Janata Party Manifesto

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Party Profile

Introduction

The Janata Party is a child of the most epoch-

making stuggle in the history of Indian democracy.

In March 1977 the people of India, under the

inspiring leadership of Jayaprakash Narayanan,

elected the Janata Party to power and entrusted it

with the task of restoring democracy and freedomto the people and constructing an egalitarian and

decentralised social order based on the Gandhian

perspective. In this perspective political and

economic tasks involve a common, approach, that

of providing the people themselves, above all to the

poor and deprived among them, both theopportunity and the power to shape their own lives

and destiny.

In the first Election manifesto (1977), the Janata

Party, had declared: The Janata Party is dedicated

to the values and ideals of Gandhiji. It is dedicatedto the task of building a democratic state in India,

drawing inspiration from our rich heritage, and the

noble traditions of our struggle for independence.

In other words, the Janata Partys ideology is to

foster democracy in all its dimensions, economic,

political, social and cultural. This has to be done by


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learning from our ancient history and the Freedom

struggle; within the Gandhian framework.

The Janata Party was ushered in to power in 1977on the strength of the youth (who constitute over

seventy percent of the electorate). However, this

mandate of the youth was soon betrayed through

splits and defections in the 1980s, but it is still

alive and kicking today. The mission of the Party,

given to it by JP, is still unaccomplished and yetrelevant. Those of us who have remained steadfast

and suffered the wilderness for it, have kept this

historic Party alive. In 1977, the nations

democratic structure was under siege and the

nation was in crisis. Today, the nation is on the

throes of deep identity crisis and ideological

bankruptcy. At the cross roads of history today, the

future of our country is crucially dependent on

making the right choice on the direction for the

country. While the Freedom struggle had given the

people a clear identity and the underpinning of itsideology, the last one and a half decades have

thrown up anti-national and anti-social forces

which now seriously threaten our national

integrity, and have sown doubts in the peoples

mind about the nations future. No political party

has come forward to provide an answer.


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The political parties of today have in fact failed so

far to formulate a concept of our identity and

relevant ideology. The continued inability of

political parties to formulate an acceptable concept

of identity and ideology is dangerous for our

democracy. No wonder, our people are confused

about the future, and the youth led astray. If this

continues, the ensuing disorder may threaten the

collapse of the Indian Union, which, in the SovietUnion and elsewhere has become a reality. But still

no political party today is thinking along these

futuristic terms. The Congress Party of today

cannot provide the frame work for our identity and

ideology. There is a wide gap between policy and

practice in the Congress Party. With the collapse ofCommunist rule in the erstwhile Soviet Union and

Eastern Europe, the ideology of the Communists

stands discredited.

All the leftist parties like the CPI, CPI(M), Marxist,

Leninist Groups and the other constituents of theUnited Front like Janata Dal, Samajvadi Party etc.

and above all the Congress Party by passionately

advocating the cause of State controlled socialism

until recently have only laid solid foundations for

raising a superstructure of mega Corruption which

has only lured hundreds of Criminals and anti-


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social elements into the noble arena of politics and

public life.

Janata Party is pledged to the establishment ofminimum government and maximum welfare for

all. Janata Party stands for social justice and

removal of disparities of opportunity and equitably

distributed welfare. Statism is not the road to

socialism. It is the way to authoritarianism at the

top and serfdom at the bottom. Janata Party wantsto create a society with a political government

powerful in its legitimate domain and minimal

elsewhere, a government that governs but does not

dabble in business, arts, media, justice, religion

and piety.

Drawing on the inspiration of Jayaprakash

Narayanan, with adherence to the moral edicts of

Mahatma Gandhi, the darshan of Swami

Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo, the poetry of

Iqbal and Subramania Bharathi, the patriotic

fervor of Bankim Chatterjee, the courage andconviction of Mahatma Phule and Dr. Ambedkar,

the Janata Party rededicates itself to a virile

concept of national, identity and a nationalist

ideology embodied in an implementable Agenda.

