‘Implement Dalit Bandhu across State immediately’
The Hindu
Did the Chief Minister ever hold ‘Praja Darbar’ to know people’s grievances, asks the BJP leader
He was dropped from the Council of Ministers nearly five months ago. A month later, he resigned as MLA. Yet, for considerable number of people, he is still their leader and public representative.
Groups of people and individuals waiting at his house with representations for different reliefs indicate this. The way they throng to come closer to him or shake hands (some standing with folded hands wishing him good luck) with him shows his followers are not wrong in describing him as ‘people’s man’.
Without a break he has been touring every nook and corner of the constituency, which he knows like the back of his hand, seeking his re-election. Having been elected MLA six times in past 17 years, he is adept at winning voters’ mind.