Agra, Jan 20: The Kheragarh Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh's Agra will witness a novel contestant -- 74-year-old Hasanuram Ambedkari, who's all set to contest his 94th election this time. He has filed his nomination papers as an unbiased candidate.
Ambedkari mentioned he works as farm labour and has an MNREGA job card. He doesn't have any formal education however can learn and write Hindi, Urdu, and English. A member of the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) based by Kanshi Ram, Ambedkari mentioned that he fought all elections in line with the ideology of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023: Yogi Adityanath to Contest From Gorakhpur, Keshav Prasad Maurya from Prayagraj's Sirathu Constituency.
He has been unsuccessfully contesting elections since 1985 for varied our bodies, together with the Lok Sabha, state Assembly, and panchayat elections from totally different seats. In 1988, his nomination for the put up of the President of India was rejected.
He mentioned, "I contest elections to lose. The winning politicians forget the masses. I want to set a record of losing elections 100 times. I do not care who my opponents are as I contest elections to give an option to voters who believe in Ambedkar's ideology."
Ambedkari contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Agra and Fatehpur Sikri seats, however forfeited his deposit. He fought the zila panchayat elections in 2021. He secured the very best quantity of votes (36,000) within the 1989 Lok Sabha elections from the Firozabad seat.
Ambedkari has began door-to-door campaigning along with his spouse and supporters. He mentioned, "My agenda has always been impartial and corruption-free development and welfare of the marginalised in society."
He was additionally briefly a member of the BSP as effectively. "I was a dedicated worker of BAMCEF and also worked for the BSP to strengthen its roots in UP. In 1985, when I asked for a ticket, I was ridiculed and told that not even my wife would vote for me. I was deeply disheartened and since then, I have been contesting every election as an independent candidate," he mentioned. (The above story first appeared on SociallyKeeda on Jan 20, 2023 10:05 PM IST. For more information and updates on politics, world, sports activities, entertainment and life-style, go browsing to our web site sociallykeeda.com).
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