01-24-2006, 10:06 PM
IIT geeks form political party
Pooja Virendra Kumar
[ Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:47:46 pmTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
BANGALORE: Seems like Mani Rathnamâs Yuva is getting off the reels. Five IITians, all in their 20s, have decided to take up mainstream politics. The youths, based in Jodhpur, will be in the city to campaign for their national party, â Paritranaââ , which was launched in Jodhpur on Friday.
âGiving up handsome pay packages, comfort of family and support of friends wasnât that easy,ââ says Tanmay Rajpurohit, the national president of the party and B Tech in aerospace from IIT Bombay followed by an MS from GeorgiaTech and double masters in arts.
âBut my inner voice told me that I should invest my efforts in my country rather than making my pockets heavier,ââ said Ajit Ashwalayan Shukla, vice president of the party. âPeople think we are crazy so much so that our families have also failed to understand our motto, but we wonât give up,ââ he added.
The core team of âParitranaâ â comprises Rajpurohit , Shukla, Amit Beesen, also the vice president and a B Tech (Mechanical) from IIT Bombay and a LLB graduate, Chandrashekhar (national treasurer), B Tech (computer science) from IIT Kanpur, Bharat Sundaram, the PRO of the party and B Tech from IIT Kanpur and PhD in electronics from Melbourne.
âParitrana means complete relief from the various causes of distress, and that is what we want to do for our people,ââ added Chandrashekhar. Low funds have not discouraged them in their efforts of holding door-to-door campaigns in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and parts of Maharashtra.
âWe strongly feel that the politicians of today are no longer the voice of the common man but instead they voice their own personal agendas through which they can fetch maximum votes,ââ said Shukla.
âWe are not here for the power game. We are here to deal with the grassroots issues of each and every small village that we come across,ââ added Shukla.The zeal and burning desire of the five youngsters sounds sincere. âI believe that we are just five ordinary boys from the middle class family with no godfathers in politics but have dared to come forward and fight for our rights,ââ said Chandrashekhar. âAnd we will succeed in it,ââ he added.
After the launch of the party at the Suchana Kendra in Jodhpur, the party members, as a part of their promotional campaign will tour Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Chennai.
http://www.samachar.com/showurl.htm?rurl=h...political~party
http://paritrana.org/index.html
Pooja Virendra Kumar
[ Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:47:46 pmTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
BANGALORE: Seems like Mani Rathnamâs Yuva is getting off the reels. Five IITians, all in their 20s, have decided to take up mainstream politics. The youths, based in Jodhpur, will be in the city to campaign for their national party, â Paritranaââ , which was launched in Jodhpur on Friday.
âGiving up handsome pay packages, comfort of family and support of friends wasnât that easy,ââ says Tanmay Rajpurohit, the national president of the party and B Tech in aerospace from IIT Bombay followed by an MS from GeorgiaTech and double masters in arts.
âBut my inner voice told me that I should invest my efforts in my country rather than making my pockets heavier,ââ said Ajit Ashwalayan Shukla, vice president of the party. âPeople think we are crazy so much so that our families have also failed to understand our motto, but we wonât give up,ââ he added.
The core team of âParitranaâ â comprises Rajpurohit , Shukla, Amit Beesen, also the vice president and a B Tech (Mechanical) from IIT Bombay and a LLB graduate, Chandrashekhar (national treasurer), B Tech (computer science) from IIT Kanpur, Bharat Sundaram, the PRO of the party and B Tech from IIT Kanpur and PhD in electronics from Melbourne.
âParitrana means complete relief from the various causes of distress, and that is what we want to do for our people,ââ added Chandrashekhar. Low funds have not discouraged them in their efforts of holding door-to-door campaigns in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and parts of Maharashtra.
âWe strongly feel that the politicians of today are no longer the voice of the common man but instead they voice their own personal agendas through which they can fetch maximum votes,ââ said Shukla.
âWe are not here for the power game. We are here to deal with the grassroots issues of each and every small village that we come across,ââ added Shukla.The zeal and burning desire of the five youngsters sounds sincere. âI believe that we are just five ordinary boys from the middle class family with no godfathers in politics but have dared to come forward and fight for our rights,ââ said Chandrashekhar. âAnd we will succeed in it,ââ he added.
After the launch of the party at the Suchana Kendra in Jodhpur, the party members, as a part of their promotional campaign will tour Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Chennai.
http://www.samachar.com/showurl.htm?rurl=h...political~party
http://paritrana.org/index.html