SamraatJoshuaGrewal
| SamraatJoshuaGrewal | |
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| File:Samraat Joshua Grewal.jpgSamraat Joshua Grewal.jpg Australian Public Figure | |
| Born | 2000 |
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| 🏢 Organization | Christian Democratic Party |
Samraat Joshua Grewal is an Australian public figure who in 2019 led a political coup and allegedly took control of the Christian Democratic Party.
Background
Samraat is the great great grandson of Mehtab Singh Grewal, a minister in Maharaja Hira Singh's Royal Court.[1] He is of Punjabi heritage and is a Christian.
Early Political Involvement
Candidacy
Samraat Grewal ran as a candidate for the Christian Democrats in the 2019 New South Wales State Elections for the seat of Mount Druitt.[2] He ran on a conservative policy platform and spoke on issues such as pill-testing,[3] and had a significant following in India.[4]
Youth Wing
Samraat Grewal was President of the Christian Democrats Youth Movement from 2018-2019.[5]
Christian Democratic Party Coup
On the third of June 2019, Samraat announced that he had seized control of the Christian Democratic Party and removed the Party's Board following a vote of no confidence at a Party State Council which had passed unanimously after half the membership vacated the meeting. This included the Party's leader Rev Fred Nile, who is a longtime member of the New South Wales Parliament.[6] This was allegedly done in an attempt to reform the Party.[7][8] Subsequently, it was announced that he had established a Directional Committee, leaving the party with two competing Board of Directors[9] to investigate internal party breaches of Electoral Commission regulations.[10] In the following weeks, there were allegations made that the Party's State President Ross Clifford had been bullying party members and members of the theological college he was the President of.[11][12]
In the following weeks it was confirmed that the Party had been involved in high level breaches of Government Regulations. The Party's State Director Craig Hall said that 'The Party needed to change if it was to survive,' and that the Party's deficient Constitution was being changed by the orders of Government Regulators.[13] By August, it was announced that the Party would have a re-vote of the motion. At this time a former State Director of the Party, Greg Bondar commented that the re-vote would give the membership an opportunity to set a new direction for the Party and its leaders. Eternity news reported that the Coup by Samraat was partially instigated by succession issues, such as when Fred Nile allegedly reneged on a promise to hand over his parliamentary seat to Ross Clifford, Principal of the Baptist Morling College, resulting in the party losing 80 branches in a year, including four interstate organisations.[14]
By the end of August 2019, the Party had concluded its re-vote of the no-confidence motion which was defeated. Criticisms were made about the secret ballot requiring names to be written on them. In addition, claims were made that the Party Executive moved a motion to prevent Samraat from addressing the membership. After the meeting an associate of Samraat's claimed that the Party was a cult of personality and would not recover from the coup.[15]
In November of 2019, it was announced that the Party President Ross Clifford had resigned his position, as a result of mismanagement claims made by Samraat and other party members.[16]
Bibliography
- ↑ "I want to be the 'Samraat' of politics, says teenage candidate contesting NSW elections". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ "I want to be the 'Samraat' of politics, says teenage candidate contesting NSW elections". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ Amin, Mridula; Fisher, Jack (2018-12-22). "A DJ, a Christian, a medical student and a youth worker: This is what they think of pill testing". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ "ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਧਰਤੀ ਤੇ ਨਾਭਾ ਦਾ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਲੜੇਗਾ ਚੋਣ". Current Punjabi News | Latest Punjabi News Online : DailyPost. 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ Smith, Alexandra (2019-06-05). "The teenage 'revolution' in Fred Nile's party". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ "Christian Democrats in-fighting sees moves to oust Fred Nile". OUTInPerth - LGBTIQ News and Culture. 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ Samraat Joshua Grewal is behind a rebel charge, retrieved 2019-08-15
- ↑ "This Doco About A Teen Taking On Fred Nile Is The Most Exciting Political Drama Of The Year". Junkee. 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ Hutchinson, Kylar Loussikian, Samantha (2019-06-03). "Busy Frydenberg sets the banks straight". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ Smith, Alexandra (2019-06-05). "The teenage 'revolution' in Fred Nile's party". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ "Meet the 18-year-old challenging one of the only Christian parties left in Aus politics". The Feed. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ The sacking of the CDP with Samraat Joshua Grewal and Joel Jammal, retrieved 2019-08-15
- ↑ July 16th, Anne Lim |; Comments, 2019 04:56 PM | Add a Comment. "Christian Democrats - regrets, they have a few - Eternity News". www.eternitynews.com.au. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ S, John; August 9th, eman |; Comments, 2019 11:41 AM | Add a Comment. "CDP crisis meeting for Fred Nile's party - Eternity News". www.eternitynews.com.au. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ S, John; August 13th, eman |; Comments, 2019 10:10 AM | Add a Comment. "Can the CDP turn around its voting decline? - Eternity News". www.eternitynews.com.au. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ↑ Smith, Alexandra (2019-11-05). "'He's the great survivor': Nile stares down second attempt to oust him". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
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