UP: Man who worked as street light operator gets elected as Nagar Panchyat chairman
Shahjahanpur (UP), May 16 (PTI) From sleeping on streets hungry and attempting suicide, Mukhtar Ahmed Masoodi has come a long way to become the chairman of Meeranpur Katra Nagar Panchyat where he was earlier engaged as street light operator.
He was elected to the post as a Congress candidate in the Uttar Pradesh urban local body polls, the results of which were declared on May 13.
Talking to PTI, Masoodi, a resident of Pilibhit district, said that around 10 years ago, his wife left him and went back to her maternal home in Budaun.
