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KANPUR: Bikroo village in Kanpur Dehat does no longer want any advent. One and a part years again, the village had hit the headlines because of the deeds of a dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey who had ambushed a police celebration killing 8 police officers together with 3 sub-inspectors and a Deputy SP at the intervening evening of July 2 and three, 2020.
“Now neither Vikas Dubey is there nor his terror. For us ongoing elections are a minimum of a pageant this time,” says Rakesh Pandey beaming with a grin of aid and pointing against a gaggle of kids working with flags of various political events within the village.
3 many years again, the emergence of gangster Dubey in Bikroo led the solar of democracy set on this nondescript village and adjacent ones as smartly. Dubey used to be killed by means of the UP police days after the bloodbath of police officers in 2020.
The exchange within the air of Bikroo is palpable. “It’s for the primary time in 3 many years that we will vote as in line with our personal selection. Previous, throughout the days of Vikas Dubey, the entire village could be compelled to vote the candidate for the celebration whose flag used to flutter on Dubey’s area. No one may dare to flout his name,” says Virendra Dubey residing within the first side road once one enters the village.
Rakesh Pandey, residing shut by means of, smiles and provides: “The rustic were given freedom 75 years in the past however Bikroo citizens become unfastened most effective in 2020.” He claims that the face of the village has modified. “Now persons are discussing their possible choices and expressing their critiques freely. Previous, celebration, which used to have the improve of ‘Panditji’ (Vikas Dubey) may input the village for the marketing campaign,” provides Pandey.
Prior to 2020, Vikas Dubey would make a selection the candidate for them and ensure he used to be voted for at the foundation of gun energy, the locals say.
Bikroo falls in Kanpur Dehat nevertheless it votes in Bilhaur meeting constituency that falls in Kanpur Nagar district. Each Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat districts move to the polls within the 3rd section of the Uttar Pradesh meeting election on February 20.
Whilst that is the primary meeting election with out Vikas Dubey in 30 years, the village were given a Dalit girl Madhu Kamal elected as its head throughout the panchayat polls in 2021.
“The villagers don’t have any one’s concern now. Arrangements are in complete swing for meeting elections and villagers are filled with zeal as they are going to be ready to select a candidate in their selection after a very long time,” says Madhu who isn’t in a position to get photographed.
Previous, no longer most effective Bikroo however round two dozen adjacent villages used to vote following Dubey’s diktat.
Ramkishan Yadav, a milk supplier says he’s a Samajwadi Birthday celebration (SP) supporter however hasn’t made up his thoughts but on whom to vote. “My vote will move to the only in favour of which manner the wind blows,” says Yadav with mischief in his eyes including that he gained’t waste his vote on a shedding candidate.
In a similar way, Kallu, Sonu, Chandra Kishore and Arun, all of their early and mid-20s are satisfied that they are going to forged vote for their very own candidate. “The applicants are coming to marketing campaign in Bikroo after 25 to 30 years,” says Mohammad Aslam, a village elder whose circle of relatives allegedly suffered by the hands of the gangster.
Virtually all the village is devoid of any poster or banner of political events, however some properties have stickers pasted on their doorways for the UP polls. The applicants and celebration employees move to the village looking for votes.
On asking in regards to the problems, the villagers say they are going to consider it whilst casting votes. “For now we’re satisfied that we’re unfastened to vote. Differently, the entirety was pre-decided for us. We didn’t have any say on problems associated with politics,” says Satyendra Kushwaha, who runs a small store.
He says he’s going to vote for Yogi Adityanath who made the village unfastened from the phobia of Vikas Dubey.
OP Dubey, 75, sits close to the erstwhile palatial area of Vikas Dubey. His son Praveen Dubey used to be some of the 4 criminals concerned within the ambush on a fateful evening and used to be later killed in a police come upon. OP Dubey admits that Vikas Dubey had folks in all events and his diktat used to run best.
While, Lalla Khan says he’s going to improve who will lend a hand save vegetation from stray livestock. “The livestock were one of these giant drawback. We have now a hard and fast regimen: move to the fields, keep watch over livestock and guard the vegetation. We do it in combination,” he says.
“He (Vikas Dubey) is long past and so has hassle. Now Bikroo is unfastened from issues,” says Ram Avatar, 67.