Simranjit Singh/Shahjahanpur: In Shahjahanpur, a person named Vaidyaraj Kishan has already staked claim from ward member to presidential election. However, due to new rules, his nomination in the presidential election was rejected. Vaidyaraj Kishan, who had contested 19 different elections, entered politics in 1974 after being influenced by a speech by the country’s former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The special thing is that Vaidyaraj Kishan comes to file nomination in every election in a very unique way. This time he has geared up for the Lok Sabha elections and is once again making a big claim of victory.
Vaidyaraj Kishan can be called the land holder of Shahjahanpur. It is noteworthy that Nagarmal Bajauria was called Dharti Pakad. According to statistics, Nagarmal Bajauria has registered the record of contesting elections 282 times. He could not win an election even once in his life in Bihar. But, he never accepted defeat. Regarding his defeat, Dharti Pakad says, I want to tell and prove the importance of a common man in democracy.
This is Vaidyaraj Kishan’s dream
Vaidyaraj Kishan, resident of Hundal Khel Mohalla of Shahjahanpur, is about 63 years old. Vaidyaraj Kishan, who prepares indigenous medicines from herbs and serves the people. But he also wants to serve the people by coming into politics. Vaidyaraj Kishan was fond of serving the society by becoming a politician since childhood. Vaidyaraj considers the country’s former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee as his ideal. Vaidyaraj has contested 19 elections so far and now he is preparing to contest the Lok Sabha elections once again.
Atal ji had blessed
Vaidyaraj completed his 12th class from the city’s college in 1975-76. Along with studies, he also worked as an announcer in talkies at a daily salary of 10 paise. During this time, former Prime Minister of the country, late Atal Bihari Vajpayee came to Shahjahanpur and Vaidyaraj Kishan also came to listen to the speech of late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Here Atal ji patted the back of Vaidyaraj Kishan, encouraged him by putting on the badge and blessed him.
Challenged even a powerful leader of UP twice
Vaidyaraj Kishan has contested from ward member to presidential elections. When he contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2009, he got more than 8 thousand votes. After that, he got about 5 thousand votes in the year 2014 and contested the Lok Sabha elections in the year 2019 also. In which he got about 6 thousand votes. Apart from this, Vaidyaraj Kishan has also contested the MLC election once. He has also contested against Municipal Corporation President three times and UP Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna in the assembly elections in 2017 and 2022. This time Vaidyaraj Kishan has again jumped into the fray of Lok Sabha elections.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 23, 2024, 15:05 IST