Ex-Gujarat CM Suresh Mehta to launch platform to create political awareness

Mehta said a large number of children in Gujarat are “malnourished”. These malnourished children find it difficult to access education, which is increasingly getting privatised in the state. When these students graduate from college, they find it difficult to get jobs and are forced to immigrate overseas, he added.

Mehta said like-minded individuals helped him to develop the platform. The group is also planning to set up Balwantrai Mehta Research and Training Institute to train future political leaders in civic and constitutional issues.

Danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, who accompanied Mehta to the press conference, said, “The idea is to strengthen voters and create an alternate narrative. For instance, if Gujarat has such a healthy economy and ecosystem – as claimed – why are people leaving the state in droves for foreign shores? There is a need to kindle people’s conscience.”