Barely a month after launching the Dharma Party of India on June 16, Anuradha Tiwari has ignited a nationwide conversation around public infrastructure accountability with her viral campaign: #KnowYourRoad.
The idea exploded after Tiwari posted a tweet comparing a ₹5 Parle-G biscuit, which carries manufacturing details — with a ₹100 crore pothole-ridden road that tells nothing about its contractor, engineers, or cost. Her sharp question: “If ₹5 biscuit has all details, why not ₹100 Cr road?” resonated deeply with citizens frustrated by corruption and broken infrastructure.
The campaign quickly gained traction, with lakhs of views and massive public support.Several incidents of road and bridge collapses across India also pushed this campaign. Tiwari followed up with a demand for QR codes to be installed on all roads and public projects, enabling citizens to scan and access:
- Name of the contractor & supervising engineers
- Babus and ministers who approved the project
- Total project cost
- Maintenance agency
- Road ratings and public reviews
“Transparency is the first step to accountability,” she stated. “Taxpayers deserve to know where their money goes — not just in audit files, but on the street they walk and drive on.”
From Viral Tweet to Volunteer Tech
What sets this campaign apart is not just its viral nature, but its swift transition to action. Just two days after the idea was floated, a techie volunteer from the public stepped up and shared the first version of an app prototype – showcased on the official Dharma Party handle.
The app, named Know My Road, is a public-facing platform where users can view road projects across India, check project status, see contractors’ names, and rate road quality. The prototype already displays sample entries — from the Electronic City Metro Extension in Bengaluru to Salt Lake Stadium Road in Kolkata — each tagged with status labels like under construction, completed, or damaged, and assigned citizen-submitted ratings.
The Dharma Party proudly declared:
“We won’t just talk about problems. We will fix them. This is the ‘New India’ we represent – Merit. Innovation. Implementation.”
Rooted in a Larger Vision
This campaign aligns directly with the core mission of the Dharma Party, founded by Anuradha Tiwari on June 16. As The Philox reports, the party was created as a third front to move from caste-based politics to performace-based politics.
Tiwari envisions an India where:
- Merit is rewarded over caste politics
- Taxpayers are treated as stakeholders, not just ATM machines
- Transparency and accountability replace token appeasement
- Policy replaces propaganda
The #KnowYourRoad campaign is the first public initiative under this vision — merging technology, citizen activism, and governance reform in real time.
As the app gains traction and public conversations intensify, Anuradha Tiwari’s movement is proving that impactful political reform doesn’t need cabinet posts — it needs clarity, courage, and connection to ground realities.
