Narendra Modi's 2002-election 'gaurav rath'(the
chariot of pride)'was designed by one Pravin Mishra.
That was the time when Gujarat had just come out of a
horrifying carnage based on religious hatred.
But just five years after that the said Mishra has
just filed in his nomination papers to contest Modi in
the ensuing Gujarat Assembly elections. But not only
Mishra,an ex-student of National Institute of Design,
but there are others too like Mukul Sinha, a physisist
turned advocate and rights activist;Ambarish Patel, a
trade union leader;Maya Valecha,a Gynaeocologist who
gave her practice for activism-all of whom are in the
fray against stalwarts in Modi's camp.
The report follows the link below.
=Asok Dasgupta=
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He designed Modi's rath, now wants to stop him in his
tracks
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Pravin Mishra was the National Institute of Design
student who made Narendra Modi's Gaurav rath, his 2002
election campaign vehicle. Five years later, he will
take on Modi on his own turf of Maninagar.
The NID graduate, who painted hoardings to educate
himself and made an animation film on the 2002
post-Godhra riots, filed his nomination papers on
Friday from the Gujarat Chief Minister's constituency.
"It's a decision not to sit back and watch. The
political leadership has never been more dishonest and
undemocratic," Mishra said.
Then why did he design Modi's rath in 2002?
Mishra said he took up the offer to watch Modi from
close quarters, though his friends did not approve of
his work.
He is one of the three candidates that the New
Socialist Movement (NSM) has put in the fray. The NSM
is an offshoot of the Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil
rights organisation in Ahmedabad.
The other NSM candidates are Mukul Sinha, a physicist
turned advocate and rights activist, trade union
leader Ambarish Patel and gynecologist Maya Valecha,
who gave up the medical practice for activism.
All are founding members of the Jan Sangharsh Manch
and have been working for the rights of riot victims.
Like Mishra, Sinha and Patel will also face
heavyweights. They will fight from Shahpur and Khadia
constituencies, held by revenue minister Kaushik Patel
and health minister Ashok Bhat, both Modi loyalists.
Valecha will contest from the Sayajigunj constituency
in Vadodara.
"Why not take on the mighty on their own turf? We are
here for a long haul to work on real issues with the
people. This is an attempt to change the system,"
Mishra, who is from Bihar, said.
The NSM is unlikely to hog the limelight in the keenly
watched December Assembly elections. On its campaign
agenda are the 2002 carnage, the fake encounters and
the Tehelka sting operation. The Congress, which is
the main Opposition, has not been high pitched over
the riots.
The carnage, in many ways, was the reason why the NSM
was formed.
"After the 2002 riots, we decided that we had to enter
electoral politics to fill the void of active
opposition. What has been happening since 2002 has
shocked civil society here but there is no one to
speak for the people," said Sinha, who is an IIT
graduate and has been fighting legal battles for
minorities, fake encounter victims and trade unions
under the banner of his Jan Sangharsh Manch.
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