Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a digital platform called ‘Satyagraha’, inviting people involved in protests and public campaigns to share details of their causes.
The platform allows users to register their movements, provide information about the issues they are raising and find similar movements through an interactive map.
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Rahul Gandhi launched the ‘Satyagraha’ platform on October 3.
The platform allows users to register protests and public campaigns.
Users can provide details about the issues behind their movements.
An interactive map allows users to identify similar movements.
Gandhi said he would seek to support registered campaigns where possible.
Gandhi said the initiative was intended to bring information about different protests and struggles onto a single platform. In his announcement, he referred to issues including land, women's rights, Dalit and OBC rights, education and examinations.
He also said he would seek to support registered movements through Parliament, letters and other means in his capacity as Leader of the Opposition. These are statements about his intended role and support for the initiative.
The platform was launched a day after Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, with the Congress linking the initiative's name and concept to Gandhi's philosophy of Satyagraha.
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Why This Matters
The platform creates a digital space for documenting and connecting information about issue-based protests and public campaigns across different parts of India.
