Aam Aadmi Party claims support from foreign universities’ volunteers network
9 Nov 2013 5:04 AM IST
Quietly launched in September, the network has grown to over 40 universities where students are taking time from their graduate studies to volunteer for AAP and make financial contributions, a media release said.
‘The students are inspired by Arvind Kejriwal and AAP. The opportunity to remove corruption and improve lives of common people in India — the central tenets of AAP, are energizing the students and young professional communities around the world,’ said Shail Kumar.
Shail, former president of the IIT foundation is the organizer and co-founder of the network.
The students are hosting Hangouts and events for AAP, making phone calls and donating money, the report said.
Majority of these are graduate students, who were earlier involved in the India Against Corruption movement, the precursor of AAP.
‘With elections around the corner, I am confident that the energy that students can bring to our campaign will help carry our message to more voters,’ Arvind Kejriwal, national convener of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said.
‘The Anna movement in 2011 inspired me. I always supported the idea that to change the system we need to get in it and the formation of AAP provided me a perfect opportunity to support such an action,’ said Raj Shekhar Singh, a graduate student at University of California, Berkeley
and one of the co-founders of the network.
The AAP student network among others include universities such as UC Berkeley; University of Texas, Austin: University of Iowa, Texas A&M, Boston University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, McGill University in Canada, University of Cambridge in UK and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
‘The students are inspired by Arvind Kejriwal and AAP. The opportunity to remove corruption and improve lives of common people in India — the central tenets of AAP, are energizing the students and young professional communities around the world,’ said Shail Kumar.
Shail, former president of the IIT foundation is the organizer and co-founder of the network.
The students are hosting Hangouts and events for AAP, making phone calls and donating money, the report said.
Majority of these are graduate students, who were earlier involved in the India Against Corruption movement, the precursor of AAP.
‘With elections around the corner, I am confident that the energy that students can bring to our campaign will help carry our message to more voters,’ Arvind Kejriwal, national convener of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said.
‘The Anna movement in 2011 inspired me. I always supported the idea that to change the system we need to get in it and the formation of AAP provided me a perfect opportunity to support such an action,’ said Raj Shekhar Singh, a graduate student at University of California, Berkeley
and one of the co-founders of the network.
The AAP student network among others include universities such as UC Berkeley; University of Texas, Austin: University of Iowa, Texas A&M, Boston University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, McGill University in Canada, University of Cambridge in UK and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
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