Congratulatory tweets are pouring in for BJP’s Chandana Bauri, the wife of a everyday wage earner, who has won from the Saltora constituency in West Bengal. Chandana Bauri, 30, defeated Sontosh Kumar Mondal of Trinamool Congress by a margin of more than 4,000 votes. The win — as a lot of pointed out on Twitter – was made more inspiring by her humble beginnings.
According to her election affidavit, Ms Bauri, a mother of 3, owns assets worth just Rs 31,985, although her husband’s assets quantity to Rs 30,311. Ms Bauri’s husband is a everyday wager labourer who performs as a mason. The couple owns 3 goats and 3 cows.
“Before the tickets were announced I had no idea that I would be selected as a candidate in the legislative assembly polls. Many people encouraged me to apply for a nomination online, but I did not think I would be able to achieve this feat,” she had told news agency ANI in March.
On Twitter, news of Chandana Bauri’s win delighted supporters. One Twitter user celebrated the victory of a “common woman” with no political connections
Show her.. victory of this prevalent lady.. chandana bauri Saltora seat.. a lady with no political background, Money energy ????
This is the cause to smile.. ???? pic.twitter.com/1NR6bp519r
— Sanjay Shrivastava ???????? #जय श्री राम???? (@casanjay_shri) May 2, 2021
“Congratulations on a splendid & inspiring victory,” a different wrote.
Congratulations on a splendid & inspiring victory Smt.Chandana Bauri ji.@BJP4Bengalhttps://t.co/d1LgtfSfNa
— Sumiran Komarraju (@SumiranKV) May 2, 2021
Many on the microblogging platform hailed her story as inspiring as they congratulated her. Take a look at some of the reactions:
#Chandana Bauri Is Leading and will Declared Winner inside Hours She Is Daily wager @doctorrichabjp Ji https://t.co/3auYYqYb3x
— Shubham Thorat (@Shubham36551970) May 2, 2021
Chandana Bouri from Saltora constituency has won by 4145 votes!
Remember-her total worth is ₹31,985 with 3 goats, 3 cows and one hut. pic.twitter.com/1pTVxauY7D— Bengali Babu (@hatecommie) May 2, 2021
Chandana Bouri from Saltora constituency has won by 4145 votes…. pic.twitter.com/LjbelrOBSw
— Abhijit Basak ???????????????????????? (@Abhijit_Basak83) May 2, 2021
Saltora was won by the Trinamool’s Swapan Barui the last two occasions. This time, TMC had fielded Sontosh Kumar Mondal from the seat.
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is top in 216 of Bengal’s 294 seats and the BJP appears set to finish beneath the one hundred-mark.