Ganesh Chandra Chauhan, BJP’s winning candidate from DhanghataPhoto : ANILucknow: In real-life rags to riches story, a sanitation worker aced an Assembly seat in the recently-held elections in Uttar Pradesh and thanked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for giving him the opportunity.Ganesh Chandra Chauhan, a sanitation worker who contested the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 as a BJP candidate, won by a margin of 10,553 votes. He contested from the Dhanghata seat in Sant Kabir Nagar.Following his victory, he talked to media and said that the BJP and people have given a message that even an ordinary worker can reach greater heights.He continued saying, “PM Modi 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.”
Ganesh Chandra Chauhan, a sanitation worker who contested #UttarPradeshElections as a BJP candidate, won by a margi… t.co/p2Lb17AJ7P— ANI (@ANI) Mar 14, 2022Reflecting on his unbelievable victory, Chauhan said, “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 the ticket, people came to meet me, they were emotional. The day I won, rickshaw pullers came and hugged me.”In the recently-concluded Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP won 255 seats in the 403-member assembly while its two allies secured another 18 seats.It was for the first time in decades that a party was able to secure a successive term in Uttar Pradesh. Yogi Adityanath will be elected chief minister of the state for the second time in a row.