Ten years is a long, long time. That much time can change your life for the better or for the worse, but thankfully, for Rahul Jadhav, it was the former.

He went from being an autorickshaw driver, struggling to make ends meet on a salary of â¹200 to becoming the mayor of a city, and now his life is changing drastically. The 36-year-old has now been declared the mayor of the city of Pimpri-Chinchwad at the PCMC headquarters in Maharashtra.

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Since he has faced a lot of hardships, he wants to do everything in his power to help people in similar situations. While talking to The Indian Express, he said, “I know the pain of ordinary people like autorickshaw drivers. During my tenure as the mayor, I will work for the upliftment of the poor.”

For five years, he used to drive a six-seater autorickshaw in Chikhli, Bhosari and Moshi areas. Then, he tried out farming as an alternative job, but soon shifted back to driving to earn a liveable wage. But, things got better in 2007 when he joined the MNS. Soon after that, he was elected to the PCMC on an MNS seat.

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Jumping to 2017, he joined BJP and was elected from the Jadhavwadi area by a small margin of 3,000 votes.

Now, he will serve one year as the mayor of the industrial city of Pimpri-Chinchwad.