in diversity and equity.
Medha Patkar, Kailash Awasya, Meera, Narmada Bachao Andolan
Prafulla Samantara, Lok Shakti Abhiyan, Orissa
Geeta Ramakrishnan, Unorgnaised Sector Workers Federation
Pasharul Alam, Aadivasi Jameen raksha Samiti, West Bengal
Ramakrishna Raju, United Forum of Right to Information, Andhra Pradesh
Gurwant Singh, Small Scale Industries and Traders Association, Punjab
Smipreet Singh, Sumit Wajale, Santosh Thorat, Poonam Kanojia Ghar Bachao Ghar banao Andolan, Maharashtra
Prasad Bagwe, Ekvira Bachao Andolan, Maharashtra
Rajendra Ravi, Sanjay M G, Ramdas Bhatkal, Chandrshekhar Architect, Madhuresh Kumar, Seela M - NAPM Maharashtra and Delhi
Mahendra Yadav and Kamayani Swami – NAPM Bihar
Bhupender Singh Rawat, Jan Sangharsh Vahini, New Delhi
Gautam Bandopadhyay, Nadi Ghati Morcha, Chattisgarh
Rajkumar Sinha, Bargi Baandh Visthapit Sangharsh Samiti, MP
C R Neelakandan, Geo Jose, Hussain Master – NAPM kerala
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भ्रष्टाचार, अत्याचार, अन्याय और विषमता के खिलाफ जनतंत्र और साफ सुथरी राजनीति के लिए देशभर के जन आन्दोलन ‘आप’ को वैकल्पिक राजनितिक पहल के रूप में देंगे सक्रिय सहयोगी |
16-17 जनवरी को दिल्ली में चर्चा 'आप' के पदाधिकारियों से फिर ठोस भूमिका व् कदम |
पिछले कई दशकों से जनशक्ति के साथ सशक्त जनांदोलनों के द्वारा देश में आर्थिक, सामाजिक राजनीति बदलाव के लिए हम जूझ रहे है | संवैधानिक मूल्य, जनता के अधिकार तथा मार्गदर्शक सिद्धांतो के साथ मानवी अधिकार हमारे लिए सर्वोच्च मंजिल रही है और जनतांत्रिक प्रक्रियाए, अहिंसक संघर्ष के साथ, हमारे आधार जन संगठनो और जन आन्दोलनों से उभरे सिद्धांत और मुद्दे से कई बदलाव, कई कानून आजतक बने है फिर सत्ता और जनता के बीच के रिश्ते भी समता और न्याय के रहने में योगदान हुआ है | फिर भी देश के मुख्यधारा के, सत्ता में बैठे राज नेताओं से चलती रही लूट, देश की  आर्थिक – प्राकृतिक सम्पदा का अपव्यय और जनता की अवमानना रोकने के लिए जन आन्दोलनों ने अपनी अथक परिश्रम और संघर्ष के द्वारा एक प्रभावी असरकार – कम दिखाई है | सूचना का अधिकार, वन अधिकार, या भू-अर्जन कानून में बदलाव तथा आदर्श, लावासा और अन्य भ्रष्टाचार/घोटाले हमारी नीति – राजनीति से सामने लाये गए है | देश के दलितों, आदिवासियों, किसानों – मजदूरों के ही नहीं, देश की पूरी जनता, शिक्षित, व्यावसायिक, विधार्थी – युवाओं के साथ मध्यम वर्गीय और हर नागरिकों की बुनियाद जरूरत और अधिकार को हासिल करने की हमारी जंग आज भी जारी है और रहेगी |
आज भ्रष्टाचार विरोधी आन्दोलनों से उभरी आम आदमी पार्टी ने भी यही ठान ली है और अरविन्द केजरीवाल और उनके युवा साथियों के साथ, आज देश की जनता को दुखदर्द, वंचना और पीड़ा पहुचाने वाली दलीय राजनिति में जो हस्तक्षेप किया है, उनका हम स्वागत करते है | हम मानते है की देश में आप लोंगो को महसूस हो रही उद्दिग्नता और विकल्प की जरुरत को पूरा करने में ये जनआन्दोलनों के साथीयों ने बीड़ा उठाया है और जात- पात धर्म या शराब – पैसा साधन बांटकर नहीं तो राजनितिक – आर्थिक विकेन्द्रीकरण, जनसत्ता से ही जनतंत्र, शिक्षा और सभी क्षेत्रो में समता, भ्रष्टाचार से मुक्ति और हर वंचित तबके को न्याय दिलाने की अपनी भूमिका जहीर की है | दिल्ली में सफलता के बाद शहरी गरीब मध्यमवर्गीय, ग्रामीण की समस्याए सुलझाने की और कदम बढ़ाये है | राजनीति में सादगी और जनवादी फिर से लेन की उनकी कोशिश शुरू हुई है | जनउभार है और जनता चाहती है कि जन आंदोलनों से जुड़कर आब दलीय राजनीति में भी हस्तक्षेप हो और वह भी सक्रिय |
देश भर के कई सारे जन आन्दोलनों  के साथ एक लम्बी चर्चाओं, सवाल- जवाबों, आम आदमी पार्टी की क्रिया – प्रक्रियाओं का अध्ययन और हमारी भूमिका पर मंथन के बाद, इस नतीजे पर पहुंचे है कि  समय आया है कि इस वैकल्पिक चुनावी राजनीति में भी हमारे जन आन्दोलन एक विशेष समर्थन की भूमिका निभाये और इस क्रांतिकारी बदलाव की संभावना को आगे बढ़ाये |
