CONSTITUENCY MANAGEMENT STUDIES
PARLIAMETARY CONSTITUENCY: KURUKSHETRA, HARYANA
23rd March 2008 to 28th March 2008

The overall objective of the study tour was:

• To study the political scenario of Kurukshetra
• To get a feel of the current public opinion for or against Mr. Naveen Jindal, the sitting Member of Parliament, Kurukshetra

• To study the effectiveness and efficiency of Constituency management scheme of Mr. Naveen Jindal
• To study the socio-economic conditions and political awareness in the given area

• To trigger the fire of serving the society through this study.
• To learn the art of creative management of a constituency

THE ENTIRE CONSTITUENCY CONSISTS OF THREE DISTRICTS: Kaithal, Kurukshetra and Yamuna Nagar, these are again divided into 9 Assembly Constituencies - Thanesar, Guhla, Pundri, Yamuna Nagar, Radaur, Pai, Kaithal, Pehowa and Shahabad. 

The main focus of the study tour was to understand the following:

• Problems people were facing and what they were most dissatisfied about.
• Formulate measures that could be undertaken to relieve some of their problems.
• Study the impression the Member of Parliament Mr. Naveen Jindal had made with his work, amongst the people.

The students were divided into five groups and each group analysed a separate area of the entire constituency.

The study involved conducting surveys in villages based on the percentage of support that Mr. Naveen Jindal had received from that village in the last election.

Selection of villages was based on where –

• He had received very little support.
• He had a lot of support.
• Also villages where it seemed that other parties were eating into his vote bank.

In general the following methodology was followed by the groups.

• Survey through random sampling technique
• Interview of Panchayat leaders
• Meeting with community leaders
• Interview and meeting with local journalists 
• Interaction with party workers of all the major parties
• Informal interaction with government officials in Kaithal districts

AT THE END OF THE STUDY TOUR, EVERY GROUP PRESENTED THEIR FINDINGS AND PROPOSED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.