A satirical television show looking at the electoral politics was named Dharti Pakad after a man named Kaka Joginder Singh, whose nickname was Dharti Pakad.
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Mohan Lal, a cloth merchant from Bhopal, also had the nickname of Dharti Pakad for contesting elections against five different Prime Ministers and losing the deposit in all these elections.
Kaka Joginder Singh (1918 in Gujranwala - December 23, 1998 in Bareilly) (also known as Dharti Pakad, meaning "one who clings") was a textile owner who contested and lost over 300 elections in India.
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and he earned the nickname Dharti Pakad (one who clings) after several unsuccessful runs for the President of India.