Maharashtra village sarpanch hires chopper to reach swearing-in

At a time when Maharashtra witnessed a fracas between the Maha Vikas Aghadi government and the Raj Bhavan over the use of a state government aircraft for the Governor a small village sarpanch on Friday shot to attention for different reasonsThe newlyelected Sarpanch of the AmbiDumala village in Ahmednagar district hired a helicopter to fly down to take charge of his new postJalinder Gagare 50 a homegrown entrepreneur having a major factory in Pune and a BJP sympathiser was elected to the top village post in the elections held last monthAlong with him his entire 9member panel which made a clean sweep in the polls also arrived this afternoon with flair to assume officeFrom his Pune home Gagare flew down in a chopper and landed in a village square where hundreds of frenzied villagers greeted him with garlands showered him with flowers danced sang and shouted slogans in his favourEven the elaborate takeover ceremony rivaled that of a Chief Minister as after he landed he was greeted with a victory tilak and taken in a procession of 12 bullock carts from the helipad to the village panchayat officeGagare who hails from the village but lives in Pune has not severed links with his native village and keeps a close connect with its residentsLast month he contested the Gram Panchayat elections for the first time on the promise of overall development of the village modernisation better infrastructure and other local issuesIt seemed to have struck a chord with the electorate and the villagers elected Gagare and his entire 9strong panel to head and direct the village development with full vigourBesides the Sarpanch the Deputy Sarpanch and the members took the solemn oath before the villagers and resolved to work for the progress of the small villageMahatma Gandhi had said Go to the villages I have followed his ideals and I have come back to my village I wanted to make this a memorable event in the villages history Gagare saidHe reiterated his election promise and vowed to work for the allround development and progress of his community help transform the village with government assistance and even his own contributions if requiredNew Gram Panchayat member Rohini Narwade gushed over the celebratory mood in the village terming it as an advance Diwali with Gagare proving to be a savior for the villagersWe are happy to have a young dynamic and committed Sarpanch who is so concerned about our progress and wellbeing If all educated entrepreneurs from all villages in the state adhere to Gagares ideals each village can prosper and step forward she saidLauding Gagare she said that he has truly set an example for the youth of the state and will inspire all youngsters to educate themselves work for their own wellbeing and contribute to their villagesOn his part Gagare has given employment to scores of youth from AmbiDumala and surroundings in his factory manufacturing automobile spare parts in PuneThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever