Former IAS officer Divya Mittal, who resigned from the Indian Administrative Service after a 13-year career, on Thursday announced the formation of her political party, Jan-niti Bharat Party, and said it would contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
The party will contest the 2027 UP Assembly polls,” she said. With the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections approaching, her announcement marks her formal entry into the state’s political landscape. In a video message posted on social media, including X, Mittal outlined three key promises of her proposed party, focusing on people-centric policymaking, decisions based on need rather than identity, and public accountability. “I will make my own political party… Jan-niti Bharat Party. “I will do politics, but not with any political party. In her resignation message, she reflected on her experiences working with farmers, families seeking land rights and people with disabilities.
Explaining the party’s first promise, Mittal said people would be at the centre of policymaking and would have a say in shaping policies. Its motto, she said, would be “Jan se niti, Niti se Bharat” (Policy by the people, policies that build Bharat). I will do politics with people,” Mittal had said. She wrote that her administrative career had taught her that “behind every government file is a person”. She has said the party will contest the polls, though she has not yet disclosed which constituency she might contest from.
