With another relative of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav joining the BJP after Aparna Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav took a swipe at the ruling party, thanking it for ending “parivarvaad”.
Tag: UP elections
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Uttar Pradesh polls: Congress releases second list of 41 candidates including 16 women
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday released its second list of 41 candidates, including 16 women, for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections starting February 10.
The Congress had promised to give 40 per cent seats to women candidates in Uttar Pradesh which is reflected in the second list.
The party had earlier released a list of 125 candidates which included 50 women.
Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will be held in seven phases starting from February 10 and will end on March 7.
The results will be out on March 10.
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Winning Muslim voters’ trust biggest challenge for BJP in second phase of UP polls
By PTI
LUCKNOW: The ruling BJP might face a tougher battle on the 55 seats that will go to polls in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election compared to the first round since the region has a high concentration of Muslims, influenced by the religious leaders of the Barelvi and Deoband sects.
The polling in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election will be held on February 14 and a notification for the same will be issued on January 21.
Both the important seats of the Barelvi and Deobandi sects — Bareilly and Saharanpur respectively — will go to polls in this phase.
The 55 Assembly segments of the western districts of the state — Saharanpur, Bijnor, Amroha, Sambhal, Moradabad, Rampur — and of the Rohilkhand region’s Bareilly, Budaun and Shahjahanpur districts will go to polls in the second phase.
Of the 55 seats, the BJP had won 38 in 2017, while the main opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 15 and the Congress two.
The SP and the Congress contested the last Assembly election in an alliance.
Of the 15 seats won by the SP, Muslim candidates emerged victorious in 10.
Of the 58 seats that will go to polls in the first phase, the BJP had won 53, the SP and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) got two each and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) bagged one.
Maulana Tauqir Raza Khan, the president of the Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) and the religious guru of Barelvi Muslims, has announced his support to the Congress candidates in the five poll-bound states, including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.
Keeping in mind the large Muslim population, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has also fielded candidates in some of the seats in the region.
Uttar Pradesh BJP vice president and MLC Vijay Bahadur Pathak told PTI that his party will win more seats than before in the second phase too because “ever since the BJP government was formed at the Centre and in the state, all sections of the society have developed and this is clearly felt by all”.
“The aggrieved public will not give a chance to parties like the Congress that headed the government for long, or the SP and the BSP, which have been in power in the state continuously for 15 years, during which loot and corruption continued unabated,” he said.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had formed alliances with both the Congress and the BSP for different elections and people have taught him a lesson, Pathak said.
The SP had formed an alliance with the Congress in the 2017 Assembly polls and with the BSP and the RLD in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
In both the elections, the politics of the alliance worked as compared to that of the BJP’s in this region.
But this time, with the SP, the BSP and the Congress going it alone, critics claim that there will be a split of votes and the BJP can benefit from it.
The BSP has fielded Muslim candidates in the area and a split of the Dalit and Muslim votes is also expected.
The Mayawati-led party has become active and apart from its MPs, its national general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra has also toured this region extensively.
In the 2017 Assembly polls, the SP-Congress alliance had won 17 seats in the area and in the Lok Sabha election, of the 11 seats, seven had gone to the SP-BSP alliance with the BSP getting Saharanpur, Nagina, Bijnor and Amroha and the SP winning Moradabad, Sambhal and Rampur.
The formula of an alliance of Muslim, Jat and Dalit voters was successful in this region.
This time, the SP has formed an alliance with the RLD and the Mahan Dal, which has influence among the voters of western Uttar Pradesh, and both parties are believed to hold considerable sway over the Jat, Shakya, Saini, Kushwaha, Maurya and Koiri fraternities in the region.
Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav have their own influence in the Yadav community.
The SP is also trying to capitalise on the issue of arrest of Rampur MP and former minister Azam Khan, who has been in the Sitapur jail for nearly two years now in land-grabbing and other criminal cases.
Akhilesh Yadav has accused the BJP of implicating Khan in fake cases.
