A man broke his month-long fast and silence to mark the victory of Chief Minister Raman Singh who had managed to win 49 seats for the BJP in the 90-member State legislative Assembly.
Nandram Gandharb, a resident of Kathoutia village in the district of Bemetara was on fast since Dec 16. He was observing silence November 19 with a hope that Singh will come to power again and will become Chief Minister for third successive term. He broke his fast and silence only on Thursday evening after Singh took the oath of office as chief Minister at the police parade ground here and reached the ministry at the Naya Raipur.
Raman and his family participated in a religious ritual performed at the gate of the ministry on the occasion. Gandharb broke his fast after receiving holy offering from CM. Gandharb said he is a big fan of Raman Singh and walked down about 100 kilometres from his village to reach Raipur after he heard the news that Singh will the State’s Chief Minister again. Gandharb also handed over to the Chief Minister a wooden sculpture made by him.
The Chief Minister not only gave him the holy offering, but also gave him some money. Gandharb was accompanied by many villagers.