01-18-2007, 01:50 AM
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Neelam Pandey | New Delhi
To make existing democracy vibrant
With a zeal to bring a change in the current political system and to make the existing democracy vibrant, a group of IITians and young professionals on Tuesday floated a <b>new political outfit, Bharat Punarnirman Dal. </b>
While dreaming big, the young enthusiasts are gearing up to take up smaller battled like the upcoming Assembly and civic bodies elections. They will also contest the MCD elections here.
At the launch, party president Ajit Shukla, an IIT Mumbai (Mechanical Engineering) alumni, said his party members have been working at the grassroot level for the past three years before the formal launch of the party. "We realised that no change can be brought without changing the political system and hence made a small beginning by floating this outfit," Shukla added.
The party has already an active band of 5,000 members out of which 3,000 are from Andhra Pradesh. The members coming from all walks of life are the main contributors in providing the much-needed fund. "The objective of the party is to restore the credibility of the political system and to nurture politicians by choice and not by chance besides making democracy more democratic," said Ravi Kishore, another IIT Mumbai (Aerospace) alumni who also dons the hat of vice-president of the party.
High on the IITians' mind is their distaste for political opportunism and given a chance, they claim, they would attempt infusing rationality into the system.
On quota, Shukla said, "Though reservation can only be a temporary phenomenon, it should be provided to the deserving ones only."
The party is also drafting unique policies such as introducing age bar leading to retirement in politics and giving a choice to voters to reject or recall the candidates.
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Here comes another, lets see whether they are front face of any pinkoos?
Any info about them are welcome/
Neelam Pandey | New Delhi
To make existing democracy vibrant
With a zeal to bring a change in the current political system and to make the existing democracy vibrant, a group of IITians and young professionals on Tuesday floated a <b>new political outfit, Bharat Punarnirman Dal. </b>
While dreaming big, the young enthusiasts are gearing up to take up smaller battled like the upcoming Assembly and civic bodies elections. They will also contest the MCD elections here.
At the launch, party president Ajit Shukla, an IIT Mumbai (Mechanical Engineering) alumni, said his party members have been working at the grassroot level for the past three years before the formal launch of the party. "We realised that no change can be brought without changing the political system and hence made a small beginning by floating this outfit," Shukla added.
The party has already an active band of 5,000 members out of which 3,000 are from Andhra Pradesh. The members coming from all walks of life are the main contributors in providing the much-needed fund. "The objective of the party is to restore the credibility of the political system and to nurture politicians by choice and not by chance besides making democracy more democratic," said Ravi Kishore, another IIT Mumbai (Aerospace) alumni who also dons the hat of vice-president of the party.
High on the IITians' mind is their distaste for political opportunism and given a chance, they claim, they would attempt infusing rationality into the system.
On quota, Shukla said, "Though reservation can only be a temporary phenomenon, it should be provided to the deserving ones only."
The party is also drafting unique policies such as introducing age bar leading to retirement in politics and giving a choice to voters to reject or recall the candidates.
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Here comes another, lets see whether they are front face of any pinkoos?
Any info about them are welcome/