The Hindu: Hayderabad: Friday, January 10, 2014.
The Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) has brought in a fresh wave of hope, but it is too early to assess
its performance, observed social activist Aruna Roy. “AAP’s unique and new
strategies have led to their electoral success but water, power and corruption
are not the only issues. They need to lay out a broader framework and take a
stand on various other issues, especially in rural parts of the country” she
said.
Roy was
delivering a lecture on ‘Democratic Governance - A Contemporary Discourse’ at
University of Hyderabad on Thursday where she was honoured with a degree of
doctorate of Literature by the Vice-Chancellor Ramakrishna Ramaswamy.
About the
role of social media in politics, she expressed concern that social media can
be bought with money.
“The way paid
articles can be seen in media during elections time, even social media can also
be bought by paying for “likes”. Those using the social media need to have a
sense of discretion in the present situation,” she said.
The Right to
Information Act (RTI), for which she had campaigned for successfully, “has
redistributed power. It has also empowered other campaigns with valid data to
form an opinion. It is a transformation act which enables the usage of all
constitutional rights,” said the Ramon Magsaysay award-winner.
She also
strongly felt that there should be people movements through which issues of
injustice and inequality are raised.
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