Raigarh: A eunuch scripted history by winning the Mayor's election in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh Municipal Corporation, defeating his nearest rival from BJP.
Independent candidate Madhu Kinnar won the Mayoral election of the Raigarh Municipal Corporation by 4,537 votes against BJP's Mahaveer Guruji, an election official said. Madhu, 35, belonging to Dalit community, is the first eunuch to get elected as Mayor in the state.
"People have shown faith in me. I consider this win as love and blessings of people for me. I'll put in my best efforts to accomplish their dreams," Madhu said after winning the election.
After studying upto eighth standard, Madhu, whose real name is Naresh Chauhan, took up different works and used to collect money by singing and dancing in trains.
"I only spent Rs 60,000-70,000 from my earnings during my campaign. It was the public support that encouraged me to enter the poll fray for the first time and because of their support only, I emerged as the winner," Madhu added.
"We accept the decision of people and we will review it," BJP district president Rajesh Sharma said.
The selection of candidate should be done looking into the situation, he said. The counting of votes for the two-phase civic body polls for 154 urban bodies in the state is underway on Monday.
