What’s common between PM Modi and Meenakshi, who is fighting Panchayat elections in Muzaffarnagar?

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Prime Minister, Narendra Modi case of helming the nation now for the second term has created an example for others to follow. Recently, Meenakshi, 35, is a candidate for the village head's post in the Panchayat elections in Muzaffarnagar.</p>
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Meenakshi is a graduate from the Meerut University, and her husband, Gyan Singh, is a local labourer. She is now preparing to contest from her village, Chorawala, which is a reserved SC seat with around 7,000 voters.</p>
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In order to make ends meets, Meenakshi has been selling tea since the past three years. She was provided a tea stall under the National Rural Livelihood Mission scheme.</p>
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"I have been inspired by the journey of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. If he can become a Prime minister after selling tea, why can't I — a 'chaiwali'– become a village head?" she asks.</p>
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Contesting as an independent candidate, she says that she does not enjoy the support of any political party but has full support from the people in the village.</p>
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According to Gyan Singh, her husband, "In 2015, villagers elected my wife as a Gram Panchayat member. Now, villagers told my wife that if Modi ji, who used to sell tea, can become a Prime Minister, then she can at least contest for the village head's post."</p>
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Mother of three children, Meenakshi, is confident of her victory and promises to bring development to her village.</p>
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<em><u>(With inputs from IANS)</u></em></p>