Watan Ki Raah Mein- Prof Mridula Mukherjee

Watan Ki Raah Mein, Samvidhan Bachao Nagrik Abhiyan was launched on 1st May 2024 in Delhi, both on the ground and online. Various civil society groups and individuals came together to conduct a massive campaign across all 7 constituencies of Delhi. The aim is to defend the Constitution and Democracy and to defeat the undemocratic forces that are spreading hatred and communalism in society! This campaign is also about educating the citizens about the importance of their vote and the power that they have to overturn a government if they are dissatisfied with its policies. The main tool of communication is a two-page leaflet in the form of a letter from a granddaughter to her grandmother. In the letter, the young girl expresses her anguish about what she is seeing around her. All the major issues facing the country are woven into the narrative. The distribution of this leaflet started on the morning of 1st May and will continue till May 23; the campaign plans to reach as many areas and to as many voters as possible. During the online launch, Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, Dr. Syeeda Hameed, Dr. John Dayal and Prof. Gauhar Raza spoke of the need and importance of a civil society campaign. The event began with Prof Mridula Mukherjee speaking about the importance of the citizens rising against the hatred being spread in the country. She said that secularism and democracy go hand-in-hand; there can be no democracy without secularism, and no secularism without democracy; she prefers, therefore, to use the term ‘secular democracy’ when speaking about it.