10 November 2026
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Know About Those Famous Bureaucrats Who Resigned & Joined Politics In Recent Years

They are the bureaucrats turned politicians who have created news in the last few years. Before every election, there are a few civil servants who take VRS and fight elections
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As five states go to poll in the next few days and Parliamentary Elections 2024 are also not very far off, once again, few names of bureaucrats are doing the rounds as probables who might take the plunge into politics after resigning from service.

This happens before every elections. There are some officers who have not only joined but have also created a big impact in the political field. Most state assemblies in the country have such MLAs and even the present Union government has such members in the Cabinet, like Hardeep Singh Puri and RK Singh. Similarly, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is a former IRS officer who formed the political party AAP.

In this video, Indian Masterminds brings you the stories of 8 active politicians of recent times who were earlier in bureaucracy.

The name of those Bureaucrats Turned Politicians are given below-

RS PRAVEEN KUMAR
K ANNAMALAI
SASIKANTH SENTHIL
O P CHOUDHARY
ASIM ARUN
SHAH FAESAL
RAJESHWAR SINGH
NISHA BANGRE


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