This is the Janata Partys Agenda for National


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Renaissance, representing the ideological

framework of the party.

II. Appeal to the Voters

The Janata Party in all humility asks for a mandate

to give the country a government responsive to the

people and respectful of the countrys constitution,

and democratic freedoms and institutions. The

Janata Partys programme is as follows.Political

a) Decentralisation

A qualitative change in the sphere of political

management requires a package of measures

starting with a principled and rational distributionof powers and functions between the Centre and

the State on the one hand, and within the State

upto the village level on the other, aim being that

the burden of political management is shared by

many shoulders and as appropriate at each level.

For this purpose Janata stands for

(a) a constructive review of the Centre, State and

concurrent list of subjects;

(b) establishment of an effective Inter-State

Council as envisaged in the Constitution for


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harmonious, speedy and productive resolution of

Centre/State issues;

(c) financial viability of the States will be ensuredthrough various constitutional, legal and fiscal

arrangements;

(d) effective implementation of Article 40 of the

Directive Principles of State Policy in the

Constitution relating to decentralisation throughunits of self government: upto the village level;

(e) appropriate reorganisation of States, where

necessary to improve administration and enhance

the satisfaction of the citizens.

b) Electoral ReformAt a parallel level, Janata stands for substantial

reform of the structure of political parties and the

electoral system. Political parties recognised by the

Election Commission should be required by law to

have an inner democratic structure based on

periodic elections as a part of their constitution.

They shall be made to submit audited accounts

regularly. The state shall contribute to election

expenses. Voters should have identity cards.

Voters lists should be displayed publicly and

permanently at each polling booth and updated


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annually. Combined with this, Janata will initiate a

review of the existing political and administrative

divisions. This will presage the formation of

multiple tiers of democratic institutions to oversee

the implementation of policies. Administrators will

have to be responsible to local and regional

political institutions and not to distant masters. In

short the top down paternal system of the colonial

era must go and the true democratisation of theIndian nation must begin.

c) Induction of Good and Honest Man into

Politics and Public Life

Janata Party will carefully induct into the arena of

politics and public life, honest, efficient andqualified persons in order to rescue the nation

from the clutches of usurpers of Independence,

thieves and goons. It is a task of metamorphosis of

a nation. Janata Party promises all patriotic

Indians who feel ashamed, humiliated and enraged

at the way the Independence and the Republichave been hijacked that they will have the good

fortune of again participating in the resurrection of

their great nation and thus vindicating the honour

of the real martyrs whose supreme sacrifices

brought us our freedom.The overall objective is to

enhance the responsiveness and accountability of


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the nations managers elected or administrative

to the people of India and to gear them to meet

the challenge of providing a vibrant government

that protects life, upholds the constitution and

leads them on the path of growth with social

justice.

d) Basic Secularism

Articles 102 &191 of the Constitution of India willbe amended to make any appeal to voters in the

name of religion a cause for disqualification from

Parliament Legislatures.

Encouragement of inter-caste marriages with the

aim of building up a casteless India.

Educating the masses on the equality of the

religions and fostering equal respect for the

theology of all religions, which includes freedom to

preach and follow religion of ones choice without

state interference.

The right to enjoy the reservation in employment

and education for backwards and dalits without

regard to religion professed.

e) Moral and Ethical Values


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Restructuring education system and including the

basic precepts of all religions to promote

truthfulness, courage and austerity.

Emphasis on character building and government

assistance to voluntary organisations who conduct

classes and programmes, camps to promote

character building through an approved syllabus.

Propagation through Doordarshan and other massmedia for casteless society, the equality of sexes

and a concern for the poor and underprivileged.

Promotion of festivals, cultural events, get

togethers that promote social inter-action based on

equality.

f) Dual Citizenship

All the non-resident Indians would be given the

option of Dual Citizenship. This simple step will

result in an accelerated flow of NRI investments in

India.

g) Complete Revamping and Restructuring

of Public Administration at all levels.

