Post Date: Post Date – 11:00 PM, Sat – Nov 5th
file photo
Nargonda: KA Paul, founder of the Praja Shanti Party, was one of the contestants in the Munugode poll, and he was a different candidate. The evangelist-turned-politician’s different ways of campaigning, including dancing with children and voters, offer some relief to voters who have witnessed fierce and caustic campaigns from other parties.
Videos of his dancing went viral, as did videos of him running from polling station to polling station. In an interview with Telangana Today on Saturday, Paul was very serious, pointing to the need to save Indian democracy from BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Paul said he spent just Rs 300,000 on the campaign, which is said to be one of the most costly elections in the country’s history. The evangelist-turned-politician said the Munugord election was a challenging one for the major parties. Paul said the Rs 18,000 crore contract for a single political leader led to the vote and he decided to play, adding that he is confident that one day he will be a Telangana leader like Kejriwal did in Delhi. Chief Minister.
Democracy in India is dying due to some conspiracy, he said, adding that he wrote a book “Saving India from Modi – 41 Reasons Modi Should Be Defeated”. Expressing that Modi is focusing on the Munugode bypoll as he plans to replicate what the BJP has done in the eight states of Telangana, he claims the BJP has deregistered the Praja Shanti party and has not given him the helicopter logo. election. Referring to the BJP leader’s statement on the youth voting for Munughod’s BJP candidate, he said the BJP government did not secure the promised 20 crore jobs, nor did it pay Rs 1.5 crore as promised. into people’s bank accounts. He asked how young people would vote for the BJP.
Paul, who has set an example by spending just Rs 300,000 in Munugode’s campaign, said the rings on his 10 fingers are actually made of rolled gold and cost less than Rs 500 each. He wears them just to promote the election emblem he said was assigned to him.