SP’s national secretary and chief spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary told PTI that his party’s alliance is very strong in the areas going to polls in the second phase.
“BJP’s ground has slipped from under its feet and its lies and fraud have been exposed. This time, the people of Uttar Pradesh will send the BJP on an exile,” he said.
Another SP leader pointed out that Swami Prasad Maurya and Dharam Singh Saini, who resigned as ministers recently and joined the SP, will add strength to the SP-RLD alliance and along with Keshav Dev Maurya of the Mahan Dal, they will ensure that the BJP is “wiped out” from the region.
Swami Prasad Maurya’s daughter Sanghamitra Maurya is a BJP MP from Badaun.
The Congress has also started working out equations to strengthen its ground.
On Monday, Maulana Tauqir Raza Khan, the religious guru of Barelvi Muslims, announced his support to the Congress candidates in the in the five poll-bound states.
He made the announcement at a joint press conference with state Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu.
Expressing his gratitude to Khan, Lallu said in the coming days, the party will form the government in Uttar Pradesh.
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Nadda announces BJP’s alliance with Apna Dal, Nishad Party in UP
By PTI
NEW DELHI: BJP president J P Nadda on Wednesday announced an alliance with Apna Dal and Nishad Party, which draw their support primarily from sections of backward castes, for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
Details about how many seats each party will contest will be announced later, their leaders said.
Addressing a press conference, Nadda said the three National Democratic Alliance partners in the state will fight the elections to 403-member assembly together and lauded Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government for its performance on a host of issues, including law and order, investment and improvement in social indicators.
Apna Dal chief Anupriya Patel, a Union minister, and Nishad Party supremo Sanjay Nishad hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre for working for the interests of Other Backward Classes (OBC) and hit out at the BJP’s rivals for “denying” a large section of backward communities their rights.
Nadda claimed that the mafia used to be active in Uttar Pradesh in nexus with the government before the BJP came to power there, but the Yogi Adityanath dispensation has restored the rule of law in the state and made it a destination for investment.
Earlier, investors were withdrawing their investment, he alleged.
Under the ‘double-engine’ government, a reference to the BJP being power at the Centre as well as in the state, Uttar Pradesh has improved on social indicators, with connectivity and education, especially medical education, receiving a boost, he said.
Patel said the BJP government has been a good “cocktail” of development and social justice.
Both BJP allies said the NDA will again form a government in Uttar Pradesh and praised the state government too.
Later talking to reporters, Patel said that seat-sharing talks are progressing in a positive manner and the broader aim of all three allies is that NDA should again form a government in Uttar Pradesh.
Echoing similar sentiments, Nishad said the main priority is to win the election and seat sharing talks are in an advanced stage.
Posting a picture of NDA leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the two allies besides several others, Nadda tweeted that the alliance will again cross the tally of 300 in the state.
Shah tweeted about the meeting with the two parties for alliance talks and asserted that the NDA will again form the government with a massive majority.
The blessings of the people of Uttar Pradesh are with the alliance, he said.
Both Patel and Nishad hailed the Modi government for granting constitutional status to the OBC commission and giving the community reservation in education, including in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test.
Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav and late Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat’s younger brother Vijay Rawat, also a retired army officer, joined the BJP on Wednesday as the party moved to bolster its strength in poll-bound states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
BJP president J P Nadda also formally announced his party’s alliance for UP polls with Union minister Anupriya Patel-led Apna Dal and Sanjay Nishad’s Nishad Party that draw their strength primarily from sections of backward castes, while the state assembly Deputy Speaker Nitin Agarwal quit the Samajwadi Party, a formality before he joins the ruling party whose support had ensured his election.
The BJP has been inducting leaders from various parties in all five poll-bound states, including Goa, Punjab and Manipur, as it seeks to retain power in four states and put up an impressive show in Congress-ruled Punjab.
With Uttar Pradesh being the politically most crucial state, the BJP has been pulling out all the stops to strengthen its ranks after a number of its leaders, including ministers in the state government, recently joined Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party.
The ruling party has worked to get back at the rival by inducting a few of its leaders, including MLAs, into its fold.
Yadav, who is married to SP president Akhilesh Yadav’s half-brother Prateek Yadav, had contested and lost the 2017 assembly polls from Lucknow Cantt on an SP ticket and her defection to the BJP gives the ruling party a weapon to target Akhilesh Yadav and his party over internal differences in the family.
Aparna Yadav (32) runs an NGO for cow welfare in Lucknow, and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s visit to the centre in 2017 had first sparked buzz about her growing proximity to the BJP.
Inducting her into the party, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and UP BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh noted her inclination towards their party, and Aparna Yadav also asserted that she was always impressed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has put national interest first.
Maurya was quick to attack Akhilesh Yadav, saying he has not been successful in his family and was also “unsuccessful” as chief minister and MP.
In Lucknow, Akhilesh Yadav said his father tried hard to dissuade Aparna Yadav from joining the BJP and quipped that he was “happy” the SP’s socialist ideology is expanding its reach.
The BJP is also hopeful that Rawat (59) joining its fold will help it in Uttarakhand where his late brother and India’s first CDS enjoyed a lot of popular goodwill.
The Congress is working hard to defeat the ruling party in the hill state, and Rawat’s induction may help it in rallying voters in Uttarakhand where veterans live in large numbers, BJP leaders believe.
Noting that his father, also a former army officer, was associated with the BJP, Rawat expressed happiness at working for the party and lavished praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has a unique vision and mindset.
He thinks out of the box and all his efforts are directed towards the country’s betterment, Rawat said.
Welcoming him into the party, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the late CDS wanted to work for the state after retirement and his younger brother will advance his vision.
With Other Backward Classes voters making up the largest segment of the population in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP’s announcement of an alliance with Apna Dal and Nishad Party is aimed at consolidating its support in a demography which is also being aggressively wooed by former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Patel said the BJP government has been a good “cocktail” of development and social justice.
Both BJP allies said the NDA will again form a government in Uttar Pradesh and praised the state government too.
Posting a picture of NDA leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the two allies besides several others, Nadda tweeted that the alliance will again cross the tally of 300 in the state.
Shah tweeted about the meeting with the two parties for alliance talks and asserted that the NDA will again form the government with a massive majority.
The blessings of the people of Uttar Pradesh are with the alliance, he said.
Both Patel and Nishad hailed the Modi government for granting constitutional status to the OBC commission and giving the community reservation in education, including in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test.
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Miffed over denial of ticket, BJP leaders quits party, joins BSP
By PTI
MATHURA: Pained over the denial of ticket for the upcoming Assembly polls, senior BJP leader S K Sharma resigned from the primary membership of the party and joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Wednesday.
His close aide Niraj Rawat also followed suit.
Sharma had contested the 2017 Assembly elections on the BJP ticket from Mant constituency.
“The BJP has deceived me twice and the party has lost its earlier character,” Sharma told reporters.
Sharma said though he wanted to contest from Mathura in 2017, the BJP leadership compelled him to enter the fray from Mant and assured him a berth in the legislative council in case he lost.
Though he was not offered a seat in the Upper House, Sharma said, he was instructed to work in Mant and the leadership assured him a ticket from the same constituency this time.
However, that was not to be the case.
Sharma said he did not seek a “single penny” from the BJP but mentioned that he had given enough to the party.
“Now, I have resigned from all positions in the BJP and joined the BSP. Not only this, I will also contest as the BSP candidate from Mathura,” Sharma, who is expected to file his nomination papers on Thursday, said.
Meanwhile, alliance partners Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) seem to have locked horns over the Mant Assembly seat.
Despite the pact between the two parties, SP’s national spokesperson Sanjai Lathar claimed that the party has given him a go ahead to contest from the constituency while RLD candidate Yogesh Nauhar has already filed his nomination papers claiming that he is the official candidate of the alliance.
The BJP on Wednesday released the name of one more candidate for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, fielding Mukta Raja from Aligarh.
With this, the BJP has so far announced 110 candidates for the state assembly polls, where the party is contesting elections in an alliance with the Apna Dal and the Nishad Party.
The party on Wednesday announced that Mukta Raja will be its candidate from Aligarh assembly.
Earlier in the day, the top brass of the BJP including its president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah held deliberations with Uttar Pradesh unit leaders including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to finalise the remaining candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
The BJP leaders also held meetings with Apnal Dal leader Anupriya Patel and Nishad Party leader Sanjay Nishad to finalise the seat sharing agreement.
The elections for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls will be held in seven phases starting from February 10.
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UP polls: Congress promises debt waiver, Rs 2,500 support price for wheat, paddy
By PTI
LUCKNOW: The Congress on Wednesday released a white paper on agriculture and promised to increase the support price of wheat and paddy to Rs 2,500 a quintal besides a debt waiver for farmers if voted to power in the UP Assembly polls.
Releasing the white paper here, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel slammed the BJP-led Union government for not giving the legal guarantee of the minimum support price (MSP) for crops and alleged that an attempt is being made to crush farmers.
If voted to power, the Congress will increase the support price of wheat and paddy to Rs 2,500 a quintal and remove debt burden on farmers, he said.
The Congress will also implement a scheme to buy cow dung so that the cattle, which have been rendered useless, are not left to stray in the open, he said.
He also accused the Centre of betraying farmers.
Far from doubling the income of farmers as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the “anti-farmer policies” of the BJP governments at the Centre and in the state have led to an increase in the cost of farming, Baghel told reporters.
“It is the misfortune of our ‘annadatas’ that despite agitating for 14 months, they have not been given the guarantee of the MSP. It is unfortunate that the government has failed to give due respect to the hard work of the ‘annadatas’,” he said referring to the stir against the Centre’s farm laws.
Elaborating on problems faced by farmers like rising expense on agriculture, lack of proper remuneration for the produce and unavailability of fertilisers, Baghel said there is an attempt to crush farmers and the Lakhimpur incident, where farmers were mowed down under the vehicle of a minister’s son, is an example that this is going to be the fate of farmers.
The Chhattisgarh CM said after facing defeat in bypolls in several states, the BJP government decreased prices of petrol and diesel and said this means that if people have to get rid of inflation and ensure that farmers get right price of their produce, this government will have to be removed.
He flayed the government for imposing GST on tractors and agricultural machinery.
Stressing that politics is being played over cow in Uttar Pradesh, he said people have stopped keeping the cattle and they are roaming in the open.
“Farmers are saving their crops either by fencing or by staying awake the whole night. Cows are dying or have become weak in the cowsheds made for them but people running the cowsheds are getting fat,” he said.
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UP polls: Political parties locked in battle of songs as campaigning intensifies
By PTI
LUCKNOW: In the battle for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, a musical war has broken out between political parties which are resorting to catchy campaign songs to promote their policies and ideologies.
The Election Commission has imposed restrictions on poll rallies till January 22 in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in the five poll-going states.
After the BJP, Congress and Samajwadi Party, the Aam Aadmi Party too has released its theme song for the elections.
Although, the custom of resorting to songs during elections is old, with the campaign going virtual due to the Covid pandemic, the competition among parties to grab the attention of voters has only intensified.
While the ruling BJP refers to the party’s “Hindutva pride” and the “development” done under the Yogi Adityanath government, the opposition Samajwadi Party echoes the socialist sentiments and the achievements of the previous government led by Akhilesh Yadav.
BJP MPs and Bhojpuri actors Ravi Kishan and Manoj Tiwari have come out with various songs and some more are in the pipeline.