If the liberalisation measures taken in the last

three years have to produce their full impact, we

have to completely restructure the existing

systems,structures and procedures of public


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administration in India. Our bureaucracy, after

independence, has degenerated into system in

which everything is delayed by inflexible rules of

inertia and indifference, with total commitment to

neutral performance or perpetuation of status quo

or both. The current system is marked by delay,

red-tapism, inefficiency, carelessness and

callousness, contempt of the public and above all

uncontrolled and unabashed corruption. JanataParty will constitute a National Commission on

Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances to

study the systems, structures and procedures of

public Grievances to study the systems, structures

and procedures of public administration in India

and to make suitable recommendations for makingthe entire administrative apparatus of the Centre

and the states more efficient, effective, economical

and responsive.

The Economy

a) Globalisation Liberalisation andPrivatisation

There is a broad consensus today in India on the

merits of freeing the economy from the shackles of

the state by a process of deregulation and

liberation. The more a country liberalises the more


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competitive it becomes. Though there is

disagreement over how much to open up to foreign

participation, yet India cannot achieve the full

benefits of liberalisation without becoming a global

player in the world market. For this we must

combine technology from abroad with our skilled

low cost man power. The gains from combining

foreign capital and technology with Indian human

talents are best illustrated in the Computer andSoftware Industries.

A major stumbling block which keeps India behind

East Asia is its hesitant and ambivalent

commitment to the reform process. Janata Party

pledges itself to the cause of deepening, widening

and broadening the vistas and processes of

Globalisation. Liberalisation and Privatisation in

India with focus on maximisation of production,

employment and exports. Liberalisation cannot

stop with every election, to be resumed now and

then under IMF conditionality. Stop-&-Go policiesdo not inspire investor confidence. Janata Party

wishes to create an economic environment in

which the business community in India can get

behind the Government to keep up the momentum

and thus help in accelerating the process of

liberalisation in India.


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Overall, the Governments major economic role

would be to use taxation and set interest rates

which raise the rate of saving; and to induce

investments that promote employment, to

modernise agriculture to encourage efficient small

industries and to encourage grass-roots capitalism

to improve the lives of rural and urban poor. To

achieve better results, we have to transform our

economy to a low-cost employment generatingeconomy. This is the key element of any

liberalisation programme, which element is

entirely missing in the current liberalisation

process. In short, the Janata party believes in

economc reform tempered with national interests

and social justice. We have to structure ourprogramme to harmonize with these two basic

objectives.

b) Privatisation of Public Sector

The full benefits of the liberalisation process can

be achieved only by accelerating the process ofprivatisation of public sector. There are about

1000 non-financial public enterprises in India, of

which 300 are owned by the Central Government

and 700 by the State Governments. Public

Enterprises have been the Governments most

important vehicle to channel resources to key


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sectors of the economy. As a result public

enterprises now manage about 55% of the

economys (excluding households) capital stock

and account for one-fourth of non-agricultural

GDP. As documented in several Government

publications such as the annual Economic Surveys

of the Ministry of Finance, the Public Enterprise

Survey of the Department of Public Enterprises

and Eighth Plan Documents, returns of PEs havebecome increasingly dependent on Government

budgets. Because of their economic importance, it

will be costly to delay the transformation of public

enterprises into competitive, dynamic and

profitable commercial concerns. Janata Party

pledges itself to the cause of full privatisation ofpublic sector in accordance with a suitably drawn

up time-bound programme.

In this context, two of the most important and

related issues, pertaining particularly to power,

roads, irrigation and telecoms, are highlightedbriefly below. They are:

a. redefining the role of government (central and

state) in some case; and

b. providing an appropriate legal, regulatory and

administrative framework for ensuring a smooth


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and accelerated flow of private investment which

must now assume the dynamic economic role

played by public investment for over four decades.

