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Dadua thrived all through Hemendra Narayan NEW DELHI, July 22: Soon after the Election Commission announced the Assembly poll dates, Dadua (big borther) held a meeting in the forests under Markundi police station in Chitrakoot district. The meeting openly declared his support to the ruling Party in polls. Dadua, a mass hero of poor dalits, tribals and other marginalised people survived both on account of political backing and also because of the ground level support from 'his subjects'. He styled himself as Dasyu Samarat (Bandit King). Dadua 'revolted', as his relatives describe him, against injustice of the upper caste feudal elements against the Dalit-backwards communities. The low-caste outlaw had eluded police not only because of the forest cover, but also Dadua was a "bandit" for the upper caste and a "saviour" for the backwards and Dalits. His support base was not necessarily due to wielding guns. True there has always been uncanny relationship between the dacoits and the politicians in the vast Chambal ravines spread out both in Uttar Pradesh and adjoining districts of Madhya Pradesh. And they play their typical role in the elections. The extent of ruling party's patronage to the brigand can be gauged from the fact that a few months during the previous regime police combat operations against Dadua was dismantled. In an earlier election: 'Yellow' cards were issued to as many as 1,500 persons in Chitrakoot alone, identified as "couriers of fiats of dacoit gangs, operating as brokers and capable of influencing the election process". That showed the support he had from the field he was operating. His rule was unchallenged in the area. Dadua's control over the poor community was unprecedented, a fact admitted by police officers who were after him. It helped in flourishing with impunity in the business of kidnapping for ransom as well as influencing of the people both in urban and rural areas
