Education BSE, Management Name Mayank Gandhi | Role Social activist Political party Aam Aadmi Party | |
Occupation Social Activist and politician Similar People Yogendra Yadav, Anjali Damania, Mihika Verma, Arvind Kejriwal | ||
Poll walk with mayank gandhi aap candidate n w mumbai
Mayank Gandhi is a social activist from India. He was previously a member of the core committee in the India Against Corruption movement, and a National Executive member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
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- Poll walk with mayank gandhi aap candidate n w mumbai
- AAP protests in Mumbai after NCP workers vandalise office Mayank Gandhi detained
- Activism and political career
- References
Gandhi presently is presently involved in Fulora Foundation to bring a change in water solutions of Beed district of Maharashtra which are victims of bad rains. India Leadership Conclave founded by Satya Brahma recognized the efforts of Gandhi & the jury of Network 7 Media Group awarded Fulora Foundation as Best Social Enterprise award in July 2016 in Mumbai.
AAP protests in Mumbai after NCP workers vandalise office; Mayank Gandhi detained
Activism and political career
Gandhi was involved with the Lok Satta and to the movement for around two years from 2005-2006, then left it in 2007 because of what he termed "petty internal politics, which I didn't like." He campaigned on behalf of Hansel D’Souza in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, as founder and leader of Jagruk Nagrik Manch (JNM), the organisation that had nominated D'Souza for the contest. JNM had been created as a Mumbai citizens' voluntary organisation in 2008 with the intent of making the political system more accountable and it had among its supporters various non-governmental organisations (NGO) as well as Lok Satta. Gandhi said at that time that the usual responses by concerned groups to challenging situations, such as lists of demands, were "knee-jerk reactions. We need a sustained movement for a better system and work on political intervention, if need be."
Around 2011, he became a part of the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement and a member of its 24-person "core committee", which was officially the full extent of the movement in a formal organisational sense. JNM then became embroiled in a row with other IAC activists after being perceived to let down the movement by failing properly to organise a fast in Mumbai that was being undertaken by Anna Hazare as part of the 2011 anti-corruption protests. There were claims that Gandhi's role included being an intermediary between JNM and IAC. As had happened in 2007, Gandhi found himself unable to continue just as the movement was evolving into a political party. In this instance, his decision was because of allegations of tax evasion that had been laid against him by a colleague in the IAC, Viren Shah. He said that he could not understand the basis of the allegations and that Shah had not responded to his requests for more information.
Gandhi was once secretary of the Remaking of Mumbai Federation (RoMF) and continues as an independent consultant for strategic planning of infrastructure projects. He was a member of the advisory group of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat between 2007-2013 and has been officially representing India in that organisation since 2010.
Gandhi served as a member of the National Executive of the AAP until 2015. He also served as the party's head in Maharashtra, before his unit was disbanded because of differences with the party chief, Arvind Kejriwal. Gandhi accused Kejriwal of deviating from the path of honest politics, and of "using and throwing" party volunteers. In 2015, he resigned from the party's National Executive, stating that he had been losing interest in politics.