The MLA borrowed his brother-in-law’s bike, pasted a “MLA” sticker on it.
Bhopal/Ratlam:
Newly-elected Bharat Adivasi Get together (BAP) MLA Kamleshwar Dodiyar rode to Bhopal on motorbike as he couldn’t get a automobile, and broadcast his trip dwell by means of social media.
Dodiyar, the lone MLA of his get together, was elected from the Sailana constituency in Ratlam district within the November 17 elections to the Madhya Pradesh Meeting.
He tried to rearrange a automobile for his first go to to the state capital after changing into an MLA, however couldn’t get one, he instructed reporters.
Lastly he borrowed his brother-in-law’s bike, pasted a sticker with the phrase “MLA” on it, and rode off with an affiliate braving chilly climate, Dodiyar stated after reaching Bhopal on Wednesday evening after a 330-km trip.
After reaching Bhopal, he discovered lodging on the MLA Relaxation Home as a `visitor’.
On Thursday, he lay prostrate earlier than the meeting’s entry gate to pay his respects to the temple of democracy after which introduced his credentials as an MLA earlier than the officers.
In a submit on social media, the place he tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Ratlam police, Dodiyar stated since he couldn’t prepare a automobile for travelling to Bhopal to finish paperwork on the meeting, he was leaving on a motorcycle and essential safety ought to be supplied for him in order that nothing untoward occurs on the way in which.
He additionally broadcast his trip to Bhopal by means of Fb Reside.
As he belongs to the household of a poor labourer, he can’t afford a four-wheeler, and he contested the election by borrowing cash from individuals, he stated.
Dodiyar, who defeated sitting Congress MLA Harsh Vijay Gehlot by 4,618 votes, is pursuing LLB from Delhi College.
Whereas the BJP bagged 163 seats and the Congress 66 seats, BAP gained the remaining one seat within the 230-member meeting.
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