Janata Party will tackle the above issues on a

warfooting

c) Industry Status to Agriculture

Janata Party would transform the rural economy

by according Industry status to agriculture and byopening up export opportunities for agricultural

and biotechnological dairy products. Rates of

Interest for Investment in Agriculture, Agricultural

Exports, Agro-based products, Biotechnology etc,

would be brought down to a level of 5%

d) Free Ports

Free Ports are the gateways of international trade

and commerce. Keeping the examples of Singapore

and HongKong in view, Janata Party pledges itself

the policy of declaring the ports of Bombay and

Tuticorin as free ports.

e) Control of Inflation A New

Programmed of Food Stamps

The common man today has been battered and

shattered by the continuous rise in the prices of

essential commodities like food grains, sugar,


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potato, onion, salt, cooking gas, kerosene,

medicine,electricity etc. For poorer and middle

classes, day to day living has become a nightmare.

All the social tensions today are attribute to the

never ending rise in the cost of living. Janata Party

will take effective steps not only to bring down the

prices of essential commodities but also to

introduce a New and Revolutionary Public

Distribution System. The existing System of PublicDistribution is marked by total inefficiency and

total corruption. Too little and too late seems to

be the prevailing motto. Janata Party will

introduce a new system which will make it possible

for the poorer sections of society and the middle

classes to get all their essential commodities atvery reasonable prices.

Janata Party will introduce a New Programme of

Food Stamps in lieu of the existing system based

on large scale procurement, massive storage and a

large network of distribution through ration shops.The major advantages claimed for the Food

Stamps Programme are that they ensure higher

food-consumption of food-based income without

entailing the administrative burden and costs

associated with a system of general price subsidies.

Food Stamps transfer income as food purchasing


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power rather than cash per se to vulnerable

households. Moreover, food stamps do not have

the allocative inefficiency effects of good price

subsidies. Rather, Food Stamps foster greater

consumption, thus stimulating local production by

raising demand for basic local products.

Once the Food Stamps Programme is introduced,

the Government can do away with the entire

network of FCI, the State Civil SuppliesCorporations and the fair price shops and thereby

the associated budgetary costs of commodity

handling to the Government and the attendant

economic costs to the society. The targeting under

the New Food Stamps Programmed can be suitably

fine-tuned to meeting the requirements of the

most impoverished and vulnerable sections of

society.

f) Southern Rivers Grid for adequate Water

Supply

In the irrigation and water sector, there is an

imperative public need for both a redefinition of

roles among governmental entities, as well as vis-

a-vis the private sector. In India, planning

allocation and management of water resources are

all conducted at the state level with minimum


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recourse to price signals. State Irrigation

Departments take the lead role in the sector, since

irrigation is the largest user of water. Janata Party

believes that the planning and management of

water resources should be conducted along river

basin lines and be based on the appropriate pricing

of water, and encompass all users of water

urban, industrial, power and agriculture. This

presents an additional level of complexity in theIndian context since river basins rarely fall neatly

within existing state boundaries. In addition to

negative externalities, the lack of coordination

creates serious conflicts among water users. While

some success in harmonizing inter-state riparian

development has been achieved throughcooperation and specific tribunals (for instance,

the sharing of Narmada, Krishna and

Subernarekha waters according to tribunal

awards), agreement is lacking or requires clearer

definitions in a number of basins. One example is

the highly contentious inter-state dispute among

Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala regarding the

waters of the Cauvery, which has remained

unresolved since 1974. Keeping this background in

view, Janata Party pledges itself to the policy

objective of creating a Southern Rivers Grid for


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ensuring adequate water supply in the Southern

States. A gigantic National Programme will be

launched for Desalination of Sea Water in the

Coastal Areas for providing protected drinking

water supply.

g) Tax Reforms

Janata Party would bring about a radical

transformation in the taxation system, so that itbecomes objective, transparent and non-

discretionary. The personal income tax accounts

for only 2% of the central revenues and it is a

source and fountainhead of corruption in India.

Janata Party will abolish personal income tax and

liberate citizens from the tyranny of income taxofficials. At the same time a massive exercise

would be undertaken for the simplification and

rationalisation of the existing system of indirect

taxes. Tax deductions will be allowed for all

expenses of corporations that promote the social

welfare of employees by schemes for housing,transportation, medical care, education and

training.

