Dr. Ravindra Babu IRS is now MP -Triumphant

By Vijay Kumar

THE Tax Laws enforcement officer has now become the Law Maker. As predicted by us, Dr. Ravindra Babu former Additional Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise has won from the Amalapuram Lok Sabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh with a thumping majority of over one lakh twenty thousand votes.

When DDT called him up to congratulate him, he was proudly celebrating the sweet victory. He said he hardly had twenty days to campaign and he was able to make an impact in the constituency. The shrewd taxman chose the right party at the right time and is now an honourable Member of Parliament.

We understand that there are two other IRS officers who are entering the hallowed portals of India's Parliament.

Malyadri Sriram,a former Commissioner of Income Tax has won from the Bapatla constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Like Dr.Babu, Sriram was also a TDP candidate.

This seat was earlier represented by Union Minister Panabaka Lakshmi who polled about 23,000 votes compared to the 5,78,000 votes by Sriram.

Sriram popularly known as SM Anna, not exactly new to politics, was defeated from the same seat in 2009.

Dr.Udit Raj, a 1990 batch IRS officer resigned as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax in 2003 to enter active politics. He founded the Indian Justice Party in 2003. In the Income Tax Department he was senior to Arvind Kejriwal. He calls the Aam Aadmi Party as the 'Jhooth Aadmi Party'. And now Raj has won the North West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency by a convincing margin of over a lakh of votes against the nearest AAP candidate Rakhi Birla with the Union Minister and sitting MP KirishnaTirath relegated to a third place.

Udit Raj was active in social work before joining the BJP to contest the 2014 elections. He says that the living conditions of the people, the lack of sanitation and sewer facilities appalled him when he was canvassing in some of the areas.

With three IRS officers - all belonging to the same social group elected to Parliament, at least one of them is sure to become a Minister.