The nomination process for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections started last week. While many people are contesting these elections to win, there is one person who is signing in just so that he can lose.?
A man named?Hasanuram Ambedkari has?filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate?from the Kheragarh Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh's Agra. He is set to contest his 94th election and has done it so that he can lose a hundred elections.?
Apparently,?37 pamphlets were sold on the first day of enrollment. One eunuch, two women and 34 men took the pamphlets. Among them, the story of Hasnooram Ambedkar is unique in itself. Even though he has already lost 93 elections, his determination remains the same.?
Ambedkari is a member of the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) founded by Kanshi Ram. He said that he has fought all elections according to the ideology of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar.
The man works as a farm labourer and has a MNREGA job card. He does not have any formal schooling but can read and write Hindi, Urdu, and English.??
The man has contested elections since 1985 for various bodies, including the Lok Sabha, state Assembly and panchayat elections from different seats.He even filed his nomination papers for the post of the President of India in 1988 but his nomination was rejected.
Ambedkari contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Agra and Fatehpur Sikri seats. In 2021, he fought the zila panchayat elections.?
He told IANS, "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 has started his door-to-door campaign for UP Assembly elections with his wife and supporters."My agenda has always been impartial and corruption-free development and welfare of the marginalised in society," he said.?
He was also a member of BSP for a very brief amount of time. He told Deccan Herald, "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 said.
That's one way to do it.
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