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Election candidate stuns villagers with real chimney

Keeps fire burning so it emits smoke

- BY LATA RANI Correspond­ent

Acandidate in fray for the village council elections in Bihar has turned to a fascinatin­g idea to woo the voters.

With the state election commission allotting Swati Singh ‘Chimney’ as the poll symbol, the candidate fighting elections for the post of village council chief has installed a real chimney on an electric rickshaw to catch the attention of the voters. What is interestin­g, the chimney also emits smoke wherever it goes.

Reports said the candidate Swati Singh was finding it difficult to convince the rustic villagers to vote for ‘Chimney’. While many villagers were not aware about the chimney in rural areas, others were not showing interest in her candidatur­e.

Eventually, her husband Binod Singh came up with an interestin­g idea of putting an original chimney on display and thus, keep the villagers spellbound!

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