Reform of the Legal System

i) Review of all Legislation with a view to

abolishing the redundant acts and provisions.


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Bringing together diverse amendments,

notifications, ordinance, orders etc. so as to reduce

the present plethora of legislation to four; civil,

criminal. economic and social. The social epoch

and the license-permit-inspector raj has produced

a veritable legislative jungle. The common man

lives in a state of uncertainty and is often subjected

to extortion, blackmail and litigation. Entire body

of laws will be reviewed; laws that serve nopurpose, harass honest citizens or help criminals

will be weeded out. All valid legislation will be

edited in four volumes which will be published on

1st December every year to take effect from the

following 1st January. This will ensure that even

the man in the street knows what the law is. Allfuture legislation whatever its date of adoption will

take effect, unless there is reason to have

immediate effect, only on the first day of the

following year.

ii) Systematic arrangements for updating the codesso that the presumption of knowledge of law

applies only to what figures explicitly in the latest

edition of the code concerned. The presumption of

knowledge of law updating of law should be

limited only to such legislations as appear in a


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formal manner in print in systematically updated

volumes referred to above.

iii) Computerisation of all recognisedjurisprudence, and connecting all courts through a

modern infotech network.

Computerisation will make it possible to have

jurisprudence and precedents listed out with

specific references. This would permit muchshorter arguments and should permit judgements

within a period of, at the most, a week after the

commencement of hearings.

Provision of Basic Health Facilities

Today if we critically evaluate our medicaleducation and healthcare delivery system, we will

find that they are not complementary and not

serving the common man viz., the 75% of the lower

middle class and poor who mainly live in rural

areas. We do not produce doctors for the P.H.Cs

and general practice. An average M.B.B.S doctorafter completion of his course is mostly looking out

for a post graduate course. He is not keen or

confident to set up a general practice or join the

P.H.C. The post graduate education is such that

the post graduates in M.D. (General Practice) who

can be in-charge of P.H.Cs or be senior general


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practitioners are not produced. Our medical

education system is oriented towards producing

only specialists who can work only in urban areas

to the detriment of service in P.H.Cs, Taluk and

District headquarters hospitals. Janata Party

commits itself to the cause of correction of the

existing gross anomalies in our medical education

and health care delivery system. A national

Programme for training Village level workers inthe Science and Art treatment of common ailments

through well known medicines would be launched

in the rural areas throughout India.

Environmental Protection

The environment in India is under continuosthreat because of the forces unleashed by

economic growth-urbanization, industrialization

etc. and aggravated further by a rapidly growing

population. This becomes clear when we examine a

few environmental indicators that are correlated

broadly with human health and or with the healthof ecosystems. These include measurements of the

presence of pollutants in Indias air (such as

suspended particulates) and water (such as

coliform) and indicators of the extent to which

habitats have reached levels that are well in excess

of levels judged to be adequate to safeguard health.


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The health picture corroborates these

environmental indicators, reflecting patterns of

disease and death characteristic of unhealthy

environments. Vast areas of Indias original

endowment of natural terrestrial habitats have

been transformed and those that remain are under

threat. To keep the environment in balance, it

would call for an integrated enrichment of the

village ecosystem and a systematic greening ofrural India.

The calculus of priorities for conservation of

forests, biodiversity and wild life is inherently not

very clear cut. The task is doubly difficult in India

today because of the scarcity of hard, quantitative

data and information about what is happening to

Indias ecosystems and why. One clear priority

thus is the development of more and better

information and data.

Janata Party will introduce a suitable

Environmental Action Programme (EAP) creatinga comprehensive regulatory and strategic

framework for control of pollution and

conservation of forests, wildlife and biodiversity.

