[IAC#RG] Formation of 'Swaraj India' party

To:

Shri Yogendra Yadav

cc: for information to:

a) Shri Shanti Bhushan, Sr. Advocate (Patron Swaraj Abhiyan)

b) Shri (Prof) Anand Kumar, National Convenor (Swaraj Abhiyan)

Dear Shri Yadav,

BY EMAIL

We are constrained to bring to your attention that a Facebook page which appears to be under your association's control is making false references to "INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION" - when there was no need for it - except to confuse and for "passing off" so as to divert IAC subscribers to your association and incidentally get monies from them by misusing goodwill of India Against Corruption's name.

The link is at URL : https://www.facebook.com/swarajindiaofficial/photos/a.313692558999971.1073741828.313353792367181/314535298915697/

The impugned image included in the URL above is at URL : https://fbcdn-photos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/14469557_314535298915697_166972179087520045_n.jpg?oh=a8abdbcb00960a100763a636a4429b5a&oe=586B9F1C&__gda__=1483420270_237658a0adf710c4bbaf4a558fd6a7fb

We are also concerned that your movement, which mostly comprises of person expelled from Aam Aadmi Party, was first named as 'Swaraj Sankalp', then was renamed as 'Swaraj Abhiyan' and has now floated yet another name "SWARAJ INDIA" for a prospective political party. We are also informed that you had intended to title your party as "Democratic Swaraj Party" but another wing of your movement has laid claim to it.

From the said Facebook pages, it seems that you are about to finalise a Constitution / Memorandum for this prospective party without considering that the name of "SWARAJ INDIA PARTY" is already being used by another body of persons, committed to the secular ideals of unquestioned patriots of yore like Chittaranjan Das and Tattyasaheb Kelkar of the iconic 'Swaraj Party' who both unequivocally stood for territorial integrity of India, and which body of persons have also reserved / expressed their Constitutional right/s to participate in political process at time of their choosing under the said party name by registering in advance their prospective party names for future political use and also by using it thereafter.

We are also concerned that your association's President has repeatedly expressed his personal opinion on the territorial integrity of India. We are likewise concerned that in the past (and perhaps even now) several of your association's senior members and/or officer bearers have been closely associated with certain foreign organisations / sponsors. In particular the role of Admiral (Retd.) Ramdas in your association disquietens us.

We would, therefore, appreciate if you would consider some other name for your proposed political party, and so that there is no "passing off" and the people of India are not confused between ourselves, or respective ideologies and our respective names, and so that the iconic SWARAJ PARTY (which played a pivotal role in India's freedom struggle) name is not disrespected and misused and confused by foreign-sponsored persons or those who publicly doubt and question the territorial integrity of India.

NB: I am cc'ing a copy of this email to Shri Shanti Bhushan ji and Prof Anand Kumar, both senior and eminent patrons of your association.

sincerely

Sarbajit Roy

for
INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION

SWARAJ INDIA PARTY

On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:

To:

Respected Shanti Bhushan ji, Prof. Anand Kumar of 'Swaraj Abhiyan'

It has come to our attention that on occasion of the launch of party, one Anupam Singh (national spokesperson of 'Swaraj Abhiyan') has apparently made some misleading statements to the media claiming many so-called former India Against Corruption ("IAC") activists / workers are entering politics through your agitation.

eg:  http://www.firstpost.com/politics/swaraj-india-another-political-party-takes-shape-out-of-2011-anti-corruption-movement-3030712.html

We had earlier also conveyed our concerns that some rascals and opportunists who entered Aam Aadmi Party in 2012 but who left when there were no pickings for them there shall likewise attempt to infiltrate the party by misrepresenting / personating themselves as erstwhile IAC volunteers.

Hence, IAC reconveys its concern that IAC's name and vast goodwill will be misused during future electoral campaigning by Swaraj Abhiyan workers, and so requests you to kindly discipline the cadres and guard against this happening.

Accordingly, being concerned that name of 'Swaraj India Party' is being misused on internet / online to mislead about IAC, the IAC movement has independently taken some swift self-defensive steps in this regard to secure name of Swaraj India Party and has registered the same with concerned Central Govt. agency, and elsewhere, to prevent its online misuse by aforesaid rascals and opportunists and personators.

sincerely

Sarbajit Roy