To Celebrate NDA’s Victory BJP Supporter Chops Off His Finger, Offers it to Goddess Kali in Chhattisgarh

Raipur: Overwhelmed by BJP-led NDA’s return to power in the recently concluded Lok sabha polls, a 30-year-old BJP supporter in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur chopped off his finger and offered it at a Kali temple, reported India Today.

On June 4, Durgesh Pandey, a BJP supporter, went to the Kali temple and prayed for the BJP’s victory. Later, when he saw the BJP emerging as the single largest party and NDA crossing the majority mark of 272, he was overjoyed and again reached the Kali temple. This time he chopped a finger of his left hand and offered it to the goddess Kali.

His family rushed him to the Community Health Centre in Samari. He was referred to the Ambikapur Medical College, where doctors performed an operation to stop the bleeding. But the severe finger could not be reattached.

Pandey is said to be out of danger and his condition is now stable.

“I was disturbed to see the Congress leading in the initial trends. The Congress supporters were very excited. I visited the Kali temple in my village, which the entire village has faith in. I also had faith in it and made a vow,” Pandey said.

“When the BJP was winning the elections that evening, I went to the temple, chopped my finger and offered it”, he added.

He feels he would have been happier if NDA would have crossed the 400 mark.