Stirred by poverty in villages and rising fuel prices, a candidate has decided to shun the use of costly vehicles and is seeking votes by riding a buffalo in the Basti Sadar assembly constituency of Uttar Pradesh, which goes to polls this month. Elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases from February 8 to March 3.
Prajatantrik Congress Party candidate Ghamalu Chaudhary said: “I am campaigning while sitting on a buffalo. The prices of petrol and diesel are at its peak. The big politicians from the big parties are campaigning while sitting in luxury cars, but I am working alongside the poor people and I have seen their poverty, and thus, I am campaigning by sitting on a buffalo.
Agencies