The Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) has launched a National Agenda Forum (NAF) website though which citizens would choose their leaders for the 2019 elections.
By now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the lead by securing about 31 per cent of the votes cast online. He was followed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and DMK working president MK Stalin.
Other leaders listed in the website include CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and BBP supremo Mayawati.
An official said the NAF has been formed as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary year.
“There are more than 25,000 registered members. We expect to mobilise about one crore citizens. They would formulate an actionable agenda and also choose their leader by voting on the NAF website,” the official said. There is a provision for a person to choose any other leader besides those listed in the website, the official added. Once the voting results are out on August 15, youth volunteers would meet the chosen leader in September or October. The agenda would then be taken to the entire nation before party manifestos are out in January 2019.