Tandon faces challenge from eunuchs in UP polls

lucknow: uttar pradesh urban development minister lalji tandon will face payal, an eunuch, as a rival candidate in the coming assembly polls in the state. the eunuchs have decided to present an alternative before the people who have been made to suffer due to the "apathetic attitude" of their elected representatives, mayor of gorakhpur, asha devi told newspersons here on friday.announcing her support for payal, who would be filing her nomination from lucknow (west) as nationalist communist party candidate against tandon, asha devi expressed the hope that the electorate, disgusted with the poor performance of their representative, would this time give chance to the eunuchs. "eunuchs have no family for whom they would amass wealth by adopting corrupt practices and whatever funds they get would be spent on the welfare of the public," asha devi said. to a question as to why they had decided to field their candidate against tandon, asha devi alleged that he had been making money through wrong means. "we would field our candidates against the ministers who had used unethical ways to earn money," she added. the mayor said that despite her busy schedule, she was continuing with the age old tradition of singing and dancing. talking to newspersons, payal claimed that she had been warned against fighting election against tandon by some goons but she was firm in her resolve to contest the coming polls. speaking on the occasion, president of nationalist communist party, shahista amber said that the election of asha devi as mayor of gorakhpur and her performance had proved that eunuchs could deliver the goods as they could selflessly work for the society.