n the new season of Panchayat, the ubiquitous ‘lauki’ (bottle gourd) becomes the poll symbol for Manju Devi (Neena Gupta) while her opponent Kranti Devi (Sunita Rajwar) opts for the ‘pressure cooker’. Even though it seems like this electoral battle reflects the charming quirks of rural life, so delightfully captured in the earlier seasons, it’s eventually revealed that the plot is overcooked. #panchayat4
