Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | Sons vie for Allahabad: Progeny of BJP and Samajwadi veterans in face-off telegraphindia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from telegraphindia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Singh, who recently switched from the Samajwadi Party to the Congress, said today a big city like Allahabad requires an Information Technology (IT) Park, an international-level stadium, and a metro rail service while its rural areas need adequate water supply for irrigation. The BJP had fielded Neeraj Tripathi from the Allahabad Lok Sabha seat, replacing Rita Bahuguna Joshi.
Gupta’s wife Abhilasha Gupta was a sitting mayor of Allahabad; BJP instead chose a candidate allegedly backed by deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, with whom too Nandi ties not too good