Indian-Origin Man Ramkalavan Elected President Of Seychelles
Indian-origin Man Ramkalavan elected president of Seychelles, roots are attached to Bihar, PM Modi congratulated.
Indian-origin Man Wavell Ramkalavan has been declared elected President of the island nation of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. 43 years later, no Leader of the Opposition has been elected President of Seychelles.
He has reiterated his resolve to increase the minimum wage to bring life to the tourism-based economy that has been devastated by the Corona epidemic. Ramkalavan has its roots in Bihar.
He has also been a pastor. Seychelles Election Commission chief Danny Lucas said on Sunday that Ramkalavan received 54 percent of the vote. He have defeated Danny Fury. PM Narendra Modi congratulated Wavell Ramkalavan on being elected President of Seychelles.
After 43 years in East African country, Leader of the Opposition was elected President
The outgoing President Foury got only 43 percent of the vote. The East African country Seychelles has a population of less than 100,000. In the presidential election, which took place from Thursday to Saturday, 75 percent people exercised their franchise.
For the first time since 1977, a Leader of the Opposition in the Seychelles has been elected President. The United Seychelles Party of Foray was in power for the last 43 years. Ramkalavan’s party is named Linyon Democratic Seselva Party.
Ramkalavan has its roots in Bihar
Ramkalavan has promised to work closely with Fauré. Generally, the transfer of power in African countries does not take place in a normal way. After the victory, Ramakalavan said, ‘Forre and I are good friends.
An election does not mean that one’s contribution to one’s motherland ends. He said, ‘No one has been defeated and no one has won this election. This is a victory for our country. When Ramkalavan was giving a winning speech, Fauré sat next to him.
Great-grandfather of Ramkalavan, hailing from Parsauni village in Bihar
Ramkalavan’s great-grandfather arrived in Mauritius 130 years ago from Parsauni village in Motihari district of Bihar via Calcutta (now Kolkata). Where he started working in the sugarcane field.
After some time he moved to Seychelles. Ramkalavan was born in Seychelles in 1961. In the year 2018 Ramkalavan Bharatvanshi (PIO) came to Delhi to attend the first conference of MPs.
Then he also went to his ancestral village Parsauni. At that time he was a member of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Seychelles.
