Doordarshi Party Explained

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

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

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

Year	Seats contested	Won	% of votes
1984	97	00	NOT FOUND
1989	288	00	NOT FOUND
1991	321	00	NOT FOUND

Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Year	Seats contested	Won	Votas	% of votes
	153	0	92,21,149	0.5%
	168	0	1,26,85,977	0.4%
	160	0	1,80,48,194	0.7%
Source: ^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jai Gurudev still pulls weight in UP. https://web.archive.org/web/20120614053456/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-03-25/india/28331952_1_political-outfit-caste-black-money. dead. 14 June 2012. The Times of India. 9 January 2012.
2. Web site: Poll Stats Genie. https://web.archive.org/web/20090303040536/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/stats/. dead. 3 March 2009. IBNLive.com. CNN-IBN. 9 January 2012.
3. Web site: Vidhan Sabha election performance of Doordarshi Party in Gujarat . India Votes.