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Young politicians India is looking up to in 2013

New Delhi, Jan 10: India is the world's second most populous country with a huge majority of young people but it is being governed by  mostly over aged politicians. While 50 percent of India's population


 

Akhilesh Yadav:

In UP politics, the advent of Akhilesh Yadav, 39, was like a breath of fresh air. Contrary to his hot-headed and maverick father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh looked calm, composed and approachable for hoi-polloi.

In 2012 assembly elections, Akhilesh took the command of Samajwadi Party and led from the front. He displayed remarkable candour in confessing that mistakes were committed during early regimes of  Samajwadi Party but assured the electorate that the administration under his command will be different. The people of UP, who were in no mood to give Mayawati another chance, threw their weight behind Akhilesh and the result of the assembly elections was a pleasant surprise for the  Samajwadi Party. Akhilesh managed to get a clear majority for his party in assembly elections and incumbent Mayawati govt was forced to eat a humble pie.

Akhilesh took over as the youngest Chief Minister of UP on March 15, 2012.