Ex- IAS Divya Mittal said her decision was driven by a desire to represent people whose voices do not reach government offices
Ex- IAS Divya Mittal enters politics, announces party name: Former IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh Divya Mittal has entered politics. She has announced the formation of her new party ‘Janneeti Bharat Party’ by releasing a video on social media. Divya Mittal said that she will contest from Mirzapur Sadar seat in 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
Announcing the party, Divya Mittal said that politics rules you, but this party gives power to rule. Explaining the three promises of the party, she said that the first promise is policy by people and Bharat by policy. Second promise – Every decision will be taken on a case-by-case basis. Third promise- decision by necessity, equality in decision.
She is an IIT Delhi and IIM Bengaluru alumni who has also worked as a Wall Street trader before joining the civil services in 2013. Mittal was serving as the special secretary in the Revenue Department in Lucknow when she tendered her resignation. She had earlier served as the district magistrate (DM) in Deoria, Mirzapur and Sant Kabir Nagar.
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Mittal said her decision was driven by a desire to represent people whose voices do not reach government offices. She raised questions about schools sanctioned but never constructed, land allotted on lease but never handed over, poor roads and the deaths they cause, and the future of students amid examination paper leaks.
