By way of PTI
LUCKNOW: Whilst a couple of ‘bahubalis’ controlled wins within the Uttar Pradesh Meeting elections, a majority of them had been rejected through the citizens. In step with the consequences, many alleged dons-turned-politicians didn’t make it to the Uttar Pradesh Meeting.
Those come with Dhananjay Singh (Malhani), Vijay Mishra (Gyanpur), Yash Bhadra Singh Monu (Isauli) and Amarmani Tripathi (Nautanwa), son of Purvanchal strongman Yatra Amanmani Tripathi, who’s sentenced to lifestyles imprisonment.
On the other hand, then again, Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya (Kunda) and Abhay Singh (Gosaiganj) controlled to win. From Malhni seat of Jaunpur, Janta Dal (United) strongman Dhananjay Singh misplaced to Samajwadi Birthday celebration candidate Fortunate Yadav through a margin of 17,527 votes.
Dhananjay, a former MP, used to be surrounded through a number of controversies previous to the elections. The Lucknow police had additionally introduced a praise of Rs 25,000 on him in a homicide case. On the other hand, within the next investigation, he were given a blank chit.
Any other ‘bahubali’ Vijay Mishra, who has controlled to be the MLA from Gyanpur since 2002, needed to face defeat this time. He was the one MLA of the Nishad Birthday celebration to win in 2017. On the other hand, because the birthday party determined towards fielding him this time, he converted to the Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Birthday celebration and stood 3rd from the seat.
He had made it to the Meeting in 2002, 2007 and 2012 on SP price tag. Yash Bhadra Singh Monu of the Bahujan Samaj Birthday celebration (BSP), who had unsuccessfully contested two times from Sultanpur’s Isauli seat, needed to face defeat as soon as once more.
Amanmani Tripathi, who used to be jailed previous in a homicide case, used to be additionally defeated. He used to be an unbiased candidate from the similar seat within the 2017 Meeting elections, and this time, he had contested on a BSP price tag.
In the meantime Raghuraj Pratap Singh, any other strongman, controlled to win the elections from Kunda for the 8th consecutive time period. Having been an unbiased candidate for lengthy, he shaped his personal birthday party Jansatta Dal Loktantrik this time. He has been the MLA from Kunda seat of Pratapgarh since 1993.
Samajwadi Birthday celebration strongman Abhay Singh controlled to win the Gosaiganj seat, a constituency he had received in 2012 however confronted defeat in 2017. Mafia-turned-politician Brijesh Singh’s nephew Sushil controlled to win the election from Sayedaraja seat, thereby changing into an MLA for the fourth time.
In 2007, he had received the election from Dhanapur seat on a BSP price tag whilst in 2012, he used to be elected MLA from Sakaldiha.
Mukhtar Ansari, who received the MLA seat from Mau Sadar on a number of events, didn’t contest the election this time however his son Abbas Ansari controlled to make it to the Meeting from the senior Ansari’s bastion. Abbas used to be elected MLA from Mau Sadar seat at the price tag of SP best friend Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Birthday celebration. He defeated his nearest rival Ashok Kumar Singh of the BJP through greater than 38,000 votes.
