The impending Uttar Pradesh State Assembly elections have livened up the otherwise monotonous bureau room of newspaper around Delhi. When you have election in a state where there is a presence of political heavy weights like Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Varun Gandhi, Digvijay Singh and him-who-cannot-be-named then one can be assured of interesting times ahead.
Every political party in Uttar Pradesh is trying to prove to the other that they are really promoting the Youths by way of giving them more representation.
Every political party in Uttar Pradesh is trying to prove to the other that they are really promoting the Youths by way of giving them more representation.
While doing a story on this very issue I came across some very exciting narrations and intriguing individuals.
A Member of Parliament, involved in the selection of candidates very proudly told me that his party has given tickets to seventy odd youths for the upcoming UP state election.
I was impressed . After all seventy is a seize-able number when you consider that the total seat in the state assembly in 403. Logically my next question was that was the profile of these young candidates.
The reply that I got was something that I had never expected.
The reply that I got was something that I had never expected.
“We have given tickets to more than 50 candidates who are around 40 years of age. If you take 50 as the upper age, then we have more than 70 candidates who are contesting the elections on our party ticket.