इसीलिए आसाम से केरल और ओड़िसा से मध्य प्रदेश तक महाराष्ट्र के भी ग्रामीण और शहरी कई आन्दोलनों अपने साथी- सहयोगीयों के साथ यह तय किया है की हम आप आदमी पार्टी को जो एक आन्दोलनं का ही हिस्सा है, पूरा सक्रिय समर्थन डदें | हमारे वोट डालने के अलावा घोषणा-पत्र में भी उनकी पूरी भूमिका निभाये |
जन आन्दोलनों को समर्पित न करते हुए, उनकी विशेषता और व्यापक नज़रिया बने रहकर भी हम ‘आप’ को एक चुनावी, संसदिये राजनीति में अवकाश बनाने की और उसका चरित्र बदलने की, समाज को भी ऐलान की प्रक्रिया मानकर यह समर्थन देंगे | इस सहयोग  के ठोस कदम, कई प्रक्रियों और सरचना जन आन्दोलनों और ‘आप’ के बीच दिल्ली में 16,17जनवरी के रोज चर्चा विचार होकर, योगेन्द्र यादव, प्रशांत भूषण, आनद कुमार, अजित झा तथा राष्ट्रीय समिति के साथियों के साथ बैठकर होगी और फिर हमारा अगला अजेंडा और भूमिका भी जहीर होगी |
हमारे लिए यह एक महत्व का निर्णय है और हमारा ऐलान है देश के विभिन जन आन्दोलनों, सामाजिक संस्थानों को, संगठनों को की वे भी इस प्रक्रिया जुड़ जाए |
मेधा पाटकर, कैलाश अवस्या, मीरां – नर्मदा बचाओ आन्दोलन
प्रफुल सामंतरा – लोकशक्ति अभियान ओड़िसा
गीता रामाक्रिशानन –   Unorganised Sector Worker’s Federation
 पशारुल आलम- आदिवासी जमीन रक्षा समिति- वेस्ट बंगाल
रामकृष्णन राजू – यूनाइटेड फोरम ऑफ़ राईट टू इन्फोर्मेशन- आंध्र प्रदेश
गुरवंत सिंह – स्माल स्केल इन्द्त्रिय एंड ट्रेडर्स अस्सोसिसन पंजाब
सिम्प्रीत सिंह, सुमित वाजले , संतोष थोरात , पूनम कनोजिया – घर बचाओ घर बनाओ आन्दोलन – महाराष्ट्र
राजेंद्र रवि, संजय म.जी, राम्देस भटकल, चन्द्रसेखर अर्केटेक्ट, मधुरेश कुमार, सीला म- ज.न.आ.र.स. महाराष्ट्र एंड दिल्ली
महेंद्र यादव एंड कामायनी स्वामी – ज.न.आ.र.स., बिहार
भूपेन्द्र सिंह रावत – जन संघर्ष वाहिनी , न्यू दिल्ली
गौतम बंधउपाध्याय- नदी घाटी मोर्चा – छतीसगढ़
राजकुमार सिन्हा बरगी, बांध विस्थापित संघर्ष समिति- मध्य प्रदेश
सी . आर. नीलकंदन, जिओ जोस, हुसैन मास्टर – ज.न.आ.र.स., केरला  

Top JNU professor leaves CPI, joins Kejriwal
NEW DELHI: JNU professor Kamal Mitra Chenoy, who joined the Aam Aadmi Party after a 40-year association with the CPI, lashed out at the Left party saying they were willing to overlook people's deaths for political gains.  "I had given a report to the national council on the Muzaffarnagar riots that was critical of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. But I was told that we can't manage without Mulayam in UP. What is important then? Whether people die, children die or political gains," Chenoy said when asked if the Left was disconnected with the people.  Chenoy said the Left was behind the times and politics had become a game of money. "I have worked with Medha Patkar, worked on human rights issues in Manipur and also worked in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. Politics has been made a game of money. We will fight for the common man," Chenoy said, adding many other professors and students from JNU may join the party.  When asked if he would fight elections, Chenoy remained non-committal saying he would if the party wanted him too. 

Chenoy is a professor in JNU's School of International Studies. Welcoming him, AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said it was significant that an academic who had been associated for so long with a party had decided to join AAP. 

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