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Voice of the People Party: The Role of the Youth in it’s success

Author(s) Ms. Betnaphi Carlene Kharpuri
Country India
Abstract The Voice of the People Party (VPP) was established in November 2021 in Meghalaya with its party President being Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit who was elected to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from Nongkrem constituency in the 2013 elections and again in the 2023 elections which marked the entry of the party into Meghalaya’s politics. The party contested 18 seats in the legislative elections in which they have won 4 seats. The party had put up one candidate from Shillong Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 MP elections and won, beating veteran Congress leader and three-time MP, Vincent Pala by a huge margin of 3,71,910 votes. Tremmi Lamare, in his article “Trends in Meghalaya Politics After the Victory of the Voice of the People Party (VPP) in the Lok Sabha 2024 Election” (May-June 2024), attributes the party's success to a carefully crafted grassroots mobilisation strategy that was a cornerstone of its electoral victory. The party’s emphasis on clean governance, anti-corruption measures and transparency appears to appeal to the growing section of the electorate who are frustrated with the stays quo and yearn for change. The polls of the two elections indicate a shift in the regional politics of Meghalaya based on the growing popularity of the party.
Keywords Voice of the People Party, Role of Youth, Politics
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-15
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.63009

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