Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) together with associates and youth volunteers has launched the National Agenda Forum (NAF). NAF is a pan-India initiative which aims to resurrect the conversation around Gandhiji’s 18-point Constructive Programme. Taking this spirit forward, as the nation celebrates Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary year, we want to pay him our tribute by realising his teachings to reimagine and co-create India’s priorities to formulate an actionable agenda for our present and our future.

Written over a period of time and last shared by Mahatma Gandhi in 1945 (73 years ago), this 18-point Constructive Programme outlined the key priorities for independent India and, we at I-PAC, are proudly setting in motion the NAF to:

1.     Set the Agenda: Reimagine and co-create India’s key priorities and help formulate an actionable agenda for contemporary India.

2.     Choose the Leader: Nominate the leader best suited to adopt and execute this agenda.

3.     Campaign for India: Help the chosen leader to get elected in the upcoming General Elections in 2019.

NAF was launched on the 29th of June, 2018 by more than 25,000 volunteers in 1,500 colleges spread over 500 districts across India. Ultimately, 10 lakh students and professionals will come together to engage with the platform. Online voting, by 5 crore citizens, to set the key national priorities and choosing the leader would open on the 11th of July, 2018. The results would be announced on the 15th of August, 2018.

The volunteers will meet the chosen leader in the months of September and October before taking the agenda to the entire nation between November and December, 2018. The volunteers would ensure that this agenda would, then, officially be adopted as part of the party manifesto in January 2019. 

For the first time ever in India, 5 crore citizens of this country will vote to choose their leader and define his/her agenda. And as part of this, we at I-PAC invite everyone to support and participate in this nation-building exercise.

For more information, kindly visit: http://www.indianpac.com/naf/

About I-PAC

Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) is a unique platform for educated youth and young professionals who want to partake in the Indian political system and contribute meaningfully in setting the agenda for incoming governments, without necessarily being part of a political party.

I-PAC started as Citizens for Accountable Governance (CAG) in 2013 and has been operating in the socio-political domain since the last 5 years. This group, founded by young professionals from renowned academic and professional backgrounds, is described as “India’s first political action committee”. I-PAC has transformed the way elections are fought in India by introducing professionalism and innovation at scale in campaigning.

As a cross-party advocacy group, I-PAC endeavours to support the election of visionary, progressive and inclusive leaders to public offices. In the process, I-PAC aims to bridge the gap between citizens’ aspirations and the incoming Government’s priorities.

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