(This story originally appeared in on Dec 26, 2013)

AHMEDABAD: The khadi-clad image of politics is set to undergo a sea change. Some of the best brains in the country from top class institutes based in Gujarat are queuing up to work with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).Poll year is luring students from IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A ), National Institute of Design (NID), CEPT University, IIT Gandhinagar, MICA and other leading institutes towards AAP’s Gujarat unit to take care of the interest of citizens.For example, Utsuk Srivastava, a final-year IIM-A student has been an AAP member since the party’s inception in Gujarat. Three other students from IIM-A are also working with AAP ahead of the general elections in 2014."Many students from IIM-A, NID, CEPT and other institutes have applied through social media and the internet. During a preliminary discussion, the students told us that they are frustrated with the current state of politics in the country. They need change and see potential in our party, which is also young like them," said Sukhdev Patel , AAP’s Gujarat convener.Students who are keen to work with AAP are open to explore any profile offered by the party. Shirali Tyabji, a PG student from NID, said, "I am keen to volunteer and work for AAP and can offer my expertise— be it design, research or simply running around. Everybody wants a change as the other parties have been there since long and have been operating in the same way for generations. Young people like us understand what AAP is doing for us and their revolutionary attitude pulls us to them."