Through
this comprehensive campaign, Sikkim Democratic Front aims to directly connect with
4 Lakh people to take their suggestions to prepare its manifesto for the
upcoming Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha Polls
Gangtok,
23rd March, 2019: Sikkim Democratic
Front (SDF) today launched “Ma Pani Chamling” – the
party’s campaign to build an inclusive manifesto capturing people’s aspirations
for the upcoming Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha Polls. The campaign was
jointly launched by party’s Publicity Head Shri Bhim Dahal and Social Media
Head and Lok Sabha MP Shri Prem Das Rai at the party headquarters in Gangtok. A dedicated website – www.mapanichamling.com – was launched
to solicit people’s suggestions for shaping Sikkim’s future
As
part of the campaign, the SDF will attempt to engage 4 Lakh people across
Sikkim to seek their suggestions which will be reflected in the party’s
election manifesto. Explaining the process, senior SDF leader and Publicity
Head Shri Bhim Dahal said, “The campaign “Ma Pani Chamling” is a
reflection of the party’s ethos that people are the kings in a democracy. Everyone
who stands for Sikkim’s peace, progress and prosperity is Chamling and we all
will work together to make Sikkim the No.1 state in the world. The campaign is
to involve every Sikkimese in building the Sikkim of their dreams”
The
campaign is line with the innovative, tech-savvy and people-centric campaign
strategies adopted by the SDF to engage with the people. It will adopt various
mediums in order to solicit feedback from the masses. The party will also seek
suggestions from various subject matter experts and specialists through
different outreach programmes.
Speaking
on the occasion, Sikkim Lok Sabha MP Shri Prem Das Rai said, “In line with the
party’s philosophy of “Janta Raj Ma Jantai Raja”, Sikkim
Democratic Front is organizing the largest participative agenda setting
exercise in Sikkim’s history to enable people to set the agenda of the incoming
SDF government. Our party President, Chief Minister Pawan Chamling had given
the clarion call of “Youth First” and hence we first sought the
views of the youth through the MyFirstVote4Chamling campaign. We are also going
door-to-door with SDF Pariwar campaign to directly understand the opinions of
people. We are the only party to put Sikkim & Sikkimese First.”
A
source close to the campaign revealed how the campaign aims to leverage “Big
Organizing” strategy, which was adopted by Bernie Sanders in the 2016
Presidential Campaign. “In a first, we
will attempt to engage thousands of volunteers to play a leadership role in the
campaign by decentralizing the process. To effectively engage the youth
volunteers who are aligned with HCM Pawan Chamling and SDF, but not formally
associated with the party, a dedicated section – Champion4Chamling is
incorporated in the website to enable them to spread the ideals of peace,
progress and prosperity among the Sikkimey junta and be a part of this historic
endeavor”.
Earlier,
the SDF party had launched the “MyFirstVote4Chamling” campaign on the occasion
of Losar (5th February) to directly seek suggestions from
first-time voters – the campaign has received over 27,000 suggestions till now.
The Party President and Chief Minister Pawan Chamling had recently launched the
SDF Pariwar campaign, a 10-day long door-to-door campaign directly interacting
with 1 Lakh households across Sikkim to understand their aspirations, the
resolution of which will be the priority of the SDF government. The campaign,
through 15,000 SDF Pariwar Sahyodhas (SDF Pariwar Ambassadors) has
reached over 55,000 households, establishing connect with 2 Lakh people, in 6
days.
Place:
SDF Party Head Quarters, Indira Bypass, Gangtok
Date:
23rd March, 2019
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