On Wednesday, a “sympathy wave” helped a dead man win the Panchayat elections in Bihar.
This tragic event occurred in Bihar’s Jamui district, about 200 kilometers from Patna, when officials presented certificates to candidates who had won elections on November 24.
Sohan Murmu, one of the winning candidates, was unable to attend the awards ceremony due to illness.
According to a list published by the Union Home Ministry a few years ago, this village was one of the worst-infested by ultra-Left insurgents in the district in the 1990s.
According to the family members of his opponent, Murmu’s final wish was to be elected. As a result, they chose to keep their mouths shut. Nobody in the neighborhood had even mentioned it to us. According to the BDO, they all voted to grant his final wish.
Murmu’s relatives and villagers have contributed to an increase in the officials’ workload.
“No one can receive the winner’s certificate.” “We are going to send a written request to the state election commission to declare the election in question null and void and request that new elections be held for the concerned ward,” Mr. Tripathi said.
