kolkata from doctors to filmmakers and management consultants to engineers this election is witnessing induction of successful professionals into fulltime politics as they leave their white collar jobs and fight it out on the streets in the civic elections claiming to bring a changestaring down at potential voters from large banners flex and posters are well dressed stylish and in several cases young politicians bringing a touch of glamour to the otherwise dull job of keeping the city clean of garbage and waterloggingclad in jeans and kurti is congressturnedtmc leader monalisa banerjee 39 who has been campaigning on the streets and lanes of sealdah a filmmaking student from griffith university in brisbane australia who used to work with an ad agency in mumbai said she was into mainstream politics mostly to change the way politics is looked upon by youthsthis is also a very important profession just like a doctor and engineer this is the task of running a city where all of us live and so we need educated smart and techsavvy men and women to run the show said banerjee who is contesting from ward 46another new entrant is tmcs ward 86 candidate sourav basu state minister chadrima bhattacharjees son who quit his successful corporate job of a senior manager at a leading telecom company three years ago i believe politics can prosper only when there is a blend of professionals from all spheres of life i believe i can utilise my corporate background for better management of my ward said basu a former student of st xaviers school and collegeformer councillor and ward 58 candidate sandipan saha a former iim passout who had worked for several years with a global mnc in bangalore before plunging into politics in 2015 said he didnt regret his decision and was enjoying what hes doing at this momentbiswarup de a known face in cricket administration is also in the fray this year from ward 48 with a tmc ticket he served the cab for 11 years as its secretary and treasurer my previous role as an administrator will certainly help me have a modern approach to deal with old problems that plague people he saiddr meenakshi ganguli tmcs ward 12 candidate was a prominent face during the pandemic serving the downtrodden she replaced the existing trinamool congress ward coordinator who has been her patient for a long time i have been into social service for more than seven years said gangulidental surgeon debojyoti mazumdar 32 whos contesting from ward 112 with a bjp ticket said the first change he brought in his campaign was by refraining from wall graffiti advocate debolina sarkar 26 contesting from ward 2 representing the left front said time had come for more young professionals to join the politics