Lok Sabha Election 2019

Lok Sabha Election 2019

Meet Indian Pirates Candidates

Meet the Candidates we support

About Indian Pirates

No one asked us how we think this world should be. We should no longer accept what we supposedly cannot change. Instead, we need to change what we cannot accept. So we are remaking this world the way we think it should be - based on Equality, Democracy and Transparency!

More about Indian Pirates:

• A platform of the people where everyone has equal voting rights and opportunities.
• Open to everyone.
• Transparent in all decision making.
• Stands for Human Rights & Social Justice.
• Everyone is a leader here.

We recommend you to read the Indian Pirates Constitution to know more.

Why we are contesting the Lok Sabha Election

• Are you happy with the way things are in our society?
• What changes you want to see?
• Do you trust any parties to do it for you?
• Do you really think your leaders represent you?
• Why outsource your thinking?

We're sure that you are so desperate to bring changes to the society. So are we! Don't hesitate anymore, join the Indian Pirates and bring the changes yourself.

What makes Indian Pirates different

Direct Democracy, Transparency and Loyalty to the Principles rather than to the leaders make the Indian Pirates different from the hundreds of political parties and groups out there.

Direct Democracy

Direct Democracy or Participatory Democracy means that every member has equal voice and say in any decision making. Direct democracy is one of the basic principles of the Indian Pirates. The structure is flat as compared to normal hierarchical structure, i.e. all the members are on the same level, no one is over or below. There will be no supreme authority which will make decision and also there will not be any blind followers. Here everyone has equal rights,  voice and say in every decision.

Transparency

The whole discussions and decisions of the Indian Pirates are publicly accessible. The discussions usually take place at online forum called codema.in (a Loomio instance hosted by FSCI). Anyone who visits the Indian Pirates group on codema.in can view the discussions that went into each decision. There is nothing called closed door discussions or high level decisions.

Loyalty to Principles

The Indian Pirates expect loyalty to the basic principles and the constitution rather than the loyalty to the leaders or the party. This implies that no one should blindly follow what is said, rather question everything and if found anything violating the basic principles of the Indian Pirates, oppose them.

What we plan to do

We aim to spread our principles of Human Rights, Social Justice and Direct Democracy to the masses by contesting in the elections. Our main aim throughout the campaign will be to convey our ideas of how Indian Pirates are different from the existing political parties. Direct democracy and transparent discussions and policies being the key differentiators.

What we need

We are contesting the upcoming general elections to Lok Sabha and we need your support. We require money for the following:

• Security deposit - Rs. 25,000/- (without which we cannot contest).
• For creating publicity materials like pamphlets and posters.
• For covering basic expenses of volunteers.

How you can help

If you can't contribute money, that doesn't mean you can't be part of our campaign. What we need is your true support more than anything else. You can help by:

• Get the word out and make some noise about our campaign.
• Join us for online or even on-site campaigning.

Read Pirate Praveen's blog post for his motivations and background of Indian Pirates here.

Donate to the campaign

Bank Account Details:

Via Our Democracy Crowd funding platform: https://www.ourdemocracy.in/Campaign/PraveenForKozhikode

Financial contributors so far:

Name	Amount
Jyothis Jagan	Rs. 500/-
Rajeesh KV	Rs. 2500/-
Aneesh A	Rs. 5000/-
Priyadarshan KP	Rs. 500/-
Via Our Democracy crowd funding page (as on 23rd April 2019)	Rs. 44,496/-*
TOTAL	Rs.52,996/-

* This includes Rs.5,296/- left over from Kerala Assembly Election 2016.

Expenses met:

Date	Expense	Amount
04th April 2019	Election Deposit	Rs. 25,000/-
11th April 2019	Co-Operative press (Notice)	Rs. 2,128/-
12th April 2019	Mahathma press (Visiting card)	Rs. 251/-
16th April 2019	Mahathma press (Visiting card)	Rs. 899/-
17th April 2019	Mahathma press (Multi-color Notice)	Rs. 3920/-
20th April 2019	Mahathma press (Notice)	Rs. 2867/-
23rd April 2019	Our Democracy platform fees	Rs. 6108/-

• Campaigning Material Expense total: Rs 10065/-
• Election Deposit: Rs. 25,000/-
• Our Democracy platform fees: Rs. 6108/-

• TOTAL: Rs.41,173/-
• BALANCE: Rs.11,823/-

Other Contributions:

• Design:
• Raghavendra Kamath
• Kannan V.
• Sruthi Chandran
• Rabeeu, Owl generation
• Abraham Raji

• Ground Campaigning:
• Praveen Arimbrathodiyil
• Sruthi Chandran
• Kannan VM
• Kelvin K
• Ambady
• Akhil Varkey
• Syam G Krishnan
• Hari

• Social Media
• Praveen Arimbrathodiyil

• Lok Sabha 2019 page
• Praveen Arimbrathodiyil
• Ambady Anand S.
• Abraham Raji

Contact us

If you have any suggestions/queries feel free to contact us at ahoy@pirates.org.in