IAS Aspirant from bihar turning into a politician
Posted by samathain on October 9, 2009
Source: Times of India
GOPALGANJ: Once upon a time there was an MLA who aspired to become an IAS RJD candidate Anil Kumar. (TOI Photo)
officer! He wrote the civil services exam, cleared it and was RJD candidate Anil Kumar. (TOI Photo)
called for interview.
Unfortunately for the IAS aspirant, the interview board chairman asked him if he was already employed. “I am an MLA, recently elected from Bhore in Bihar’s Gopalganj district,” he said. “What are you doing here? Politics needs educated people like you,” the board chairman said, and as the young man made an exit, he knew he would not get the job he had long coveted.
Pride was writ large on the face of Anil Kumar when he recalled his tryst with destiny at Delhi’s Dholpur House in 1985. In politics, meanwhile, Kumar thrived and is now RJD candidate from Gopalganj reserved parliamentary constituency.
Kumar, who has two brothers in the civil services and a third who is a doctor, is among a handful of politicians in Bihar who speaks English fluently.
Fondly called Sheru Bhai by his friends, he is held in high esteem by one and all because he has never indulged in corruption and mud-slinging. “He is a gem of a person. His rival candidates are no match to him,” says Patna University Teachers’ Association general secretary Randhir Kumar Singh who is camping here to help his friend.
Kumar, now 50, is a product of Patna’s prestigious St Xavier’s and St Michael’s schools, and even his opponents appreciate his simplicity and sobriety. “Sheru Bhai is one person who has friends in all sections of society,” said a local BJP sympathizer.
Sheru Bhai has both degree and pedigree. His father Chandrika Ram was the first Dalit from the region to hold a law degree. A deputy minister in the former S K Sinha-led Congress government in the state, Ram also served as a member of the Constituent Assembly. “Sheru Bhai has qualities you will rarely get in the politicians of today,” said Sharafat Hussain, a local businessman.
Police Officer said
I have seen Upper Caste parents in India intrinsically training their children to coerce other kids as per Caste hierarchies.
Hence EDUCATION alone won’t prevent Casteism in India.
Will you vote for my Political Party if it issues ARMS LICENSE for all Educated and Responsible Dalit Youth in India?
KUMARPUSHP said
why Mr Anil Kumar is wearing red thread in his forearm means he is following the hinduism and not good for dalits ,dalits require Ambedkar and his 22 vows and not leader like Mr Anil Kumar.