Addressing a press conference at the state party headquarters here, Adityanath announced that BJP candidate Ghanshyam Lodhi won from Rampur and Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirhau from Azamgarh.
Samajwadi Party candidate for Uttar Pradesh s Azamgarh by-poll Dharmendra Yadav, who was defeated by BJP s Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua on Sunday, blamed the state administration and BJP-BSP alliance for his loss and said that the people of the district will again make them victorious in the 2024 General elections.
Lucknow (UP), June 26 (PTI): In a setback to the main opposition Samajwadi Party, the BJP on Sunday wrested both Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. BJP’s Ghanshyam Lodhi defeated Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Mohd Asim Raja by a comfortable margin of 42,192 votes in the direct contest in Rampur. “Lodhi has won by over 42,000 votes,” Rampur District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar told reporters after giving the winning certificate to the BJP contender. While Lodhi secured 3,67,397 votes (51.96 per cent), SP’s Raja got 3,25,205 votes (46 per cent), the Election Commission (EC) said. Lodhi defeated Raja, who is considered close to SP leader Mohd Azam Khan. Khan had won from the constituency in 2019. “This is a victory of the people of Rampur,” Lodhi said, adding that he would now work as their “chowkidar”. Meanwhile, Azam Khan alleged misuse of official machinery in the polls and challenged that he would leave politics if any
New Delhi, Jun 26: Consolidating its position, the BJP wrested high-profile Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh from the Samajwadi Party and won three assembly seats, including that of Chief Minister Manik Saha, in Tripura in by-election results announced on Sunday. While the AAP lost Punjab’s Sangrur parliamentary constituency, vacated by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, to Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), it was able to retain Rajinder Nagar assembly seat in Delhi that party leader Raghav Chadha had […]