Veena Thakur and her husband Jaram Thakur were elected pradhan and up-pradhan of Madholi gram panchayat in Indora development block of Kangra district for the second time in the first phase of elections to panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) on Tuesday. Veena had secured 815 votes whereas the next contender got 365 votes. Similarly, her husband had secured 670 votes while his opponent got 461 votes in the panchayat elections. The couple had started contesting elections in its native gram panchayat in 2000 when Jaram Singh was elected panchayat up-pradhan for the first time. Veena was elected up-pradhan in 2005. In 2010, Jaram Singh was unanimously elected panchayat up-pradhan. Again in 2015, he was elected up-pradhan of Madholi gram panchayat after the pradhan’s post was reserved for Schedule Caste women. They could not contest the panchayat elections in 2020 but this time, the couple won both posts in the panchayat.
Jaram Singh claimed that he and his wife Veena had always rendered selfless service to the residents of their panchayat.
