In an emotional and heart-wrenching viral video, a tribal woman was shown carrying her 90-year-old mother-in-law on her back for nearly 9 kilometres in Chattisgarh’s Surguja district.

The plea has also demanded action against all persons allegedly involved in the commercial exploitation of the top court’s observations during a recent hearing, which led to an uproar and the creation of the viral movement.

Panda won the poll by a margin of more than one lakh votes against Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Sambhu Nath Kurmi, who stood second in the contest. The Congress and the Trinamool Congress candidates finished third and fourth, respectively.