21-yr-old wins Zila Parishad election in Kangra

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur, January 23

Nancy Dadhoch (21) is probably the youngest candidate to win the Zila Parishad election in the state. She contested the election from the Badukhar ward in Fatehpur development block of Kangra district and secured 8,121 votes while her closest rival got 3,260 votes. The third candidate, Vashla Devi, secured only 1,923 votes out of the total 19,142 votes.

Nancy completed graduation recently and applied for the counseling of B.Ed in two private colleges at Gangth in Indora subdivision and Nurpur. Her father Des Raj told The Tribune that he wanted to fight the Zila Parishad election from the Badukhar ward but after the reservation roaster was declared, the ward was reserved for OBC women. He said that seeing the situation his daughter expressed desire to contest the election and the family allow her. She won the election by a big margin.

Nancy said that her family inspired her to contest the election. She would work for the welfare of poor people of her area who had been deprived of the benefits of government schemes.