Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha polls: In the electoral battleground of Saharanpur Lok Sabha seat, Muslim voters emerged as the pivotal factor, with the BJP and BSP engaged in a fierce tussle for supremacy.
In the Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh, both the primary contenders—the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance and the BJP—are apprehensive about the potential polarization of voters. The BJP has nominated Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma, who previously contested from the same constituency in 2019 without success. This time, the party is banking on the belief that the presence of BSP s Majid Ali in the race will diminish the likelihood of Muslim votes consolidating in favor of Congress-SP alliance candidate
Masood hit the headlines in 2014 when he used the infamous 'boti-boti' comment for Narendra Modi. He is making yet another attempt to win from the Saharanpur Lok Sabha seat, this time as the Congress-Samajwadi Party candidate
The BJP on April 10 announced its tenth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, pitting Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Jaiveer Singh Thakur against Dimple Yadav, the wife of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, from the Mainpuri seat
Of the 1,618 candidates in the fray in phase one, 16 per cent or 252 candidates are named in criminal cases, with 10 per cent or 161 candidates facing serious criminal charges