Yet Another Political Party
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- abhijit
Yuva power: IITians chuck pay packets, float party
By Pooja Virendra Kumar/TNN
Bangalore: Mani Ratnam's Yuva is turning real, with five IITians
deciding to join mainstream politics.
The party, Paritrana, will be launched in Jodhpur on Friday and its
members will then take its message to several cities, including
Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Chennai.
Its core team is made up of Tanmay Rajpurohit, a B Tech (Aerospace)
from IIT Bombay and national president, Ajit Ashwalyan Shukla, a
vice-president, Amit Beesen, vice-president and B Tech (Mechanical)
from IIT Bombay and a law graduate, Chandrashekhar, national treasurer
and B Tech (Computer Science) from IIT Kanpur, Bharat Sundaram, PRO and
B Tech from IIT Kanpur and PhD in electronics from Melbourne.
"Giving up handsome pay packages, comfort of family and support of
friends wasn't easy,'' said Rajpurohit, who has done his M Tech
from Georgia Tech and is a double masters in arts.
Shukla agreed. "But out inner voice told me I should invest my
efforts in my country rather than making my pockets heavier. People
think we are crazy so much so that our families have also failed to
understand our motto, but we won't give up,'' he added.
Chandrashekhar said: "Paritrana means complete relief from various
causes of distress and that is what we want to do for our people.''
Lack of funds has not stopped them from door-to-door campaigns in
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and parts of Maharashtra. "We feel
politicians today are no longer the voice of the common man. Instead
they voice their personal agendas through which they can fetch maximum
votes,'' said Shukla.