Why do I support Lok Satta?

Lok Satta raised my hope for better India and my respect towards politics. There are many reasons why I support Lok Satta party.

I am blessed with good education, status and secure job, yet I am not fully happy. I remember many friends and colleagues who were at my level at some point of time but did not move up. People dropped because of lot of reasons like caste, money, family, location, gender and lack of oppurtunities. So I feel it is not just my efforts that mattered, but also some stroke of luck at every stage of my life mattered. I have one wish on my list. When will we reach a stage where any one regardless of their background can move up as long as they want to? Why are we not giving kids opportunities just because they did not make one entrance examination at one time in their life? Why is it impossible, if someone realizes late in their life and gets chance to utilize their potential later? Do they have to live rest of their life with nominal salary and inconvenience. Well, there is way to succeed. That is back door lobbying and corrupted businesses.

After coming to U.S., I could not stop but notice the reasons why America is ahead of India or any other country. I started hearing hope, freedom, fair laws, institutions, innovation, mixture of capitalism and socialism etc. However there are only two reasons why all of these are possible, democracy in full form and decentralization. Like many other professionals, I became busy with my work and life. Years passed. When Chiru started party, I started observing Indian politics with some lean hope. He was being my favorite hero during my school days. I even signed an NRI petition supporting Chiru. One day I suddenly came to know about Lok Satta party. Every thing I thought of good for India has been proposed by Lok Satta. That is how my association with Lok Satta started.

Lok Satta is only party that has agenda. Lok Satta has good leaders like JP. I read bunch of party documents and watched videos. JP speech at Mumbai was one of them which raised my hopes. These are not what atrracted me. Agenda changes over time and based on soceital needs. Leaders go and come. However internal democracy and decentralization are crucial. I decided to support party that has principles which would have been the same if I had started party myself rather than supporting my matinee idol.