The Congress party, on Wednesday, clearing the air said that Raj Babbar has not resigned from his position as the Uttar Pradesh Congress President.
Samjawadi Party’s Nagendra Patel finally won the Phulpur Lok Sabha by poll. Official announcement soon.
As per the current trends Samjawadi Party (SP) is leading in both Lok Sabha Seats in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party’s Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel is leading by 50,974 votes in Phulpur
As the counting of votes for Phulpur by elections is underway, the early trends show the Samajwadi Party candidate Nagendra Patel is leading by 20498 votes.
The counting of votes for Lok Sabha by-election for the two constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, Gorakhpur and Phulpur begins.
In Gorakhpur, the key contenders are Upendra Shukla from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Praveen Nishad from Samajwadi Party (SP) and Surhita Chatterjee Karim from Congress.
There are 10 candidates in the fray from Gorakhpur, while there are 22 candidates contesting from Phulpur.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah have hit the streets of Gorakhpur to gather support for the BJP.
BSP in-charge Ghanshyam Chandra Kharwar has declared support to Gorakhpur SP candidate Praveen Kumar Nishad and Phulpur SP candidate Nagendra Singh Patel.