‘Youth to
give back to the Nation’:Manpreet Singh Badal
National Tele24 News
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
‘Youth has the power to change anything and can
be instrumental in making country free from corruption, unemployment,
poverty and drug free society’ said Sh. Manpreet Singh Badal, Hon’ble
Finance & Planning Minister, Government of Punjab at the
National Conference organized by Centre for the Study of Social
Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, on Electoral
Strategy of Political Parties in the forth coming Lok Sabha Elections,
here today. The Hon’ble Minister addressed the youth as the next
generation of the country and urged them to collectively take the nation
to great heights irrespective of the language, creed, colour, caste and
religion. He added that it’s time to give back to the nation by making
all efforts for securing a honourable place in the community of nations
for India. Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi, Minister of technical Education,
Punjab was the Guest of Honour during this event. In the valedictory
session, he said that connection with people plays a very important role
in electoral strategies in any elections. He also appealed to the youth
to participate in political activities because it is the youth who can
give a new direction to Indian Politics. Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice
Chancellor, PU in his welcome address expressed gratitude on his behalf
and on behalf of PU fraternity with respect to recent enhancement of 6
percent annual budget to the University. He appreciated the Hon’ble
Minister for his willingness to help PU and its constituent colleges. He
informed that already a proposal worth Rs.50 crores has been submitted
for building maintenance. The keynote speaker Prof. Zoya Hasan from JNU,
Delhi said that the BJP has come to the centre stage of the Indian
electoral scene.Through its policies the BJP is replacing the pluralist
democracy with majoritarian democracy. She said that it is a matter of
concern that the incumbent government is trying for complete take over
of political, social, cultural and intellectual space. She suggested the
coalition of political parties can put up a strong resistance to this
hegemony politics. Prof. Sanjay Kumar, Director, Centre for the Study of
Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi while addressing the seminar
focused that how ideology, money and caste community effect electoral
behaviour in India. He added that national and regional elections use
different strategies. Prof. A.S. Narang in his valedictory address
said that regional parties are gaining significance in current electoral
scenario. He also cautioned that politics based on populism is taking
precedence over issues of public importance. Prof. Emanual Nahar,
the coordinator of the conference, informed that many renowned scholars
namely Prof. Mujibur Rehman, Prof. A.D. Mishra, Dr. Sanjiv Kumar, Prof.
Khalid Mohamed, Dr.Mudrain from different universities presented their
very insightful papers during this conference.
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