Women's Right - Elimination of Gender

Discrimination


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Atrocities and violence against women are on the

increase throughout the country, more particularly

against women to the weaker sections of society

and the Minorities and Scheduled castes and

Tribes. The instruments of the state for

enforcement of law and order and giving

protection to women like the police, the Judiciary

and the Bureaucracy have themselves become

indifferent to the cause of women. Part of thereason for this indifference and apathy of these

institutions arises out of a male dominated

scenario where most of the men are part of a

socialisation process rooted in the shackles of

outworn tradition, prejudice and ignorance.

An analysis of the status of Womens education

reveals that the Progress of womens education has

been very slow. We must give importance to

female literacy and womens education for the

simple reason that the mother is primary teacher

of the child. Women in order to become equalpartners with men in all walks of life should have

proper education. Today the literacy of women lags

far behind that of men. Janata party will strive to

bridge this gap by expanding opportunities for

womens education in the rural areas, opening


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Child Care centres, Hostels for Working Women

and Students.

Janata Party would create new institutions andformulate new programmes for strenghtening the

training and employment potential for women.

National policies and programmes of health,

Nutrition and Population Control will be

streamlined so as to reach all women.

Special programmes will be introduced to create

political awareness among women and involve

them in policy Decisions at various levels. In this

task the voluntary agencies will also be made to

play a vital role through various streamlined

incentives. All the existing laws affecting thesecurity and life of women would be suitably

amended with accent on Equal rights for

Women. In short the Janata Party views women

not as the weaker segment of society or as passive

beneficiaries of the development process, but as a

source of unique strength for reaching nationalgoals.

Restructuring the Educational System

a. Priority to Primary Education


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The destiny of India is being shaped in her class

rooms. In a world based on Science and

Technology, it is education that determines the

level of prosperity, welfare and security of the

people. On the quality and number of persons

coming out of our schools and colleges will depend

on our success in the great enterprise of national

re-construction whose principal objective is to

raise the standard of living of our people. Manystudies have shown that in the field of education,

investments in elementary and primary education

yield the highest rate of return and have a

significant impact on productivity and the general

well being of the masses. In India, while most of

the children enrol at the beginning of primaryschool, more than 50% of the Rural students drop

out before completing the cycle because of the poor

quality of the schooling and the pressures of

poverty. Among those who drop out as well as

those that stay, learning achievement is low.

Furthermore, gender and caste disparities exist.

Likewise wide disparities remain between and

within states. These critical problems will have to

be effectively tackled and solved.

b. Removal of Adult illiteracy


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Janata Party accepts the removal of Adult illiteracy

as an imperative goal to be achieved through the

implementation of broad-based functionally

relevant educational programmes. Janata Party

would strive for the achievement of universal

literacy through a mass-movement involving the

entire administrative and political apparatus and

utilising the services of voluntary organisations

and indeed of every educated person.d. Doubling of Teachers Salaries

Without ensuring the economic security and well

being of the teachers, it will not be possible for us

to improve the educational system.

Strong Law and Order Machinery

The mandate of political criminals and criminal

politicians has become more effective than that of

the law and order machinery. Police

administration has been subverted by corrupt

recruitment, plethora of laws and criminalpolitician axis. The criminals generally are much

better equipped in transport, communications and

even armaments. These and other related issues

will be tackled effectively through the following

measures;


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a) Ruthless suppression of gangsterism, terrorism

and bellicose fundamentalism and

Reestablishment of the Rule of law.

b) Revamping the Intelligence System.

c) Inducting Research Studies.

d) Efficient Interpol interaction and coordination.

e) Computerisation of Criminal Record History.

Effective National Security Doctrine

Janata Party will ensure the following:

1. Raise the Defence Budget to 7% of the GDP and

allocate 30% of this defence Budget to the Navy, to

set up an effective monitoring Naval station at CarNicobar, and to develop a Blue Water Navy.

2. Work for making South Asia, a terrorist free

zone by asserting the right of Indian Armed forces

to cross the national frontiers to put down

terrorism and terrorist camps.

3. Work out close diplomatic relations with Israel

and China, based on the principles of mutual

accommodation and interest.