Among these, ‘damru jab bajega to dekhna nazara kya hoga’ — apparently referring to the damru of lord Shiva, is quite popular while similar songs like ‘jo Ram ko laye haye, hum unko layenge’ (those who have brought lord Ram, we will bring them to power) and ‘mandir banne laga hai, bhagwa rang chadhne laga hai’ (construction of temple has begun, saffron colour is on the rise) are testament to BJP leveraging on the upcoming Ram temple in Ayodhya.
“The Election Commission has banned election rallies and meetings till January 22. In such a situation, BJP wants to make a place in the hearts and minds of voters through songs. The party will take these songs to every voter through its social media team,” BJP’s state media in-charge Manish Dixit told PTI.
Meanwhile, the SP’s songs promise to end all “woes” of the people if it is voted to power while emphasising on how the socialist ideology ensures welfare of all sections of the society.
Some of the songs like ‘hunkara’, ‘janata pukarti hai’ (people are calling) and ‘jai-jai samajwadi’ (hail samajwadi) are all about the work done by the previous SP government and giving hope to the people to solve their problems if it comes to power again.
SP national spokesperson Ashutosh Verma said the songs strike a chord with the unemployed youth, farmers, labourers, women, exploited and downtrodden sections and the party intends to “heal their wounds”.
These songs will resonate in every village and town of the state and will remind the people of how important the SP government is for the development of all, he said.
The theme song of Congress, which claims it is fighting the elections to bring women into mainstream politics, also revolves around them.
Congress’s media convener Lalan Kumar said the party’s election campaign is being overseen by general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her thoughts are clearly reflected in the songs.
The AAP, which is contesting on all 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh has released its song ‘rajniti ko badalne AAP ayaa hai, pehli baar jhadu chaap aaya hai’ (we have come to change politics) written by the party’s Bihar cultural cell president Lokesh.
AAP MP and UP in-charge Sanjay Singh said the song is about the party’s promise of free electricity, education, unemployment allowance and Rs 1,000 per month.
He said that the party will soon come up with another song — ‘subah subah ghar se nikal ke line lag jayega, jhanse mein nahi aayega’ (we will join the queue for voting, will not be swayed by anyone) A song for the people of Purvanchal is also coming soon, he added.
Singh said, the AAP has formed a minimum of 20 teams in each assembly constituency and party functionaries and workers will use social media platforms, including WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to convey the party’s message through these songs.
According to political analyst Parvez Ahmed, whether it was the freedom movement or any fight fought for change, songs play a very important role in uniting people.
“In the movements held from time to time, songs have been considered as a very effective medium of conveying the point of view of the people participating in them,” he said.
Whether it was the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan movement or any other campaign, songs were used effectively and aggressively on all occasions.
It is human nature to get attracted towards songs and music and this is why songs are crucial even during elections.
More often than not, they do the job of getting into the hearts and minds of the voters, he said.
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Won’t tie-up with Samajwadi Party even for 100 seats now: Chandrashekhar Azad
By PTI
NOIDA: The Aazad Samaj Party on Tuesday said it will no longer approach the SP for a tie-up for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections even if Akhilesh Yadav offers it 100 seats.
Aazad Samaj Party (ASP) chief Chandrashekhar Azad said his party is open to stitching an alliance with others and maintained that his fight has always been with the RSS and the BJP.
The party had said last week that efforts were being made to form a third front of several opposition parties, apparently after disagreement over seat sharing with Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP).
“I have made it clear. The time was till today (Tuesday) for the leader whom I had approached for an alliance to stop the BJP. I announce this today that we are not going with them (SP). Now, even if they offer us 100 seats we will not tie-up with them because it’s a matter of self-respect,” Azad told reporters.
On Yadav saying he would extend support to the ASP, the flamboyant Dalit leader said he is a lawyer by education and understands well the difference in the language of support and taunt, in a veiled attack on the SP president who had offered two seats to the ASP recently.
He said workers and activists of the Bhim Army, a Dalit outfit he founded, and the ASP are strong enough to compete in the polls and have a reach at village level.
