The fourth season of Panchayat picks up where the third season left off, where we saw how someone orchestrated an attack on Pradhan Ji. Thankfully, he survived, but he never knew who was behind it. Meanwhile, Manju Devi was contesting the elections for Pradhan Ji's Gram Panchayat post. Her opponent was none other than Bhushan's wife, Kranti Devi, a feisty woman ready to give Pradhan Ji and Manju Devi a tough competition. So, Prahlad, Vikas, and Abhishek—Pradhan Ji's entire team—campaigned with all their might to ensure Manju Devi won the election. With that said, let's find out who won the election and what impact it had on everyone's lives.
In the previous season, we saw that Bhushan had filed a complaint against Abhishek Tripathi aka Sachiv Ji, while Brij Bhushan Dubey aka Pradhan Ji had filed a formal complaint against Bhushan and former MP Chandra Kishore Singh. Abhishek was under a lot of stress as he knew the consequences that criminal charges could have on his career. Abhishek was preparing for his MBA exams and didn't want his hard work to go to waste just because of petty issues. One night, Abhishek got drunk with Vikas and Prahlad, and in that drunken state, he made an impulsive decision to go and apologize to Bhushan and his wife, Kranti Devi, and settle the matter.
Creators: Chandan Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mishra
Stars: Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Chandan Roy
Abhishek kept his ego aside and told the couple that he was not happy with what had happened and admitted his fault. Kranti Devi, who was contesting the gram panchayat elections and challenging Manju Devi, saw an opportunity and decided to offer Abhishek a deal: she told him that if Pradhan Ji withdrew the complaint he had filed against Bhushan, she would also withdraw her case. Abhishek didn't know how to ask Pradhan Ji to withdraw the complaint after what had happened. Pradhan Ji had been shot, and no one could have imagined that something like this would happen in the village. Although Pradhan Ji also didn't know for sure whether Bhushan had participated in the attack, at that point, the man had a solid motive that made him a suspect.
Pradhan Ji was a kind-hearted man and decided to help Abhishek. But there was an unexpected twist when Bhushan went to see Chandu Singh, who asked him to withdraw his complaint as well. So Bhushan returned with new conditions and told Abhishek about it. Abhishek and Pradhan Ji became frustrated in the end because Bhushan kept increasing his demands. Abhishek told Pradhan Ji that there was no need to withdraw his FIR, as he was fed up with dealing with people like Bhushan. Deep down, Bhushan knew it was a missed opportunity, as he could have easily reached a settlement, but of course, he had to obey Chandu Singh's order, and there wasn't much he could do about it.
The big question was who had shot Pradhan Ji, as there was speculation that the man had paid someone to attack him, essentially to gain the sympathy of the village. Bhushan, in a confrontation with Pradhan Ji, said it all seemed too convenient for him to believe Pradhan Ji had nothing to do with the matter. Bhushan said he didn't understand why a professional assassin would shoot Pradhan Ji just once, and in the shoulder at that, if his intention was to kill him. Bhushan's remarks were logical, so much so that even Pradhan Ji's own family doubted his intentions, if only for a brief moment.
Bhushan might be a cunning conspirator, but everyone knew he wasn't capable of ordering someone to be killed. Besides, from Chandu Singh's behavior, it was evident that he too had no idea who the hitman was. In fact, Chandu Singh knew the case would ruin his image and that the high command wouldn't give him a chance to contest the election next time. So, he caught all the criminals in the area and asked them to reveal who was behind the attack. Meanwhile, Pradhan Ji and Manju Devi were facing stiff competition from Kranti Devi and Bhushan.
Bhushan knew that a wave of change was coming to the village and that he actually had a chance of beating Pradhan Ji this time. Besides, all the negative publicity Kranti and Bhushan were generating was helping them. Bhushan wanted to find information that he could use against Pradhan Ji's entire team. He learned that Vikas had recently purchased a piece of land on the main road. He realized that Vikas, who earned no more than 100,000 rupees a year, couldn't have bought it alone. Bhushan suspected that Vikas probably had an illicit source of income that no one knew about.
At the time, Bhushan was unaware that Prahlad had given him the money, as he treated Vikas like family. Bhushan went to see Chandu Singh and told him about the matter, and Chandu Singh used his connections to raid the homes of Pradhan Ji, Abhishek, and Vikas. Vikas's house contained a sum of 600,000 rupees, and he knew that if the officers found it, they would charge Vikas and his wife with fraud. This money didn't come from any illegal source, but Prahlad and Vikas knew that the officers would ignore them and arrest them, at least for the time being.
Surprisingly, when the IT department was taking Vikas and his wife away, a senior official showed up and asked the officer-in-charge to leave the couple immediately. No one knew who that man was until Pradhan Ji received a call from Saansad Ji (the area MP), and that was when the whole mystery was solved. Saansad Ji offered Prahlad to contest the elections for Chandu Singh's seat, believing that after his son's demise, he would garner a lot of sympathy from the people. Meanwhile, Chandu Singh also reached Saansad Ji's residence after learning that the party high command did not want to be associated with him. When Chandu Singh saw Pradhan Ji and his entire team at Saansad Ji's residence, he realized what was going on behind his back.
It was revealed that Saansad Ji had orchestrated the attack on Pradhan Ji, leaving Chandu Singh to take the blame. From the beginning, the plan was to remove Chandu Singh from his position of power and offer it to someone else. Chandu was furious, but knew there was nothing he could do, at least for the time being. His only hope was for Bhushan to win the election, which would give him some control over the area. Prahlad, after learning that Sadsad Ji was likely the mastermind behind Pradhan Ji's shooting, simply didn't want to be associated with him. He told Pradhan Ji that he wouldn't contest the election, but Pradhan Ji made him understand that he shouldn't make that mistake. Pradhan Ji told Prahlad that he should seize the opportunity and not dwell on what had happened in the past.
Pradhan Ji and Manju Devi were quite frustrated by Bhushan and Kranti Devi's tactics. They tried to convince Vinod to join their party, but the plan also failed, as Vinod proved to be an extremely loyal man. Bhushan disrespected him on occasion, but he made it very clear that his loyalty couldn't be bought. Manju Devi and Pradhan Ji tried to organize a cleanliness drive in the village and do some social work, but each time, Bhushan and Kranti Devi stole their thunder, or at least managed to ruin their plans.
One day, a transformer exploded in the area, and both sides saw it as an opportunity to gain the support of the local people. Calling an electrician wasn't an easy task as they would have to travel to a nearby village, and Pradhan Ji knew that if he managed to do so and restore the electricity, no one would be able to stop them from winning the election. But now the problem was that the electrician lived in Chandu Singh's village, and it was almost impossible to venture there and return unharmed. Still, Pradhan Ji, Abhishek, Prahlad, and Vikas decided to take a chance and call the electrician. What they didn't know was that it was a trap, and Chandu Singh was waiting to enter their territory. Chandu Singh sent his men to beat Pradhan Ji and his team to death to scare them away. When Pradhan Ji returned empty-handed, Bhushan raised a great commotion.
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