AGRA: 62-year-old Hasanuram Ambedkari has contested more than 80 elections to various bodies, including the Lok Sabha and the state assembly, but never ever got the mandate.This time he is going to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Agra and Fatehpur Sikri parliamentary seats. On Monday, he was seen filing nomination papers from the Firozabad seat at the district collectorate as an independent candidate. The former All India Backward (SC, ST, OBC) and Miniority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) member has been contesting the elections independent candidate since 1985. Ambedkari says he fights elections on the ideology of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. He is fighting polls for the 88th time now.Talking to TOI, Ambedkari said, "This time, I am going to contest the Lok Sabha election from Agra and Fatehpur Sikri constituencies. Today (Monday) my nomination from the Fatehpur Sikri seat has been accepted. I will file nomination papers for the Agra parliamentary seat tomorrow (Tuesday). I have my well-wishers on both the seats. I have so far contested eight Lok Sabha elections. I had secured 36,000 votes in 1989 in Firozabad.""I don't care who are my opponents as I contest the election to give an option to voters who believe in Ambedkar's ideology."He has also contested the zila panchayat, kshetra panchayat, gram panchayat , block pramukh, ward member and cooperative society elections. In 1988, his nomination for the post of President of India was rejected.Speaking about his personal life, Ambedkari said, "I work as a labourer in farms and in construction sites. I have no formal schooling, but I can speak Hindi, Urdu and English. I am a permanent resident at Ram Nagar Nagla Dulhekhan Kheragarh, Agra. I have 10 children -- my five daughters are happily married and my five sons are earning well.""I was a dedicated worker of BAMSEF and also worked for the BSP to strengthen its roots in western UP. In 1985, I asked for the party ticket to contest the assembly election from Kheragarh seat. Since I was financially weak, I was humiliated by some senior BSP leaders and was denied ticket only because I was poor. Several other BAMCEF workers who had worked hard to strengthen BSP were too denied the party ticket. This disheartened me, and since then I have been contesting every election as an independent," he said.

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