“It is true that we are open to forming tie-ups with other parties. Around 50 small outfits are sitting at our office now as we speak but we have come for the press conference here since it was pre-scheduled,” Azad claimed.
He added that ASP will not field candidates against the RLD, which has a tie-up with the SP for the UP polls because of respect for the Jayant Chaudhary-led party,which had offered the ASP the two seats that Yadav was talking about.
Elections to the 403 seats of the UP Assembly will take place in seven phases, beginning February 10.
The results will be announced on March 10.
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Samajwadi Party wants Mamata Banerjee to campaign for it in UP: Kiranmay Nanda
By PTI
KOLKATA: Samajwadi Party vice-president Kiranmay Nanda Monday said that the party wants West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to campaign for it in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly election.
Nanda returned from Uttar Pradesh on Monday and is scheduled to meet Banerjee at her residence on January 18 evening when the subject would be discussed.
“The way Mamata Banerjee fought against BJP in the Bengal assembly poll was unprecedented. The entire nation saw the fight she had put up against the BJP’s juggernaut. The Samajwadi Party and our party president Akhilesh Yadav wants her to campaign for us in the UP Assembly poll. Banerjee had early communicated to Akhilesh Yadav that if needed she will campaign for the party,” he told PTI.
Akhilesh Yadav shares a very cordial relation with Banerjee and had attended the grand opposition meeting hosted by the TMC supremo in January 2019.
The election in all 403 Assembly seats of the politically most important state will be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7.
Nanda said most of the campaign is being held virtually due to COVID restrictions.
Praising the TMC supremo, he said, “Mamata Banerjee is a strong leader and the way she fought against BJP is a lesson for the entire opposition. I am here to discuss with her the schedule for the campaign, be it virtual or in person. I will meet her on Tuesday”.
Banerjee had led TMC to a emphatic win in West Bengal for the third consecutive term in 2021 in the face of a stiff challenge by BJP.
One of the longest-serving fisheries minister of West Bengal during the Left Front regime, Nanda had merged his party – West Bengal Socialist Party with Samajwadi Party in 2010.
During the high octane West Bengal assembly polls in 2021, SP had decided against contesting and extended its support to the ruling TMC.
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UP polls: Unfazed by FIR, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel continues reaching out to public
By PTI
NOIDA: Unfazed by an FIR against him, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday continued reaching out to the public and held door-to-door campaigns in Dadri and Jewar areas of Gautam Buddh Nagar for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in favour of Congress candidates.
Baghel, the Congress’ observer for the polls in UP, held door-to-door campaigns for candidate Deepak Bhati ‘Chotiwala’ in Dadri and Manoj Chaudhary from Jewar, a day after an FIR was lodged against him for flouting COVID-19 norms during a poll campaign in Noida.
“CM Baghel went on a door-to-door campaign in Bisrakh and Dujana villages of Dadri and informed them about public welfare schemes implemented in Chhattisgarh. He exhorted people to rise above the politics of caste and religion and vote the Congress into power in UP for progress and development,” a Congress statement read.
With Baghel seeking support for him, Deepak Bhati, who is pitted against BJP’s sitting Dadri MLA Tejpal Nagar, exuded confidence of the Congress winning the seat this time.
The Chhattisgarh chief minister later visited the Jewar Assembly constituency, where he held indoor meetings with local residents in Devta and Kishorepur villages.
According to the Congress, among those Baghel met were villagers affected by the Noida International Airport, a mega greenfield project for which land has been acquired by the UP government from people in Jewar area.
In Jewar, Congress’ Manoj Chaudhary has been fielded to take on BJP’s popular MLA Dhirendra Singh.
Singh had quit the Congress to join the BJP ahead of the 2017 Assembly polls in UP.
Dadri has 5.86 lakh voters while Jewar has 3.46 lakh voters.
Elections to these seats will be held on February 10 and results will be announced on March 10.