Kailash, 55, plowing his fields in remote Barmandal village, says he is well aware of the Congress-led
Government’s welfare initiatives for farmers, but that is not a guarantee that it will support him in the upcoming
assembly elections. Will vote. He told the media, The candidate should be such that he is easily available to the
public. This is the first thing I look for in a candidate before casting my vote.
Kailash says that the congress government of the state gave mobile phones to women but not everyone has got
them yet and those who have not got them are disappointed. However, he also claimed that people have
benefited from schemes like chiranjeevi health Insurance Scheme. Under chiranjeevi Yojana, every family gets
health insurance up to Rs 25 lakh. He said, It is difficult for the people of this area to get expensive treatment in
private hospitals. In such a situation, the work of the congress government in the health sector is commendable.
local leader matters more than CM
Barmandal village falls in Pratapgarh assembly constituency. Kailash is not alone in having such thinking here.
Others the media spoke to also emphasized that candidates' connect with voters will determine who gets their
votes. Another farmer Banwari Sharma said that the face of the local candidate matters more than the face of the
Chief Minister. He said, people want work under MNREGA (Mahatma gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act) and the local mla should stand with them in their time of need. Sources of income are limited
here. Men go to gujarat and madhya pradesh to earn livelihood while women work in the fields.
Banwari Sharma said, Resources are limited and if the mla is easily available to the general public, then
people's work gets done easily. Therefore, they want to make such a person their mla who is easily available to
the public. He said that the needs of the people here are limited, but they want that the repair of roads and other
important works related to the government should be done easily.
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