Agra:

He first contested in state elections in 1985, however after 98 electoral defeats 78-year-old Hasnuram Ambedkari ‘Dharti Pakad’ continues to be as desirous to file his nomination on this Lok Sabha polls.

“This time additionally I’m positive that I will likely be defeated on each seats. However, my purpose is to contest for the a hundredth time, and after that, I can’t contest any election,” says Ambedakri, who earns his dwelling as an MNREGA employee.

Ambedkari, who hails from Kheragarh tehsil of Agra district, fought his first election as an Impartial in March 1985 towards the Bahujan Samajwadi Get together (BSP) candidate from Kheragarh constituency of Agra district.

On Friday, he once more had the nomination papers in his arms and mentioned he would file them for the Agra reserved seat and Fatehpur Sikri seat.

“I’ve fought elections since 1985 for Gram Pradhan, state meeting, gram panchayat, MLA, MLC, and Lok Sabha. I additionally filed my candidature for the publish of President of India however that was rejected..,” he mentioned.

His journey of persistently contesting elections as an Impartial and dropping has even obtained him the Hindi sobriquet of ‘Dharti Pakad’ given to such candidates after the well-known Kaka Joginder Singh ‘Dharti Pakad’, who had unsuccessfully contested over 300 elections – even the presidential polls.

On what prompted him to contest successive elections, he advised PTI, “I left my job for the publish of ‘Amin’ within the Agra tehsil on the finish of the yr 1984 as I used to be promised a ticket by the BSP a ticket to contest from the Kheragarh seat.

“However I used to be later refused the ticket by the then convener of the celebration within the area and he mocked me ‘tumhe tumhari biwi vote nahi degi, toh koi or kya tumhe vote dega’ (Even your spouse is not going to vote for you, then why would others).” To avenge the humiliation, Ambedkari mentioned, he contested the seat and obtained third place within the election consequence. “I made my plan to contest extra elections to show that I can even get votes from folks,” he mentioned.

Ambedkari shared that he’s a follower of Dalit icon Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and actively related to the Backward and Minority Communities Workers’ Federation (BAMCEF) from the yr 1977 until 1985.

“On Monday, I’ll file nominations for each the seats and after finishing the nomination process will go to folks to hunt votes,” mentioned Ambedkari.

He mentioned his spouse Shiva Devi (70) and sons help his “dream of contesting elections” and help him financially to file nominations for the election.

“I’m going personally to satisfy my supporters and request them to vote for me within the election. I additionally ship handwritten postcards of enchantment to vote for me to these whom I’m not in a position to contact bodily,” he mentioned.

“I’ve 5 sons and all are working as labourers and are married. My daughters-in-law, grandchildren and daughters all help me within the marketing campaign,” he mentioned Voting in Agra and Fatehpur Sikri Lok Sabha seats will likely be on Might 7 within the third part of Lok Sabha elections. The submitting of nominations started on April 12 and would proceed until April 19. 

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