The PM touched the feet of the 91-year-old former principal of BHU’s Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Annapurna Shukla, who’s a retired doctor, before filing his nomination. The other proposer, Jadish Prakash Choudhary was teary-eyed as he said, “this is the first time the nation has recognized the profession of lighting funeral pyres.​ RSS worker Subhash Gupta and agriculture scientist Ramakant Shukla were the other two proposers.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/uttar-pradesh/news/pm-modis-proposers-whistleblower-on-baby-food-and-dom-raja/articleshow/69067163.cms