Hyderabad, Nov. 30 -- An NRI, working in the United States, decided to quit his job to contest for the post of sarpanch in the upcoming Telangana local body polls.

Kanjarla Chandrashekar, a native of Chinnashankarampet of Medak district, said he decided to leave the States as he wanted to see his village develop. In an interview with Big TV, he said that his grandfather's service for the village motivated him to contest for sarpanch.

Asked if he was satisfied with his decision, Chandrashekar replied affirmatively.

In a similar incident, a sub-inspector in Suryapet took voluntary retirement from service to contest the local body elections.

SI Puli Venkateshwarlu, attached to the special branch, will now contest for the post of sarpanch...