Becoming a member of a political party is one of many ways to get involved in the political process.  While it is seen as more conventional and traditional, this is no reason to be deterred from gaining membership into a party.  You may be confused however as to where to begin on this journey or you may even be on the fence as to whether or not you want to really join one of these organizations.  First off, you really don’t have anything to lose by joining a political party.  In fact, you only have a ton to gain by becoming a member of a political party.  Here are a few benefits of party membership to consider...

1. You can take part in the nomination process of candidates and so while election time you will personally know the person running on that poster you’ve been seeing all over town.
2. Most political parties have youth wings, mahila wing, workers wing, senior citizens wing, housewife’s wing, working women’s wing, software engineers wing, professionals/officers wing, NRI wing etc so that you can find a group matching your frequencies so that you can work with passion to achieve common interests.
3. You will become more involved in the political process and through this become more politically aware.
4. Along with party membership comes invites to social events.  The empty space on your current social calendar can be filled up with many social gatherings by which you can add flavor to your life.
5. You will meet hundreds of new and exciting people, and chances are that if they have joined the same party as you, their value base is probably similar to yours and you may become friends. 
6. It is one of the best avenues for influencing the political process.  You can give your input on issues and may influence party leaders and candidates.  If your party or local candidate comes into power, your views and influence may reach all the way from MLA’s office till the Prime Minister's Office.  
7. Party membership is not made public record and is usually maintained confidential.
8. Cost of party membership fees is usually nominal and any such fee/donations are tax deductible.
9. By involving in the political process you feel that you are a valued and bonafied citizen and thereby you get extreme levels of satisfaction million time more than a person who is wealthier or better than yourself.
10. By being a social person always sharing your ideas you develop inter personal skills required for your professional life. Moreover, by keeping yourself occupied and active, you can live healthier and happier.

 This is just a starting point.  So use that imagination of yours and imagine what other benefits you can gain from joining a political party.  It’s a wonderful place to gain entry into the political sphere and to see some real effects of your influence.  What’s even more exciting is if you convince your friends to join you, there is strength in numbers and you may be really able to succeed in influencing the political process.

The first step is to find a political party that is to your liking.  There are many political parties in India who just need your vote and their aim is just coming to “POWER” and being in “POWER”. They aim at gaining power at any cost, even at the cost of nation. They do not believe in enabling people live their lives with peace and harmony. They divide and rule. They make people completely depend on the governments and will not show them permanent solutions. They precipitate things without solutions for decades and sometimes even centuries as they do not want people to be united. They do not cultivate habits like “humanity-humility”, “one nation – one community- one goal” and do not want the citizens to be “literate-intelligent-independent-tolerant-wise-generous”. They do little good to 10% of the population, project and publicize the same as whole-sum development and let the rest suffer absolutely with no hope on their future. They maintain dual standards in all sensitive issues and do vote-bank politics and put the future of next generation in dark.

Explore and Find the party which you really like to your conscious.
Once you find a party you like, contact them and ask about membership.  Political parties should literally be knocking down your door asking you to join; however, sadly this is not the case in India, or anywhere else for that matter.  Parties aren’t recruiting members like they should be!  They usually take people who evade taxes and possess lot of black money and use that money for party activities and later when the party comes to power they will help such donors to earn 10-20 times of their investment. Moreover they pollute the minds of below middle class and poor people with some freebees, liquor, cash transfers, bribing the voters during the polling time etc and make mockery of democracy and hard-earned independence.

But you have to search a party which doesn’t poison the society for their own personal benefits and power hungriness. You have to believe in such a party which believes in making people own the party and runs its offices & does its election campaign with the membership dues abiding to the rules and regulations of the Election commission and IPC.

By now you should be taking a decision to become a member of a clean political party and the fun can begin!  You can decide how involved you want to be in the process, from trying to recruit new members for the party and doing some volunteering, to simply coming out to events when invited or even simply voting when it is time to nominate riding candidates.  The thing to remember is that there is nothing to lose by joining a political party and a lot to gain.  For this reason, become involved now and maybe one day you will be one of these “representatives” we talk about so much.

All of us are aware of regionalism, communalism, casteism and other serious problems as discussed above plaguing our nation. Our tolerance & helplessness to these problems is only allowing the power-hungry politicians to make a mockery of our hard-fought democracy. We feel marginalized in this big political game. But as Eleanor Roosevelt said "Nobody can hurt us without our consent"; similarly we can say: Nobody can marginalize us without our consent. It is high-time we, the concerned and caring citizens of India, all stand up and act together against these corrupt, self-serving political parties.

You might say: "I want to do something, but I don't know what to do"; "I want things to change, but what can I alone do to bring about the change...”.

We are proud to say that Lok Satta welcomes all such honest and sincere citizens of this great nation who want to contribute something to put the nation back on track and bring back the heritage that we have lost. Lok Satta has the impeccable track record and got many remarkable achievements to its credit including voter registration through post offices, local courts for speedy justice, exposing criminals in politics, a political funding reform law, right to information law and many other reforms. We are also proud to say Lok Satta never plays with the sentiments and weaknesses of the people. It is neither a family nor a caste based party. It just believes in the value of good governance in fulfilling human potential. For years we have been advocating simple, practical and permanent solutions for overcoming India's problems, and for harnessing our abundant human and natural resources. Millions of kids even today do not go to school; millions more do not have access to basic health care. Can there be a greater sin than unfulfilled potential and avoidable suffering?

We at Lok Satta strong believe that together, we can bring about the much desired change – a change where every citizen can hope to live in dignity, have opportunity for vertical mobility with access to speedy justice. Lok Satta, with its 12 long years of close interaction with people of this nation is quite confident that such a day is not far off.

