Lokparitran Party -- The political party with a difference
I knew it as the political outfit formed by "IIT-ans" . A fwded mail from a friend woke me up from my slumber to know more about them. The Lokparitran party founded by five IIT-ans is contesting in the upcoming assembly elections in Tamil Nadu,Kerala,Pondicherry.
For those of us who crib about lack of choice while voting, here is something to think about. Please visit their website to know more about these educated young men who want to make a difference. I wish them all the best !
Here is a list of the contesting candidates :
The contestants of Lok Paritran in Chennai:
Mylapore - Santhanagopal Vasdev (28), M.A Economics from New York University
Chepauk - P. Elanthirumaran (38), Project Manager/Software Consultant
Thousand Lights - Ishrayel Maheswar (32), MBA, M.Phil
Egmore - Prashant Sharma (48), Marketing Professional
T. Nagar - Arvind Tiruvaiyar (32) - Marketing/Social Worker
Annanagar - Rajamani (56), A senior consulting engineer, worked abroad for 25 years
Saidapet - Hariharan (28), Software Engineer
Park Town - Rabindara Ganesh (61), Social worker
I knew it as the political outfit formed by "IIT-ans" . A fwded mail from a friend woke me up from my slumber to know more about them. The Lokparitran party founded by five IIT-ans is contesting in the upcoming assembly elections in Tamil Nadu,Kerala,Pondicherry.
For those of us who crib about lack of choice while voting, here is something to think about. Please visit their website to know more about these educated young men who want to make a difference. I wish them all the best !
Here is a list of the contesting candidates :
The contestants of Lok Paritran in Chennai:
Mylapore - Santhanagopal Vasdev (28), M.A Economics from New York University
Chepauk - P. Elanthirumaran (38), Project Manager/Software Consultant
Thousand Lights - Ishrayel Maheswar (32), MBA, M.Phil
Egmore - Prashant Sharma (48), Marketing Professional
T. Nagar - Arvind Tiruvaiyar (32) - Marketing/Social Worker
Annanagar - Rajamani (56), A senior consulting engineer, worked abroad for 25 years
Saidapet - Hariharan (28), Software Engineer
Park Town - Rabindara Ganesh (61), Social worker
posted by Cogito at
Friday, April 21, 2006
4 Comments:
he he..c'mon..It will take another 50 years for what you think to happen...namma vote MGRku dhan illa Udaya suriyanukku dhan TNa porutha mattum;). Only good option i have seen is the 49o(which has power to invoke a re-election with a different candidate list)
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gormandizer, at 11:11 PM
hey arun do read this article
http://msn-cnet.com.com/Blogger+asks%2C+Wanna+trade+a+paper+clip+for+a+house/2100-1025_3-6061438.html?part=msn-cnet&subj=ns_3-6061438&tag=tg_ns
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Anonymous, at 4:03 AM
maybe the elite group will vote.. but how many % of ppl belong to this group??unfortuntely very very meagre..
Though inspirational movies like RDB been made, our ppl still think that vijaykanth is the only patriotic hero..
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Hell's Angel, at 2:09 PM
people vote only for the parties who is giving TV, free rice or rice @ 2Rs and actress with great vengence smiles.. tamil people wont vote for educted contests
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ILA (a) இளா, at 2:00 PM
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