SDPI
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Social Democratic Party of India
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| President | A. Sayeed |
| Founded | 21 June 2009 |
| Headquarters | C-4, Hazrat Nizamuddin West New Delhi, India-110013 |
| Women's wing | Women's Wings |
| Labour wing | SDTU (Social Democratic Trade Union) |
| Colours | Green Red |
| ECI Status | Unrecognised registered party |
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The Social Democratic Party of India is an Indian political party, founded on 21 June 2009. It is the political wing of the Popular Front of India (PFI).A. Saeed is the party's National President.
Social Democratic Party of India has put forth the slogan of "Freedom from Hunger and Freedom from Fear" in its manifesto in first National Delegates Meet on 18 October 2009. The manifesto calls for the empowerment of all marginalized sections of the society by mobilizing themselves into a political force, instead of remaining as mere vote banks of different political parties in elections. It has demanded balanced representation of all social groups in legislatures and all administrative bodies nominated by government, in proportion to their population. Abubacker, in his presidential address said SDPI wants to unite Muslims to make them a force to reckon with so that its importance is recognized and is granted its constitutional rights.
Social Democratic Party of India shall stand for the realization of a social order and political system based on the great ideals of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity enshrined in the Indian Constitution. It shall mobilise the people to enjoy civil rights through democratic struggles including elections. Social Democratic Party of India shall strive for the establishment of governance in the Union and the States, capable of fulfilling equal rights to all citizens and all classes in India. It aims to unite all depressed classes in a national political movement. Social Democratic Party of India upholds a political ideology founded on the following principles:
The SDPI has been involved with several socio-political causes
In line with the mandate of the Right to Education, the SDPI sought 25% of seats in private schools in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu for the academic year 2015. The petition to the District Collector also asked for transparency in school admissions and fee structure.
In April 2015, the SDPI protested against the Police killings of the 20 workers from Tamil Nadu working in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The party accused the AP police of staging a fake encounter in the name of self-defence. The party demanded the government to lodge a criminal case against the police personnel responsible for these killings.
In February 2016, around 30 cadres attempted to stage ‘sleeping protest’ in front of the Divisional Office of Department of Highways, protesting to repair of the Palayamkottai – Papanasam Road (in Tamil Nadu). Other political parties and the public had been repeatedly appealing to the Department of Highways to have this 52-km stretch re-laid. The officials had chosen to ignore the plea and were keen on re-laying only stretches that was used by Ministers and other VIPs during the Governor's visit to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,earlier.
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