Bidar: Not liquor but water seems to have played a big role in the spectacular win of Mr Rahim Khan of the Congress in the Bidar North by-election.
Mr Khan has been supplying water free of cost in tankers to the people of the district since he lost the Assembly election in 2013. Besides running the Roohi Group of Institutions, a chain of educational institutes in the district, he has half a dozen tankers that supply water to people free o charge.
The move has earned him valuable brownie points as the people of Bidar have been facing an acute drinking water problem of late. Calling the free supply of water a “most pious” duty , he vows to continue providing the service even now that he has been elected to the state Assembly. In fact , he says, he intends to up the service.
“I will bring in more tankers to supply water to more people. I also plan to approach Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to come out with a project to address the water shortage in the constituency ,” he promises.
Mr Rahim Khan defeated the BJP candidate, Prakash Khandre in the Assembly bypoll for which the counting of votes was taken up on Tuesday.
The seat was earlier held by Gurupadappa Nagmarpalli of the BJP. The bypoll became necessary after he passed away recently.
