Panchayat

Abhishek Tripathi is a fresh engineering graduate who is yet to find a job in his final year. With only one offer for the job of a panchayat secretary, he tries to give it a try as he has no other option left after graduation. But the situation inside the office cubicle leaves him disheartened.

Abhishek decides that he needs to change his job as soon as possible and the only way to do so is to clear the CAT (Common Admission Test) and get admission in one of the IIMs. Abhishek, who is employed as a panchayat secretary, is also preparing for CAT after office hours.

He plans to install solar-powered lights in the panchayat office as the village goes out of power every night. Abhishek has bought a comfortable revolving chair as working and studying on crude plastic chairs proved to be quite uncomfortable. Abhishek has to give his chair to a disgruntled groom to stop him from abusing him. Manju Devi calls out the Pradhan for his weak leadership.

Pradhan sees a picture of Sardar Patel and gets inspired. He asks Abhishek to call a ward meeting and tell the people present in the meeting that he stands by the slogan. Abhishek is instructed by the BDO to raise slogans for family planning. The slogan, “Do bacche meethi Kheer, do se jyaada bawaseer”, compares children born after the first two to piles, which evokes a strong reaction among villagers who have more than two children. Abhishek decides to drink beer but forgets to lock the door of his room and the next morning he finds that his monitor has been stolen from the Panchayat office. Later a police officer comes to the Panchayat office and suspects Abhishek of stealing the monitor for money. The officer, along with the Pradhan and others, interrogates an irritated Abhishek, who then explains his frustration due to the routine and lonely life in his village.

The next morning Abhishek gets the stolen monitor back, along with a note that says the monitor was mistaken for a television. Pradhanji fixes his daughter’s marriage with a boy whose family demands Rs 20 lakhs as dowry. Pradhanji fixes his daughter’s marriage with a boy whose family demands Rs 20 lakhs as dowry. Abhishek suggests.

Finally, Pradhanji decides to ask Abhishek about the marriage and allows his daughter to choose any of the two fingers, just like an arguing couple decides their son’s name. Abhishek is not in a good mood even after 2 months of his CAT exam, Vikas tries to cheer him up. A few days before Republic Day, Manju Devi taunts Abhishek for not being able to clear the CAT exam, to which he retorts that Manju Devi is the actual Sarpanch, but every year Pradhanji hosts the flag ceremony.

Where he meets Pradhanji’s daughter Rinki and the episode ends. It is hinted that Abhishek is attracted to Rinki, which confirms the saying that he will actually fall in love.