[h=1]Wannabe MLA comes up with 300-page colour CV[/h]Madhuri Kumar,TNN | Sep 11, 2015
PATNA: Times are changing. Gone are the days when aspirants for tickets for various assembly seats from different parties filed applications on white paper in one or two pages, or sometimes even submitted handwritten ones. These have now given way to colourful, neatly drafted, comprehensive, designer CVs running into several pages.
Ticket seekers are thronging the offices of all major parties in the city and submitting 'fat' CVs to press their claim. According to RJD's office secretary Chandeshwar Prasad Singh, he has already received over 1,500 CVs of candidates. The whole exercise of presenting one's case has undergone a sea change and the focus is now on detail and design.
Some aspirants have prepared detailed files with their colour photographs along with senior party leaders, of their public meetings, and social and party work. One such candidate is Harishchandra Prasad Yadav from Aurai in Muzaffarpur district, who has submitted a voluminous CV of 300 pages to the RJD party office. It has every detail of his political career.
"Though I am not highly educated, being an Intermediate, my heart is into politics. I started my career as a small-time party worker in 1993 and now I am the district president. I quit three jobs to join Laluji's RJD and want to serve it till the end," said Harishchandra.
He has tagged the newspaper clippings related to his activities during the last 20 years along with his CV. "It took me over a month to compile it," he added.
"Earlier, it (the CV) used to be a simple application form giving an overview of the aspirant's services to the people and the organization. But that has now changed to a comprehensive colourful booklet of some 10 to 15 pages, complete with well-prepared file of photographs and paper cuttings," said Singh.
"It is difficult to review these profiles as it is very time-consuming. We have asked the aspiring candidates to submit short and crisp profile," added party sources.
Interestingly, so intense is the competition for securing a party nomination that even friends and common acquaintances are trying to outsmart one another in the political race.
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PATNA: Times are changing. Gone are the days when aspirants for tickets for various assembly seats from different parties filed applications on white paper in one or two pages, or sometimes even submitted handwritten ones. These have now given way to colourful, neatly drafted, comprehensive, designer CVs running into several pages.
Ticket seekers are thronging the offices of all major parties in the city and submitting 'fat' CVs to press their claim. According to RJD's office secretary Chandeshwar Prasad Singh, he has already received over 1,500 CVs of candidates. The whole exercise of presenting one's case has undergone a sea change and the focus is now on detail and design.
Some aspirants have prepared detailed files with their colour photographs along with senior party leaders, of their public meetings, and social and party work. One such candidate is Harishchandra Prasad Yadav from Aurai in Muzaffarpur district, who has submitted a voluminous CV of 300 pages to the RJD party office. It has every detail of his political career.
"Though I am not highly educated, being an Intermediate, my heart is into politics. I started my career as a small-time party worker in 1993 and now I am the district president. I quit three jobs to join Laluji's RJD and want to serve it till the end," said Harishchandra.
He has tagged the newspaper clippings related to his activities during the last 20 years along with his CV. "It took me over a month to compile it," he added.
"Earlier, it (the CV) used to be a simple application form giving an overview of the aspirant's services to the people and the organization. But that has now changed to a comprehensive colourful booklet of some 10 to 15 pages, complete with well-prepared file of photographs and paper cuttings," said Singh.
"It is difficult to review these profiles as it is very time-consuming. We have asked the aspiring candidates to submit short and crisp profile," added party sources.
Interestingly, so intense is the competition for securing a party nomination that even friends and common acquaintances are trying to outsmart one another in the political race.
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