Ground report from Varanasi’s Dalit basti: Women said- if we vote for lotus then we will say that if we have given to elephant then why vote for someone else – Bharat Times Hindi News

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Paterwan village is 11 km from Varanasi railway station and just 3 km from Sarnath. Dalit and Rajbhar class people live there. No MLA or minister ever reached here. Even if development has come, it is half-finished. We reached the same village and learned about the situation there. Let us know the situation there one by one.

Electricity bill became a disaster for women
Village woman Sukhdei Devi says that she has got free electricity connection from Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. A bulb burns in my house, whose bill has come to 32 thousand. But how will a poor man pay the electricity bill of 32 thousand rupees? The husband is paralyzed and handicapped, there is no earner in the house, somehow he works as a laborer to support himself.


Sukhdei Devi says that how a daily wage laborer will pay the electricity bill of 32 thousand.

Poor’s dream of pucca roof unfulfilled
Taking her little child in her lap, Preeti tells that she lives in a kutcha hut with a tarpaulin. They have not got housing under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. Many times they demand accommodation from the village head but he does not listen. There are 3 small children. I do not understand how to teach them, how to write and how to feed them. Kiran has the same problem. Showing that thatched hut, she says that she does not even have a house to live in. There is a lot of trouble when it rains, rain water drips from the kutcha house.

Preeti lives with a tarpaulin.  Till now they have not got the benefit of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.  He has 3 small children.  Due to lack of a roof over their head, they have to face a lot of difficulties in living.

Preeti lives with a tarpaulin. Till now they have not got the benefit of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. He has 3 small children. Due to lack of a roof over their head, they have to face a lot of difficulties in living.

Many people did not get the benefit of the Prime Minister’s Toilet Scheme
Village resident Vinod told that the Prime Minister gets Rs 12000 for the toilet. But many people did not get it and some money was not released by the village head.

Water enters the houses during the rainy season, no drain for the drain
Drain has not been made to drain water in the village, when it rains, water enters the house. It becomes difficult even to walk in the street. The situation gets worse at the time of marriage. There is so much water that the procession cannot go inside the village. There is no procession house in this village.

Counting all these problems, 60-year-old Sonu says that the government does not consider us humans.

Water is stagnant at many places due to lack of sewerage in the village.  During the rainy season water enters the houses.

Water is stagnant at many places due to lack of sewerage in the village. During the rainy season water enters the houses.

Women say that even if they vote for Kamal, no one believes, everyone says that they would have voted for Mayawati.
Whose government should be formed, with whom is the Dalit settlement? On the question of Savitri Devi, the woman of the village says that whether you vote for Kamal or anyone else, no one believes. Everyone says that if she was a Dalit, she would have voted for Mayawati, so this time she is with BSP.

Savitri Devi said that even if you vote for Kamal, no one believes, everyone says that you would have voted for Mayawati, so this time my vote will go to BSP.

Savitri Devi said that even if you vote for Kamal, no one believes, everyone says that you would have voted for Mayawati, so this time my vote will go to BSP.

BJP did nothing, change should happen
Surendra said that this time there should be a change, Akhilesh, Mayawati should come, but BJP should not come. Inflation has increased so much that edible oil is being available at Rs 200 per liter. How will a poor man earning 300 rupees a day by doing daily wages run his house. Now free ration is being given for electoral benefits, as soon as the elections are over, he will stop getting free ration.

Surendra expressed his displeasure over the current government and said that this time there should be a change, Akhilesh, Mayawati come but not BJP.

Surendra expressed his displeasure over the current government and said that this time there should be a change, Akhilesh, Mayawati come but not BJP.

After winning the elections, Netaji goes to Lucknow, then for 5 years he does not even look at the township.
26-year-old Jaichand Bharti said that Netaji goes to Lucknow after winning elections. Then after 5 years, they do not even look once towards the settlement. He lied to the sitting MLA Anil Rajbhar and said that he did not come even once in 5 years. Seeking the vote of the poor man is only till the election.

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