21-yr-old student returns from Georgia, wins sarpanch election in Maharashtra

Yashodhara Shinde 21 aspired to become a doctor and was pursuing the medical course in Georgia but fate had something else in store for her as she returned to her village in Maharashtra contested the sarpanch election and won it tooShe now plans to work for the betterment of her village Vaddi in Miraj tehsil of Sangli district and also complete her education onlineTalking to PTI Shinde said she wants to make women selfreliant introduce elearning and other education tools for students help children adopt good health habits contribute towards the betterment of youths aspirations and welfare of the farmers community in the villageI have been pursuing the MBBS course at the New Vision University in Georgia Currently I am in the 4th year and oneandahalf years of the course is still left to be completed she saidWhen elections were announced in my village locals wanted someone from our family to contest for the sarpanchs village head post A decision was taken to field me for the position I got a call from my family and I returned contested the election and won said ShindeVoting for 7682 gram panchayats in parts of Maharashtra was held on December 18 The results were declared on TuesdayAsked about her plans as sarpanch for the development of the village Shinde said her main focus will be to address the issues of women and make them stand on their feetAlso Read Oppn sticks to demand of Maha CMs resignation over Nagpur land allotment issueI am of the opinion that women must get an equal chance to show what they are capable of and I would like to make them educated and independent and not rely on their male counterparts she saidHer priority list also includes the welfare of children and their educationI would like to expose them to elearning and the latest pedagogies Shinde saidI would also like to work towards the construction of toilets in the village and facilitate easy availability of sanitary napkins for girls and women Also children need to adopt good health habits she saidShinde also said she will work with the youth on the development agenda of the villageIn the village 70 to 80 per cent of the population is into agriculture and I would like to work for their sustainable development she saidAsked about her medical course and how she wishes to pursue it Shinde said she will complete her education online and her friends will also help her in the studiesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever