Voting begins for final section of UP polls; 613 candidates in fray on 54 seats
By PTI
LUCKNOW: Voting for the seventh and the final section of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections started on Monday morning, with 613 candidates within the fray on 54 seats, together with these falling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary section Varanasi.
The destiny of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar and several other state ministers will likely be determined on this spherical, wherein 2.06 crore persons are eligible to vote.
Voting will likely be held from 7 am to 4 pm on the Chakia (Chandauli), Robertsganj and Duddhi (Sonbhadra) seats whereas in the remainder of the segments, it is going to proceed until 6 pm.
The districts going to the polls on this section are Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra.
Once thought of a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party, the area noticed the BJP making inroads in 2017 by successful 29 seats.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) bought six seats and the SP 11.
For the SP, its patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav made a uncommon look in Jaunpur to drum up assist for Lucky Yadav, the son of his long-time affiliate the late Parasnath Yadav.
Lucky Yadav is within the fray from the Malhani seat.
Mulayam had earlier campaigned for his son Akhilesh Yadav within the Karhal Assembly section of Mainpuri.
Besides state Tourism Minister Neelkanth Tiwari (Varanasi South), different ministers within the fray within the final leg of the elections are Anil Rajbhar (Shivpur-Varanasi), Ravindra Jaiswal (Varanasi North), Girish Yadav (Jaunpur) and Ramashankar Singh Patel (Marihan-Mirzapur).
Dara Singh Chauhan, who had resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet and had joined the SP, is contesting from Ghosi in Mau.
Om Prakash Rajbhar (Zahoorabad), Dhananjay Singh (Malhani-Jaunpur) because the JD(U) candidate, and Abbas Ansari, the son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, from Mau Sadar seat, are contesting on this section.
Campaigning on this section reached its crescendo with Prime Minister Narendra Modi main the BJP’s ballot blitzkrieg in Varanasi and its adjoining districts.
Besides addressing election rallies, he additionally held a roadshow for 3 Assembly constituencies in his Lok Sabha section.
This section additionally noticed West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee descending on the pilgrim metropolis to carry a joint rally with Akhilesh Yadav and his RLD ally Jayant Chaudhary.
Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had been tenting in Varanasi for about 4 days.
She, alongside along with her brother Rahul Gandhi, addressed election conferences, whereas BSP supremo Mayawati campaigned within the district and neighbouring areas.
Seeking to override anti-incumbency, the ruling occasion raised points like compelled migration and legislation and order issues through the earlier SP authorities, whereas Akhilesh Yadav focused the BJP authorities on the problems of inflation, unemployment, stray cattle, and the farmers’ agitation towards the Centre’s agriculture legal guidelines.
The mowing down of 4 farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri was additionally highlighted by all opposition events as Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra is an accused within the case.
The state has 403 Assembly seats and the outcomes of the elections will likely be declared on March 10.
