Doordarshi Party

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The Doordarshi Party (Hindi: दूरदर्शी; also written as Door Darshi Party) was a political party in India. It was founded in Ahmedabad on 24 March 1980 by religious leader Baba Jai Gurudev on a platform of social reform and spiritual growth. The party did not receive significant support and withdrew from electoral politics in 1997.^[1]

Doordarshi Party Manifesto[edit]

The Doordarshi Party campaigned with pledges to address issues including:

Reform of the Constitution of India
Release of innocent people in prison
Employment for every educated youth
Abolition of octroi taxes
Exemption of farmers from repayment of loans for agricultural purposes
Limiting elected politicians to a single tenure of five years with enforced retirement at age 60
Sale of lossmaking nationalized industries
Clampdown on black money
Lowering of the retirement age to 60, with immediate payment of all pension fund entitlement
Banning labour union involvement in politics
Introduction of a dowry system acceptable to all
Intellectuals shall be given due respect that they deserve.
India should pay off

loans

All nations should regard India as the supreme power.
The respect and dignity of employees & officials should be restored.

All party candidates were required to be teetotal vegetarians.

Election results[edit]

The Doordarshi contested three General Elections to the Lok Sabha but won no seats.^[2]

Year	Seats contested	Won	% of votes
1984	97	5	20%
1989	288	30	30%
1991	321	47	39%

References[edit]

↑ "Jai Gurudev still pulls weight in UP". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
↑ "Poll Stats Genie". IBNLive.com. CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

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[1] "Jai Gurudev still pulls weight in UP". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

[2] "Poll Stats Genie". IBNLive.com. CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

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