It's Paswan for this Paswan

November 08, 2015 08:07

Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com, who is in Patna, and will be bringing us the ground reports from the state, spoke to two rickshaws pullers -- Lal Paswan and Ganesh Mahto. They will vote for for Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party, a BJP ally.

The two friends traveled from Purnea to Patna 25 years ago to support their families. "Kaante ka takkar hoga," says Paswan. "We support the jhopadi (hut, the election symbol of Paswan's LJP)," says Mahto. "He is our only leader. The day he joined hands with the BJP we vowed to vote for the jhopadi and the BJP," he adds.

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