Satish Jain, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) nominee for Lok Sabha from North Mumbai, announced his plans of applying text book management principles to make his constituency’s progress.
A post graduate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, Jain entered politics after working in the financial sector for eighteen years in firms including Morgan Stanley and HDFC.
“Building structures, systems and procedures are my core strengths. If I get elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) from this constituency, I will adopt a professional approach for identifying issues and solving them. I will develop systems using state of the art technology to enable each and every resident approach me and discuss their concerns, disputes and ideas,” said the 45-year-old AAP candidate in a statement.
While Mumbai North has been one of the most prestigious constituencies that was once represented by V K Krishna Menon and from where Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar had sought representation.
According to Jain, “It is sheer mis-management and lack of proper representation that is responsible for the chaos that marks this constituency. The pandemonium at railway stations during peak hours, the non-availability of bus or rickshaws from (and to) railway stations to homes, nonexistent traffic maintenance, lack of east-west connectivity and lack of educational infrastructure are some of the problems that ail this constituency. With a little political will and application of the mind these problems can be easily solved.”
“If animals were crammed in a Mumbai train, as humans are travelling now, I am sure Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals would have found it objectionable, and justifiably so,” he quips.
Jain also allied with Arvind Kejriwal in the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement. He has been working on the economic policy and manifesto for AAP and claims to expose the “Rs 22,000 crore electricity scam” in Maharashtra. He is one of the 317 candidates fielded by AAP for the current Lok Sabha elections. Other prominent leaders fielded by the party in Mumbai include, Mayank Gandhi, Mumbai North West, Medha Patkar, Mumbai North East, Meera Sanyal, Mumbai South.