UP Elections: Meet the ‘most honest’ MLA of Uttar Pradesh

In a place like Uttar Pradesh, where politics is dominated by money and muscle power, it’s almost impossible to imagine a candidate contesting, and moreover winning elections with less than Rs 10,000 in his account. But would you believe that there actually exists an MLA, that too in Uttar Pradesh, who travels by Roadways buses, sweeps his entire house with hands, wears clothes made of cheapest fabric, and doesn’t even own a car. We are talking about three-time Nizamabad MLA Alam Badi, who is contesting for his fourth term from the same constituency. Aaj Tak reports that Badi was offered a ministerial birth by Akhilesh Yadav government in 2012, but he refused to take it, and as he wanted to work for people only.