Away from the limelight and political support for NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu or UPA’s Yashwant Sinha, 47-year-old Raju Das from Panchagram in south Assam’s Hailakhandi district quietly entered the presidential election fray, simply “to give his state due representation”. For”. National Forum”.
As News18 spoke to Das, he was in a hurry to travel several miles to donate blood for an expectant mother.
“Our representatives in the state assembly and parliament have failed us. They have not been able to raise our issues on the national platform. I wish that Assam and my hometown of Barak Valley get the attention it deserves. Recently, when Silchar faced the worst flood in recent history, the political drama of Maharashtra politics was going on in a hotel in Guwahati. Ironically, politics has got the upper hand as far as representation on the national stage is concerned. It is sad because there should be equality. I firmly believe that the President should address these differences,” says Das.
Das, an art graduate, who owns a paan shop in the industrial township of Panchagram, has high hopes from Murmu.
“Murmu belongs to a tribal-dominated area and the tea garden community in Assam has a fair representation. She will understand the backwardness of our state.
Das is actively involved in social service and says his wife and son, who are graduating in their fourth semester, support his work.
“I do not have the support of MPs and MLAs, but nomination requires the candidate to attain the age of 35 years and deposit an amount of Rs 15,000. I am independent and have no political affiliations.” “I am just happy doing my job.”
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