Ex-MLA Sengar’s staunch rival wins Makhi pradhan election

Kanpur: In another setback to former MLA and Unnao rape case convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar, his rival Shishupal Singh won the Gram Sabha election for Makhi village head post on Monday.
As per the district election officials, Shishupal Singh defeated Ram Milan by a margin of 2,213 votes. Unnao went to the polls on April 26.
After the result was declared, supporters of Shishupal were seen celebrating his victory.
Though no one from the family of Kuldeep Singh Sengar had contested gram sabha elections this time, his family members had held various posts in panchayat level bodies in Unnao.
Sengar’s maternal grandfather, Babu Singh, was Makhi village head for nearly 37 years, till Sengar succeeded him in 1988, and remained the gram pradhan for seven years.
His aunt contested the election unsuccessfully in 1995 when the post was reserved for women. Sengar’s mother, Chunni Devi, was elected village head in 2000 and was re-elected in 2005.
In 2015, the former MLA’s sister-in-law Archana Singh was elected as Makhi village head.
To recall, BJP had recently withdrawn the candidature of Sengar’s wife Sangeeta after announcing her name as candidate for the district panchayat member from Ward No. 22 of Fatehpur Chaurasi.
The candidature of Sangeeta Sengar was later cancelled.
Kuldeep Sengar was awarded life sentence by a Delhi court on December 20, 2019 for raping a 17-year-old girl in Unnao.
After his conviction, Sengar was disqualified as member of the legislative assembly.