Omprakash Babarao Kadu
Omprakash Babarao Kadu alias Bacchu Kadu is an Independent MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) from Achalpur, India. He climbed an overhead water tank with his supporters and threatened to jump down if the police apprehended them in December 2006.
The 'Sholay' styled agitation was Kadu’s attempt to draw the attention of the central government to Vidarbha farmers’ suicides. After senior ministers gave an assurance that Kadu’s demands would be taken up for discussion in the state cabinet within a month, Kadu and his followers agreed to end their agitation, 24 hours after they started it. Kadu ended the agjtation only after warning then deputy Chief Minister R.R.Patil that if his demands were not considered within a month, he would resume the agitation.
On Friday,14 January 2011 Kadu brutally beat a Health ministry clerk, Chandravdan Hagavane. The Maharashtra Secretariat employee union responded with a strike. The police station registered a complaint against Kadu.
He beat Indian National Party's candidate Wasudha Deshmukh in the assembly election.
On 19th October 2014, Kadu won the assembly election a third time, defeating BJP candidate by more than 10,000 votes. This is the first time in Achalpur assembly constituency where any candidate has won three times in succession.
Kadu and his followers were working under the banner called Prahar Yuvashakti Sanghatana that became the Prahar Party.
He helps many poor patients by taking them to Mumbai for medical treatment and organizes blood donation camps regularly in his constituency. He help patients by giving them medical aid up to 18 lakh for major surgery.
Personal Life
Bachchu Kadu married Nayana Kadu.
References
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Goverment officer beated by MLA due to Corruptipon
Winter Session news bacchu Kadu