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NASA ex-consultant Darade wins distrct poll in Vidarbha
Friday February 17, 2012 03:38:31 PM,
IANS
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Buldhana (Maharashtra): Indian scientist-turned-politician and former NASA
consultant in the US, Balasaheb S. Darade Friday emerged the
surprise winner in the Pangradole circle constituency in the
Buldhana district council polls, an aide said.
"He has won by a margin of over 4,000 votes, trouncing his nearest
Nationalist Congress rival, followed by the Shiv Sena and the
Congress," his close friend and campaign manager Amol Kadam told
IANS.
Kadam said Darade is the youngest-ever elected member of the Zilla
Parishad and has won with the highest margin in the current
elections, for which polling was held Feb 7.
Shortly after his victory was announced, Darade (28) thanked his
supporters, the villagers and then rushed to the nearby
Khatkeshwar temple to offer thanksgiving prayers to his late
parents, Kadam said.
Darade lived in the US for over a decade, specializing in
nanotechnology. However, he left his cutting edge work last year
when conscience beckoned him to help change and improve things in
his Parda village in the state's Vidarbha region.
"I had always been keen on research, especially nano in solar
cells. My work got me a consultancy assignment with US space
agency NASA and I worked on the Mars Rover Project on nano solar
cells," Darade had told IANS at the height of the election
campaign earlier this month.
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