[*NOTA, in this election, is just no option.* It offers only a stark choice between courting a near-certain disaster - the destruction of "India" that had been born on August 15 1947, emerging out of and having been forged out in the crucible of the epic freedom struggle, imbibing, however imperfectly, the rational, humanitarian and modernist values espoused by that historic struggle and a sensible effort to avert the disaster - causing ruination of millions and millions of lives, by trying to unseat the incumbent evil regime. In order to gain some breathing time and space to fight for a better India. The success - whether on the long term or even the short term, is far from guaranteed. But, that's hardly any alibi for not making a sincere and sensible effort.
It offers no luxury of any third choice.] https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/yadav-urges-delhiites-to-opt-for-nota/article26901093.ece?fbclid=IwAR0NmK4Ju8KtG4Z4qoqEOvx9VfOJCIJpOqFLZ9UTZb8uXm-Yd2pRvi83IFY Yogendra Yadav urges Delhiites to opt for NOTA STAFF REPORTER NEW DELHI, APRIL 21, 2019 00:55 IST UPDATED: APRIL 21, 2019 07:28 IST Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav (centre) at a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday. National president of Swaraj India Yogendra Yadav on Saturday appealed to the people of Delhi to opt for “NOTA”, which he termed as “No Till an Alternative” in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. As Delhi goes to vote on May 12, Mr. Yadav said considering all the three major parties have not delivered on promises, Delhiites should register their resentment by opting for NOTA. “The people of Delhi have suffered in the hands of all three parties — Congress, AAP and BJP. It is important that citizens register their unease, anger and disquiet by opting for NOTA. How else are you supposed to tell the political parties that you are unhappy?” he said. ‘Won’t support any’ Mr. Yadav added that while the party will not be contesting in the Lok Sabha poll, it will also not support any candidate from Delhi. “We are supporting various candidates from across the country. However, we have decided that we will not support anyone from Delhi. This is primarily because all the three parties have disappointed the people of Delhi. We will go forward with NOTA until an alternative is found,” he said. The BJP governments at the Centre and at the civic bodies have failed to deliver on promises, he said. “Law and order in Delhi is under the Centre. However, despite assurances following the Nirbhaya incident and several movements that took place after that, women are still unsafe in the Capital. For the civic bodies, there seems to be no Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in Delhi. Why is the situation so bad?” he said. Taking upon the AAP government, Mr. Yadav said, “They keep complaining about not having powers but what have they done with sectors which are under them? Transport is one of them. The DTC fleet has actually reduced since the time the AAP government took over.” “We have faith in democracy and so we do not want to boycott polls. We have undertaken a movement through which we want to appeal to people to opt for NOTA. We want to continue raising pertinent issues. NOTA should be the mandate against all major political parties in Delhi,” Mr. Yadav said. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
