UP Election Result: Meet Ganesh Chandra Chauhan, the newly-elected MLA who used to carry puri sabji for rickshaw pullers
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Chauhan, a sanitation worker who contested the UP Assembly Elections as a BJP candidate, won by a margin of 10,553 votes.
New Delhi: Elections are always full of surprises and shocks. The recently-concluded Assembly polls were no different as Ganesh Chandra Chauhan, who used to carry puri sabji for rickshaw pullers during Covid-19 lockdown, has received people's mandate in Uttar Pradesh.
Chauhan, a sanitation worker who contested the UP Assembly Elections as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, won by a margin of 10,553 votes.
"BJP and people gave the message that even an ordinary worker can reach greater heights," he told ANI.
"PM honoured sanitation workers in Allahabad (Prayagraj), he washed their feet and sent the message that sanitation workers can't be lowly. If they are cleaning the dirt of society, it shows they are definitely great," Chauhan added.
"During Covid-19, I used to carry 'poori-sabzi' in a vehicle for rickshaw pullers. Several people from Bihar live in Sant Kabir Nagar. When I was given a ticket, people came to meet me, they were emotional. The day I won, rickshaw pullers came and hugged me," he said.
