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IITians enter the world of politics
Published on Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 23:46, Updated on Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 13:40 in 
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New Delhi: The general impression is that you either have to be a star or a thug to venture into the big bad world of politics, so when you are invited to a press conference for the launch of yet another political party you almost don't want to go - till you are told that the party is led by a bunch of ex-IITians.
Young men like Ravi Kishore and Ajit Shukla - who both studied aerospace engineering at IIT Mumbai - are now hoping to engineer a social change through their party, the Bharat Punarnirman Dal (BPD).
Mainstream politics, dominated by money and muscle power can be a scary place to be for the educated middle class, but these young IITians are changing all that.
Says BPD spokesperson , Ravi Kishore, "The time has come when we stopped talking and instead start acting. We are creating a platform for people who want to make a change now and we have come here to deliver that change."
These young men don't have a fixed ideology, money or cadre to call their own.
They say all they have is integrity and big plans for the country - plans to hire people who will be solution providers, make sure the administration is clean and most importantly, retire politicians at the age of 60.
Says BPD President, Ajit Shukla, "It's not about the money. Everyone has to begin somewhere. People will ultimately follow you if you have the conviction."
And it's on this belief that they are fighting the upcoming Uttaranchal, UP and Punjab elections.
These young professionals have a task at hand and all the public can say as of now is: best of luck.
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Congretts, wish u all the best. I am also interested to join this party if they realy want to work
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Its really inspiring for the nation to see that youth is raising for a cause keeping aside personal benefits. But
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. This is yet another example of how the iitians are not concerned about thinking for a day or two.
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Rock on dudes. Whether you succeed or not is besides the point, but do try very hard and everyone currently
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Excellent,
Forget Rajiv Gandhi, their sole life played in power and money. He never knew where to lead and how.
Best of
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