10 Young Politicians of India

A unanimous voice among the Indian youths of today is to enter active politics, to bring a change, freshness and flow of new ideas in Indian politics. Youth wings are present in all parties but they are used only for the promotion and advertising of the party. They play a very crucial role in major political parties but their role in National politics is hindered and inadequate. Britain, the country from which we derived much of our political framework, boasts of a 43-year-old PM, David Cameron.

But back home, the story is quite different; we have to make do with the likes of Manmohan Singh. Youngsters have still made to the first level of Indian politics with most of them bagging the tag of Member of Parliament (MP), but they have a long way to go to become minister to carry the burden of an important ministry. For now, they are behind the screens and play the role of junior ministers.
Here is the list of the 10 prominent young politicians of India who hold a promising future in Indian politics:

1. Agatha K. Sangam (born July 24, 1980):

Agatha Sangma debuted in Indian politics in the 15th Lok Sabha by elections after her father P.A. Sangam resigned from his seat to join state politics. She became the youngest Indian MP at the age of 29. She represents the Tura constituency of Meghalaya on the ticket of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). She heads the ministry of Rural development for the state. Agatha has a LLB degree from Pune University and also a Masters in Environmental Management from Nottingham University, UK.

2. Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1 January 1971):

Son of prominent Indian politician and minister from the Congress Party, Madhavrao Scindia, Jyotiraditya is the minister who heads Commerce and Industry ministry. The 40 year old minister represents Indian National Congress as an MP for the Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh. After earning a management degree from the Stanford College in the United States, he worked as an investment banker for Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley and also gained some development experience working as an intern with the UN Economic Development Cell.

3.Sachin Pilot (born 7 September 1977):

The 33-year-old Sachin Pilot represents the Ajmer constituency on the ticket of Indian National Congress. He is the son of the deceased Congress politician and Union Minister Rajesh Pilot (who was also a Squadron Leader in the Air Force). Sachin did his honors in B.A. from St. Stephens College, University of Delhi and has an M.B.A. from Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. He is currently the minister of State for Communication and Information.

4. Naveen Jindal(born 9 March 1970):

Since 2004, he has been Member of Parliament in India representing the Kurukshetra constituency in the state of Haryana. Jindal is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is also the Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University, which has been founded in the memory of his father. In 2001, a case was filed against Naveen Jindal for flying the Flag of India atop his company building. He said that he was inspired by his American friends displaying their flag during his college days in USA and he believed that flying the national flag should be the right of every Indian. He took the case to the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India and won both cases

5. Priya Dutt (born 28 August 1966):

Daughter of actor politician, Sunil Dutt, Priya Dutt currently represents Mumbai North Central constituency for the Indian National Congress. She received her B.A. degree in sociology from Sophia College, Mumbai University. After university, Dutt worked in television and video and studied at The Center for the Media Arts in New York. Since her election, Dutt has been appointed secretary of the All-India Congress Committee. In office, she has encouraged ALMs and local community representations dealing with better governance. Dutt also runs a charity, The Nargis Dutt Memorial Charitable Trust. Among other projects, the charity has focused on bringing kitchen sets and medical aid to flood victims in the state of Bihar, following disastrous flooding in 2008.

6.Akhilesh Yadav (born 1 July 1973):

An engineer by qualification, Akilesh Yadav is the son of Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav. Akhilesh is an MP from the Kannuaj constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav has a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore affiliated to University of Mysore. He is being appointed as party's UP president is spearheading the campaign to bring back Samajwadi Party to power in 2012 in UP assembly elections.

7. Milind Deora (born 4 Dec 1976):

Congress MP from Mumbai South, Milind Deora was born in Mumbai to veteran politician Murli Deora. He is one of the youngest members of the current Lok Sabha. An alumnus of Boston University, he founded SPARSH, a social initiative aiming to educate students in computer and IT proficiency. Milind Deora was inducted in the Union Government of India as the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology in 2011. On 9 November 2008, Deora married Pooja Shetty in Mumbai. She heads the film production company called 'Walk Water Media' and is the daughter of film producer Manmohan Shetty.

8. Dushyant Singh (born 11 September 1973):

Son of Vasundhara Raje, the ex-chief minister of Rajasthan (and also a member of the Scindia royal family of Gwalior), Dushyant Singh is a BJP MP from Jhalawar-Baran constituency in the state. He acquired a management degree from IHTTI School of Management, Neuchatel, Switzerland. His first cousin Jyotiraditya Scindia is also in politics but represents the Indian National Congress

9. Supriya Sule (born 30 June 1969):

Supriya Sule is an Indian politician from the Nationalist Congress Party and currently an MP for the Pune constituency in Maharashtra. She is the daughter of the President of the Nationalist Congress Party, Sharad Pawar. Sule earned a B.Sc. degree from the Jai Hind College in Mumbai. In April 2010, she denied allegations of her family's financial links to IPL (India's largest cricket league body) when reports on financial irregularities in IPL surfaced.

10. Rahul Gandhi (born 19 June 1970):

Often advertised as the future prime minister of the country, Rahul Gandhi comes from India's most powerful family: the Nehru-Gandhi family. Three members of his family have occupied the post of the Prime Minister of India. His educational credentials have been questioned by Dr Subramanian Swamy, a noted politician and president of the Janata Party. As per the information available in public domain, he studied at St. Stephen's College in Delhi for a year and then later moved to Harvard University in the US. But in 1991, after Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by the LTTE during an election rally, he shifted to Rollins College, University of Florida due to security concerns and completed his B.A. in 1994. He is presently quite active in the state of Uttar Pradesh where he is trying hard to revive his party's image.