Meet Teetar Singh, a candidate in Rajasthan polls who has lost more than thirty elections and is running again

 Meet Teetar Singh, a candidate in Rajasthan polls who has lost more than thirty elections and is running again

Since the 1970s, Teetar Singh has participated in 31 elections, ranging from Gram Panchayat to Lok Sabha, and has never won.

Teetar Singh, a 78-year-old daily wage laborer from Ganganagar, Rajasthan, who is a beneficiary of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), has submitted his candidacy to run for legislative assembly for the 32nd time.

Singh, who has run in 31 elections from Gram Panchayat to Lok Sabha since the 1970s but has never won, is making another run at the Sri Karanpur assembly seat on November 25. Singh discussed his aims if elected to office and his rage at the previous state governments in an interview with Hindustan Times.

Since the 1970s, have you run for office and lost each time? What motivates you to run for office each and every time?

This is my thirty-second electoral campaign. After my four generations, the state governments—both BJP and Congress—have done nothing to further the village's growth or help the underprivileged. The impoverished should get land and infrastructure from the government.

What would be your top priorities if you were elected this time?

If I were elected as an MLA, I would prioritize building the village's roads, carrying out various development projects there, and pleading with the government to provide land to the landless and low-income laborers.

Refundable deposit for each election

As to the article by Live Hindustan, Singh claimed to have only completed his studies up to class 5. He can still sign his name even though he has lost the ability to read and write due to his advanced age.

The study also said that Singh received 653 votes in the 2018 assembly elections, 427 votes in the 2013 assembly elections, and 938 votes in the 2008 Rajasthan assembly elections.

The elderly Dalit citizen, who lives in '25 F' village, has lost everything in every election he has run for, including his security deposit. When the Congress dominated politics in the desert states until 1990, he began running for office in the 1970s.

After the grand old party lost the 1990 assembly election, the BJP created a government led by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, but the government's term was short-lived because to the 1992 destruction of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.

The BJP won the same election and went on to establish the government in the arid state in 1993. The Congress won the 1998 election and went on to win the 2003 assembly elections, but they were defeated by the BJP.

With 96 seats as opposed to the BJP's 78, the Congress became the single biggest party in 2008. With the assistance of independents, the grand old party established the government.

But the BJP won 163 seats in the 2013 elections, crushing the Congress to become the government once again under Vasundhara Raje. With 100 seats, the Congress regained its majority in 2018, while the BJP, which was in power, managed just 72. on the last five years, the state has seen a fierce power struggle between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot on a number of topics.

Assembly elections in Rajasthan are slated on November 25. The results will be tallied on December 3.