Win the elections in just 8000 rupees… Everyone is praising this MLA from Bhagalpur now he is playing the game of crores - bihar chunav 2025 who is satyendra narayan agarwal first mla from bhagalpur assembly seat know in details
By Prashant Kumar Edited By: Alok Shahi Updated: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:17 (IST) Bihar Election 2025: In the first Bihar Assembly elections of the year 1952, Satyendra Narayan Aggarwal won a historic victory from Bhagalpur spending only eight thousand rupees in the election seat. Dr. Ravi Shankar Kumar Choudhary, Head of the History Department of TNB College, said that in those times politics was considered a medium of service and not to earn fame or fortune. Bihar Election 2025: In the first Bihar Assembly elections of 1952, Satyendra Narayan Aggarwal won from Bhagalpur seat. Parimal Singh, Bhagalpur. Bihar Election 2025 The old fashioned public representatives today are surprised to see the speed with which the picture of electoral politics has changed over time. In the first assembly elections of 1952, Satyendra Narayan Agarwal won a historic victory from Bhagalpur seat by spending only eight thousand rupees. Dr. Ravi Shankar Kumar Choudhary, Head of the History Department of TNB College, said that in those times politics was considered as a medium of service and not to gain fame or wealth. Remove ads, just read the news. This victory, achieved on the basis of Agarwal ji’s simplicity and public relations, is an example for politics even today. Memoir of Victory of Satyendra Narayan Agarwal, Social Worker and Gandhian Late. This is recorded in Mukutdhari Agarwal’s book ‘Indradhanush Jaisi Zindagi’. According to this book, Satyendra Narayan Aggarwal of Bhagalpur assembly campaigned from town to town while traveling by bicycle and on foot. Resources such as posters, banners or loudspeakers were limited. The public used to vote based on work, behavior and honesty of the candidate. In the present scenario election expenses have skyrocketed and with time both the direction and condition of politics have changed. The limit set by the Election Commission can be up to Rs 40 lakh, but the ground reality is way beyond that. Today, an ordinary candidate has to spend millions of rupees on election campaign, public relations, vehicles, social media campaign and management of workers. Simplicity of Leaders vs Today’s Demonstration Campaigns: While in the 1950s leaders used to reach out to the public through their personal resources, in today’s era helicopter rallies, grand road shows, digital campaigns and the cost of public meetings make elections a ‘big fight’. This commercial form of politics seems to be moving away from the ideal form of democracy, where service was paramount. Demand for increasing distance and transparency among the public: SM College teacher Dr. Deepak Kumar Dinkar, who watches politics closely, says that this increase in election expenditure is a challenge to democracy. Lack of transparency and influence of money power weakens the soul of public representation. In a historic constituency like Bhagalpur, where public trust was once won with just a few thousand rupees, today even after spending crores of rupees, the battle for trust has become difficult. He said in the changing times, when the electoral battle has turned into a race for money power, the story of simplicity and public trust of the olden days reminds us of the true soul of democracy.