Sawajpur, on foot. Hamlet by hamlet.
A multi-day walking tour of the constituency. 8–12 km a day, village by village, with stops for chaupals and one-on-ones. The oldest form of political intelligence-gathering there is.
What a padayatra day looks like
The day starts early. We start walking at sunrise, 8–12 km through hamlets, fields, and village centres. We stop at every school, every PHC, every panchayat office. We sit in chaupals and listen. We write down what we hear — names, places, the issue that's been carrying for years.
By evening we're in a new village. We hold an open meeting. Then we do it again the next day. For 28 days, across all of Sawayajpur tehsil.
What we do with what we hear
📒 Issues board
Everything we hear is added (anonymised where requested) to the public issues board.
📊 Field data
Themes are aggregated: roads, schools, water, health, women's safety — fed back into the campaign plan.
📸 Field journal
Photos, voices, short clips — published on the stories page and on social.
📜 Commitments
After the walk, we publish a Sawajpur We Heard report — and the campaign plan is updated to reflect what we missed.
How to join
- Walk with us one day — RSVP on the schedule page. We provide chai and a chair.
- Host a chaupal — open your village/ward for an evening meeting.
- Become a volunteer — choose your role on the volunteer page.
- Be a booth captain — the work that actually wins Vidhan Sabha seats. Apply →
Why a padayatra, specifically
Most modern Indian campaigns are run from cars and AC offices. We're not built that way. I'm from Farrukhabad, I went to NITK for engineering, I built a career in tech and media — and now I want to learn Sawajpur the only way you really learn a place: on foot, by name, by village.
The padayatra is also a small commitment device. By walking every village, I'm publicly saying: I will not disappear after the election. You will see me again — at the grievance cell, at the public hearing, at the next chaupal.