Bhopal7 minutes agoAuthor: Vijay Singh Baghel
The city of Berasia is about 55 km from Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. it’s in a block ,Sagouni Khurd village. Panchayat elections are to be held here also. It would be surprising to know that there is only one voter in Sagouni Khurd. He is also the priest of the temple. Sagouni Khurd village comes under Garethia Dangi Gram Panchayat. Here 5 candidates are in the fray for the post of Sarpanch. Priest Mahavir Das will vote. This village is deserted even in government records. There is a 200 year old story behind this.
From Devendra Singh Dangi, a resident of Gram Panchayat know Teak Khurd The full story of…
The thing is about 200 years old. Our Dangi family came from Rajasthan. Stayed here at Devalkhedi village. There was a fight over something. The whole family perished in it. At that time a pregnant woman of the family was in her maternal home in Barodi. Because of this she survived. She gave birth to a son. He grew up in his own home. Married too. After that he established Sagouni Khurd village with the help of Nanihal side. He also had two sons. In this village he started facing problems.
They did not have children. When asked by the experts, it was told that this is a divine place. Due to the curse, you will not be able to have children here. You have to leave the village. After this both the brothers left the village. Then 50 to 60 families used to live here.
After this one brother settled teak art, while the other started living in Hinautia in Vidisha district. Among the descendants of the Runkaraiah family of Dangi society, one family is living in Sagouni Kala and the other in Hinautia village. Traces of old houses are found around the temple. Earlier there was also a temple of Patel Baba and Thakur Baba. Now the villagers have made here the life of Panchmukhi Hanuman, Mother Goddess, Shiva family and Shani Maharaj.
Only Mahavir Das priest lives in the temple of Sagouni Khurd. He is the only voter of this village. A government residence has also been built for them.
Devendra Singh Dangi told that the priest lives in the village temple, who is the only voter here.
84 years old priest the only voter
Mahavir Das, an 84-year-old priest living at the temple of Sagauni Khurd, is the only voter. However, due to the village being declared deserted in the government records, his name has also been added to the voter list at number 1200 in the last voter. The priests maintain themselves by cultivating 11 acres of land in the temple. There are about 10 to 12 villages around the temple. These people come to visit the temple. The offerings that come from it are also a source of income.
Mahavir Das is the only voter of Sagouni Khurd village.
Competition between two villages in Panchayat elections
People sitting on the platform near the government school of the Gram Panchayat say that the elections in the Panchayat are held between two villages. Garethia Dangi and Teak art. People of Dangi Samaj, Mehr Samaj, Jatav Samaj, Ahirwar Samaj, Vishwakarma Samaj live in this Panchayat in the Gram Panchayat. There is a struggle in the Panchayat election between Garethia and Sagouni Kala. In the Panchayat elections, the people of the village get united. There he becomes the sarpanch.
This time five candidates are contesting the election of Sarpanch of Panchayat. Grethia has four candidates for the post of sarpanch reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SC). One candidate is contesting from Sagouni Kala.
one out of five female candidates
From Garethia Dangi village, 4 candidates are contesting the election of Sarpanch. Among them, a woman Anita-Rajkumar Meher is also a candidate. Jagdish Meher, Lakhan Singh Meher, and Narmada Prasad Meher are contesting from this village. Narendra Prasad Tillore, the lone candidate from Sagauni Kala village, is in the fray. After the campaigning stops, the round of meetings for solidarity among the villages begins.
Residents of Garethia Dangi village will decide after meeting to cast vote for one of the four candidates. If the consensus is reached, this time again the Sarpanch of Grethia can be made. Although the people of teak art say that a candidate is contesting from our village, he is getting the support of the voters of Garethia along with our village. This time the sarpanch will be made with teak art.