Election 2013: New Breed Of Politicians Take Center Stage

Bangalore: Unlike the traditional times, Delhi is now seeing a variation in the backgrounds of upcoming MLAs. A new breed of parliamentarians comprising of businessmen and traders has been witnessed in the last few sessions of the parliament, reports Sidhartha Roy for Hindustan Times.

Delhi’s December 4^th elections reportedly involved MLA’s with a very diverse profile. In the years 2008, 2003 and 1998, nearly the half the MLA population consisted of businessmen, followed by social workers, teachers, lawyers and doctors. While most of them were found to be from these backgrounds, consultants, former government employees, engineers, journalists, architects and defense personnel are seen flourishing in the political field.

These modern day politicians are widely influenced by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which stood ahead of other parties despite having no prior political experience. Some of the AAP MLAs include architect Satyender Kumar Jain, software engineer Saurabh Bharadwaj, consultant Rajesh Garg, former TV journalist Rakhi Birla, IIT-Delhi Alumni Association office bearer Somnath Bharti, and former National Security Guard commando Surrender Singh who had fought in the 26/11 terror attack.

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