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Miss India runner-up, former MPs â UP panchayat polls grab eyeballs with bigshot candidates
Candidates for this weekâs UP panchayat polls include former MPs Ram Sagar Rawat and Seema Upadhyay, and model Diksha Singh, a runner-up of 2015 Miss India pageant.
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Lucknow: Two former MPs, a Miss India runner-up, the wife of an alleged gangster â this weekâs Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections are drawing attention for the high-profile candidates in the fray.
The four-phase panchayat elections start 15 April, with results scheduled for 2 May.Â
The candidates include Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ram Sagar Rawat, 70, a four-time MP and three-term MLA, who is contesting from Barabankiâs Siddhaur area.Â
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UP panchayat election: A gateway to dynastic politics
UP panchayat election: A gateway to dynastic politics | India Today Insight
The panchayat election is being seen by veteran politicians in the state as a platform to launch the political careers of their sons, daughters and wives
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav at the party s Kisan Mahapanchayat in Aligarh, UP (Maneesh Agnihotri)
As the panchayat election in Uttar Pradesh reaches the end of its second phase of nomination, the contest in the state is becoming interesting with the arrival of relatives of many veterans in the electoral arena. This time there is a possibility that the maximum number of candidates for the three-tier election will be from the youth category. The panchayat elections are seen by politicians as an opportunity for their sons, daughters and wives to enter politics.