Daniel and his wife Ebenezer belonging to Vandalur in Chengalpattu district have been elected as ward members in the recently held Tamil Nadu local body elections.
Elections were held on October 6 and 9 to fill 27,003 posts including 140 district panchayat ward members, 74 panchayat unions, 1,381 panchayat union ward members, 2,901 village panchayat presidents and 22,581 village panchayat ward councillors.
Daniel and his wife belonging to ward number 11 of Vandalur Panchayat contested in the polls from ward number 12 and 13 respectively as independents.
Daniel got 247 votes and his wife Ebenezer 191 votes.
The couple who are physically-challenged have involved themselves in social service for a long time. During the COVID-19 lockdown, they had distributed food and essential kits to those in need.
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