Chandana Bauri, wife of a daily wage earner, grabbed spotlight and social media attention in West Bengal after announcement of the assembly polls result on May 2.
According to her election affidavit, Chandana has Rs 6,335 cash in her bank account and lives in a mud hut that has no electricity connection.
She came under spotlight after being elected MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) from Saltora constituency under Bankura in the just-concluded West Bengal assembly polls. She won by defeating TMC rival Santosh Kumar Mondol by a margin of more than 4,000 votes.
Chandana with her family. Photo: Collected
At a time when many high-profile stalwarts of India s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faced huge defeat, and the party s dream to grab West Bengal assembly was crushed, a very ordinary woman bagged an extraordinary victory by fighting against all odds.
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Chandana, A Daily Wager s Wife With Only Rs 6,000 In Bank Account, Scripts Victory In Bengal Polls
In the bitterly fought West Bengal Assembly elections, BJP’s Chandana Bauri romped home from the Saltora constituency, defeating her TMC rival Santosh Kumar Mondol by a margin of more than 4,000 votes. Twitter Outlook Bureau 2021-05-04T13:27:55+05:30 Chandana, A Daily Wager s Wife With Only Rs 6,000 In Bank Account, Scripts Victory In Bengal Polls outlookindia.com 2021-05-04T13:33:37+05:30
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Many a high-profile stalwart of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including Union minister Babul Supriyo may have bitten the dust in the just-concluded Bengal elections but the wife of a daily-wage earner with negligible resources has fought against all odds to script an extraordinary victor
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