Puducherry Assembly elections | Campaign on ‘wheels’

March 21, 2021 02:01 am | Updated 02:01 am IST - Puducherry

BJP’s candidate in Puducherry for Kamaraj Nagar, A. John Kumar, canvassing for votes in a wheel chair on Saturday.

BJP’s candidate in Puducherry for Kamaraj Nagar, A. John Kumar, canvassing for votes in a wheel chair on Saturday.

The BJP’s candidate in Puducherry for Kamaraj Nagar, A. John Kumar, has managed to turn a mini-crisis into an opportunity by using a wheelchair to campaign in his constituency. He had injured his leg after it got stuck in a broken pavement slab while campaigning recently. Since Friday evening, he has been seeking votes sitting in the wheelchair with his leg in a cast. Not unlike Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the BJP’s bitter rival in West Bengal, who has also been wheelchair-bound.

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