Daijiworld Media Network - Ballari (SP)

Ballari, Nov 2: Former deputy superintendent of police, Anupama Shenoy, who had resigned her job in protest against the corrupt political system, officially entered politics on Wednesday November 1, by announcing the formation of her new party, 'Bharatiya Janashakti Congress'. Her announcement of the new party came at Kudligi, the place where she resigned from her job, frustrated over frequent political interferences in discharge of her duties.

In a function held at Panchacharya Kalyana Mantap in Kudligi on Wednesday, Shenoy announced formation of her new party and released the banner of the party. Earlier in the day, she visited the martyrs memorial in which the ashes of Mahatma Gandhis are preserved, and offered puja. She then went by foot in a procession through the main road of Kudlgii town, accompanied by hundreds of her supporters to the venue of the function.

Anupama has chosen retired teacher from Belagavi, Mahadeva Babu Duddagavi, as the first president of her party. In all likelihood, Anupama will function as its secretary. The other office bearers might be chosen and an announcement about it might be made before the end of this month. The party also is likely to finalize list of candidates it wants to field for the coming assembly election in the state.

Speaking after announcing the formation of the new party, Anupama said that when she resigned from her job, people had expected her to join Congress or BJP, but her well-wishers had encouraged her to form a new party. "I have started a new era of leadership in the state by forming Bharatiya Janashakti Congress, she explained. "When some journalists sought reaction of minister, D K Shivakumar, about my resigning from the post of the DySP immediately after I left, he said that I was driven by the ambition of becoming a leader. When I heard his comment, I too questioned myself why not? I determined then and there to become a leader, and therefore, set up this new party," she narrated.