This 41-year-old Pune man is also contesting elections, but not in India! Yes, Yogendra Puranik aka Yogi is contesting elections in Japan. According to the reports, he is probably the first Indian to contest elections in Japan.

He is contesting for the Edogawa municipal elections in Tokyo and his election manifesto is worth reading. Availability of creche for babies, having a place of entertainment or vocational training for breast-feeding mothers and non-local children getting access to government schools.

Yogendra Puranik campaigning for Tokyo council elections. Guts and Hard work all the way👏 pic.twitter.com/EhHgb3gn1H — Sunandan Lele (@sunandanlele) April 19, 2019

“These are issues that are really important to voters here,” Yogendra Puranik told Hindustan Times.

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A retired banker by profession, he is contesting the elections for Edogawa Municipal Corporation, a constituency where 4,500 Indians live. He’s a part of Constituent Democratic Party of Japan.

Yogi went to Japan to pursue higher studies in 1997 and worked with various IT companies there. Pauranik has lived in Japan for 20 years, of which he has been a resident of Edogawa for 15 years.

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Yogi told Hindustan Times, “I felt that there were social issues which could not be solved just through volunteer activities.”

We wish him all the luck!