After Uttar Pradesh, Bharat Punarnirman Dal — a political party founded by a group of IITians’ and other professionals — is all set to enter the poll arena in Uttarakhand. The party has announced to contest a dozen seats in the state and has also announced the name of a candidate from Ramnagar segment in Nainital district.

Giving details of the agenda, party president Ajit Ashwalayan Shukla said they intend to infuse dynamism and quality in the political system, responsible for the nation, so that the country is governed by politicians by choice and not by chance or birth.

“It is an attempt to provide a platform to all those who have a vision for the country but lack resources and the institutional support required to contest elections,” he added.

Highlighting the apathy of the educated class towards politics as the main reason for the country’s current plight, party general secretary Sanjay Sharma said the educated class have completely lost interest in politics, which has resulted in the deterioration in the quality of governance.

Party leaders claimed that after getting a huge support in the their endeavour, they have decided to test the waters in the forthcoming polls in Uttarakhand and then UP. “We will be fighting 30 seats in Uttar Pradesh and would decide about the number of seats to be contested in Uttarakhand,” Sanjay Sharma said.