<p>Giving up a government job for a plunge in the unpredictable political waters may not seem like an ideal career choice, but J M Savitha, a police constable, has risked what a few would. <br /><br /></p>.<p>A BA graduate from Vasavi College, Savitha will contest the August 22 BBMP poll from ward number 156, Srinagar, on a BJP ticket. <br /><br />She has served as a constable for the last 12 years. From 2003 to 2006, she was posted in Basavanagudi women’s police station. From 2006 to 2015, she served in the office of the Director-General of Police (Public Relation Office). <br /><br />“From the time the polls was announced, I wanted to contest. But I was in a dilemma.... who would like to let go of a government job and that too in the police department,” she said.<br /><br />“My father, C Mayanna, served as a party worker in the BJP for more than 20 years. He also contested from BJP in the previous BBMP polls from Srinagar ward and lost by 88 votes. I was motivated to be a politician only by looking at my father. I also used to observe him listening to the plight of the common man and the joy from solving their issues,” she said. “I always wanted to serve the people. So I joined the police force, but I could not do much, as we are held up with various other works. Also, we cannot help people as we are in the lower rung of the system,” she added.<br /><br />Savitha’s husband Chandrashekar is a manager in a private company. She has two children, while her daughter is studying in class X, her son is in class IX.<br /></p>
<p>Giving up a government job for a plunge in the unpredictable political waters may not seem like an ideal career choice, but J M Savitha, a police constable, has risked what a few would. <br /><br /></p>.<p>A BA graduate from Vasavi College, Savitha will contest the August 22 BBMP poll from ward number 156, Srinagar, on a BJP ticket. <br /><br />She has served as a constable for the last 12 years. From 2003 to 2006, she was posted in Basavanagudi women’s police station. From 2006 to 2015, she served in the office of the Director-General of Police (Public Relation Office). <br /><br />“From the time the polls was announced, I wanted to contest. But I was in a dilemma.... who would like to let go of a government job and that too in the police department,” she said.<br /><br />“My father, C Mayanna, served as a party worker in the BJP for more than 20 years. He also contested from BJP in the previous BBMP polls from Srinagar ward and lost by 88 votes. I was motivated to be a politician only by looking at my father. I also used to observe him listening to the plight of the common man and the joy from solving their issues,” she said. “I always wanted to serve the people. So I joined the police force, but I could not do much, as we are held up with various other works. Also, we cannot help people as we are in the lower rung of the system,” she added.<br /><br />Savitha’s husband Chandrashekar is a manager in a private company. She has two children, while her daughter is studying in class X, her son is in class IX.<br /></p>