We request all the caring citizens of our great nation to be a part of this new political movement for freedom.

The restructured membership has been classified into four types. They are detailed as below.

• Will be associated with the party as a supporter.
• Will have voting rights at village level/ booth/colony level.
• Shall be called for meetings at Mandal/ Division/ Ward level.
• Fee: Rs.10/- (Valid for three years).

• Will be associated with the party as a member.
• Will have voting rights at Ward/Division/Mandal Level.
• Shall be called for meetings at Mandal/ Division/ Ward level.
• Fee: Rs.100/- (Valid for three years).
• Will be issued with an appropriate ID-CARD. 

• Will be associated with the party as a member.
• Will have voting rights at all levels.
• Shall be called for Meetings at all levels.
• May contest in General Elections (MLA/MP) &/or vote in the party Primary Elections.
• Fee: Rs.1000/- per annum (Cheque) – or -
• Fee: Rs.100/- per month (Savings account / credit card /auto debit-ECS)
• Fee: $200  per annum (Payment Gateway Available in www.loksatta.org) – or -
• Fee: $20 per month (Auto debit-ECS)

Will be issued with an appropriate ID-CARD.

Shall be updated by Emails & SMS at all required junctions.

Database maintained in the website in a confidential way with all privacy norms.

• Will be associated with the party as a supporter &/or advisor.
• Will have voting rights at Constituency/ District/ State Level.
• Shall be called for Meetings at Constituency/ District Level.
• May contest in General Elections (MLA/MP) &/or vote in the party Primary Elections.
• Donation: (Not compulsion) Rs.5000/- per annum (Cheque)
• Shall be updated by Emails & SMS at all required junctions.

The membership forms (books) will be available at

1. Party state office,
2. District office and
3. Constituency offices
4. You can also become a member through our website www.loksatta.org
5. You can call us on 040 - 6673 6672 or mail to members@loksatta.org requesting us for a home pickup. However, this facility is currently available only in GHMC only.
   

Every application shall carry one unique application number. The forms / data in prescribed format shall be sent by the district offices or by the “membership leader” every Saturday and shall reach the membership office every Saturday. Then the membership back office shall verify the payment and other parameters and then send an SMS confirming the receipt of membership fee/ application. Then the same will be processed and shall be intimated whether or not membership is accepted. If the membership is as per the norms of the party, we shall issue an ID-CARD to the party office or the “Membership Leaders” within 60 working days. If the membership is denied for some reasons or the other, the same shall be intimated within 60 days of membership application.

 The data of the Executive members shall be kept in our website taking care of all privacy norms and confidentialities generally followed for political party members world-wide.

A "Membership Leader" is a committed and passionate executive member of the party who takes the lead and spreads the parties ideology and vision in his network and there by getting more people to join the party as Executive Members and make them part of the second freedom movement.

Who can become “Membership Leader”?

1. All the present political cadre, who becomes an executive member.
2. Any Volunteer who becomes an Executive Member and has the capacity of taking the message to many of his friends and colleagues.
3. Any volunteer who becomes an Executive member and can campaign the “membership” model and Lok satta party philosophy door to door or by conducting group meetings in their colony/ area.

It is a big opportunity to prove the party leadership that a member has all the leadership qualities and convincing capability and there can be no better proof to the party about the skills of an Individual. There are bright chances for the party to consider such people as the “leaders of tomorrow” and such proven “leaders” will be assigned with better work/ position within the party at any level to take the party to the next level.

The procedure is pretty simple. All you have to do is express your interest to us either in writing or through an email. We will get back to you with complete information. contact details mentioned below:

Yes. You can. You can write to us if you need any material support to campaign in your area.

For all issues relating to membership .Please make a note of the following contact details.

1. The General Council of the Party shall have the power to create other categories of membership from time to time. 
2. The membership of Lok Satta Party is open to any Indian citizen who has attained the age of 18 years and who abides by the Party’s constitution. No foreign citizen is entitled to join a political party.
3. Any individual who has a prior record of indulging in criminal, corrupt and/or morally reprehensible behavior will not be eligible to be a member of Lok Satta Party.
4. In addition to meeting the criteria for a primary member, an executive member shall satisfy the criteria prescribed for executive membership. 
5. Associate, Primary and Executive members of the Party shall pay the prescribed membership fee/dues.
6. The enrolment and renewal of membership shall be as per the procedure prescribed.
7. All executive members should be at least 12 months old in the party to vote for the party primary or internal elections.  However, this will not apply for the executive members who want to contest in any Internal or General Elections.
8. The member will have to apply in writing or email to members@loksatta.org for a change of place / address.
9. For any membership / donation queries: E-mail: members@loksatta.org  Call center: 040 - 66631197 / 66736672. 

ECS

1. ECS or Electronic Clearing System is an automated way of transferring funds from member’s bank account to Loksatta party account.
2. Donations will be accepted by ECS where the member can opt to make direct debit on monthly/quarterly/half yearly/yearly basis.
3. Each member will be given a receipt.
4. The member has to submit a cancelled cheque along with duly filled-up/signed ECS form*.
5. ECS form shall be given by Loksatta Party/ Membership Leader or volunteers.

Cheque

1. Donations will be accepted in cheque, if the member wants to make an annual subscription (Min Rs.1000/-) or life membership (Min Rs.10,000/-). 
2. Each member will be given a receipt of the payment made.

Cash

1. Donations will be accepted in cash, if the member wants to make an annual subscription (Min Rs.1000/-) or life membership (Min Rs.10,000/-). 
2. Each member will be given a receipt.