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  • UP bypolls: RLD wrests Khatauli Assembly seat from BJP

    By PTI

    MUZAFFARNAGAR: Samajwadi Party ally Rashtriya Lok Dal on Thursday won the Khatauli bypoll in Uttar Pradesh, with its candidate Madan Bhaiya defeating his BJP rival Rajkumari Saini by a margin of over 22,000 votes.

    Madan Bhaiya polled 97,071 votes, while Saini received 74,996, according to the Election Commission.

    Saini is the wife of former BJP MLA Vikram Singh, whose disqualification from the state assembly following his conviction in a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case necessitated the bypoll.

    The RLD thanked the people of Khatauli for its victory.

    “Thank you Khatauli. This historic victory of alliance candidate Madan Bhaiya is the victory of the hard-working workers of Rashtriya Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party and Azad Samaj Party,” the RLD said in a tweet in Hindi.

    MUZAFFARNAGAR: Samajwadi Party ally Rashtriya Lok Dal on Thursday won the Khatauli bypoll in Uttar Pradesh, with its candidate Madan Bhaiya defeating his BJP rival Rajkumari Saini by a margin of over 22,000 votes.

    Madan Bhaiya polled 97,071 votes, while Saini received 74,996, according to the Election Commission.

    Saini is the wife of former BJP MLA Vikram Singh, whose disqualification from the state assembly following his conviction in a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case necessitated the bypoll.

    The RLD thanked the people of Khatauli for its victory.

    “Thank you Khatauli. This historic victory of alliance candidate Madan Bhaiya is the victory of the hard-working workers of Rashtriya Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party and Azad Samaj Party,” the RLD said in a tweet in Hindi.

  • Congress expels former UP MLA for supporting BJP candidate in Rampur Sadar bypoll

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: The Congress’ Uttar Pradesh unit on Thursday expelled former MLA Nawab Kazim Ali Khan for supporting the BJP candidate in the Rampur Sadar Assembly bypoll, party spokesperson Ashok Singh said.

    Khan alias Naved Miyan was expelled for six years for anti-party activities after reports emerged of him supporting the BJP’s candidate in Rampur Sadar, Singh said.

    “The disciplinary committee of the party has come to know that you are supporting the BJP candidate in the Rampur bypoll and this move comes under the ambit of indiscipline. Therefore, you are being expelled from the party for six years,” said a letter to Khan by Disciplinary Committee member Shyam Kishore Shukla.

    The five-time former MLA had unsuccessfully contested from the seat on a Congress ticket earlier this year.

    He was also expelled from the party in 2016 for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections.

    The Assembly bypoll in Rampur Sadar was necessitated due to the disqualification of the Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan as MLA following his conviction in a hate speech case.

    LUCKNOW: The Congress’ Uttar Pradesh unit on Thursday expelled former MLA Nawab Kazim Ali Khan for supporting the BJP candidate in the Rampur Sadar Assembly bypoll, party spokesperson Ashok Singh said.

    Khan alias Naved Miyan was expelled for six years for anti-party activities after reports emerged of him supporting the BJP’s candidate in Rampur Sadar, Singh said.

    “The disciplinary committee of the party has come to know that you are supporting the BJP candidate in the Rampur bypoll and this move comes under the ambit of indiscipline. Therefore, you are being expelled from the party for six years,” said a letter to Khan by Disciplinary Committee member Shyam Kishore Shukla.

    The five-time former MLA had unsuccessfully contested from the seat on a Congress ticket earlier this year.

    He was also expelled from the party in 2016 for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections.

    The Assembly bypoll in Rampur Sadar was necessitated due to the disqualification of the Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan as MLA following his conviction in a hate speech case.