4. Declare that India will defend effectively the

human rights of people of Indian origin violated,anywhere in the world.


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Social Justice

Keeping these considerations and objectives in

view, a special programme for the welfare andrehabitalisation of minority groups, the physically

handicapped women and destitute women and all

the impoverished groups below the poverty line

will be introduced. The touchstone of the success

of the development policies will be a betterment of

peoples lives, not just the expansion of productionprocesses. Human beings have to be viewed as

both the means and the ends of development not

just as a convenient fodder for the materialistic

machine. Janata Party will promote a concept of

human development with emphasis on four

components:

1. Productivity

2. Equity

3. Sustainability

4. Empowerment

Special attention will be given to the effective

implementation of all measures and schemes for

the rapid upliftment and integration into society as

equal and indistinguishable members, the

Scheduled castes and the Scheduled tribes. The


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constitutional provisions and the National Human

Rights Charter in this regard will be the corner

stone of our policy. The recommendations of the

Eliaperumal Commission Report (1969) will be

fully implemented.

The Janata Party is also committed to abolishing

the heinous practice of employing child labour,

bonded labour and other forms of labour

exploitation by the year 2000 by adoptingmeasures outlined in Dr. Subramanian Swamy

Commission on Labour Standards Reports (1996).

The party would seek to enact a National Labour

Standards Act to integrate all the various laws in

force since 1855 to meet the desirable

International Labour Conventions of the ILO, as

recommended by the Commission.

To ensure the upliftment of the down trodden,

Janata Party is committed for the following:-

Safe drinking water for all Minimum wages, Group insurance and subsided

medical facilities for farm labour and other

unorganised labour force.

Old-age pension, proper health care and

concessional medical facilities to senior citizens.


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Ensure rehabilitation of ex-servicemen,

implementation of V pay commissions

recommendations about ex-servicemen, One rank

one pension norm for all categories of ex-

servicemen and widows

Protection of Human Rights

Rehabilitation of displaced persons and families

from the sites of development projects Strengthen the NGO sector and cooperative

movement. It will be Janata Partys endeavour to

create condition for an autonomous, self- reliant

and democratic cooperative movement and

liberate them from the bureaucracy.

Summary

The salient features of the Janata Party

Programme are as follows

1. Political reform by inducting honest and efficient

qualified persons into politics with unshakeablecommitment to secularism.

2 . Reforming the Economy by:

According industry status to agriculture.

Opening export opportunity to agricultural and

dairy products.


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Setting up free ports in Mumbai and Tuticorin.

Privatization of Public Sector.

Controlling inflation by food stamps system for

providing essential commodities at low prices.

Southern Rivers Grid for adequate water supply.

Desalination of Sea water for Coastal drinking

water supply.

Abolition of Personal Income Tax.

3 . Restructuring Educational System by:

Giving priority to primary education.

Vocational training option.

Doubling of teachers salaries.

4 . Providing Basic health facilities through:

Environment protection measures

Training Village level workers for treating common

ailments through well known medicines.

5 . Strong Law and Order Machinery by:

Revamping the Intelligence system

Inducting Research studies

Formulating a Counter-Terrorist Strategy.


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Efficient Interpol interaction and coordination.

Computerization of criminal record history.

6. Effective National Security Doctrine.

7. Social justice, Womens Rights.

Conclusion

Janata Party would like to rededicate itself to the

grand vision of a great son of India, MahadevGovinda Ranade, as outlined in his own soul-

stirring words:

With buoyant hope, with liberated manhood, with

a faith that never shirks duty, with a justice that

deals fairly to all, with unclouded intellect and with

all her powers fully cultivated India will take her

proper rank among the nations of the world and be

the master of the situation of her own destiny. This

is the cherished home. This is the promised land.

Happy are they who see it in a distant vision;

happier those who are permitted to work and toclear the way on to it and happiest those who live

to see it with their own eyes and tread on the holy

soil once more.

All voice and power to the people!