The last phase of polling is going on in Uttar Pradesh today. In this phase, 613 candidates are in the fray for 54 seats in nine districts of Purvanchal.
The fate of seven ministers of the Yogi cabinet is at stake in the last phase of UP elections. In Purvanchal, where Varanasi is the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Azamgarh is the parliamentary constituency of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. In such a situation, the competition in all 54 seats of Purvanchal is going to be very tough. Read further Which of Yogi's ministers are at stake in this phase?
1. Anil Rajbhar: Yogi government's cabinet minister Anil Rajbhar is in the fray from Shivpur seat of Varanasi. Om Prakash Rajbhar's son Arvind Rajbhar is contesting against Anil. At the same time, BSP has given ticket to Ravi Maurya and Congress has given ticket to Girish Pandey. Anil is the Backward Classes Welfare Minister in the government.
2. Ravindra Jaiswal: Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Stamps and Registration in the Yogi government, Ravindra Jaiswal is in the electoral fray from Varanasi North. The Samajwadi Party has fielded Ashfaq Ahmed, BSP's Shyam Prakash and Congress's Gulerana Sabassum against Ravindra. In 2017, Ravindra Jaiswal of BJP won from here.
3. Neelkanth Tiwari: Minister of State for Tourism and Culture (Independent Charge) Neelkanth Tiwari is contesting from Varanasi South in the Yogi government. Against Neelkanth, Samajwadi Party has given ticket to Kishan Dixit, BSP Dinesh Kasodhan and Congress Mudita Kapoor. Last time too, this seat was won by Neelkanth Tiwari.
4. Girish Yadav: Minister of State for Housing and Urban Planning Girish Yadav is in the fray from Jaunpur seat. Against Girish, Samajwadi Party has fielded Arshad Khan, BSP Salim Khan and Congress has fielded Nadeem Javed. Girish Yadav had won this seat last time as well.
5. Ramashankar Singh Patel: Minister of State for Power Ramashankar Singh Patel is contesting from Mirzapur's Madihan seat. The Samajwadi Party has fielded Ravindra Bahadur Singh Patel against Ramashankar, Narendra Singh Kushwaha from the BSP and Geeta Devi Kol from the Congress. Ramashankar Singh Patel had won from this seat in 2017.
6. Sangeeta Balwant: From Ghazipur seat, the BJP has again expressed confidence in the Minister of State in the Yogi government, Sangeeta Balwant. Against Sangeeta, SP alliance has fielded Jackson Sahu, BSP has fielded Vinod Kumar and Congress has fielded Seema Devi. In 2017, Sangeeta had won this seat.
7. Sanjeev Gond: Sanjeev Gond is BJP's candidate from Obra assembly seat of Sonbhadra district. Sanjeev is the Minister of State for Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes and Tribes Welfare in the UP Government. The Samajwadi Party has fielded Arvind Kumar against Sanjeev, Subhash Kharwar of BSP and Ramraj Gond from Congress.
What happened in 2017?
Of the 54 seats in the nine districts where elections are going on, 29 of these seats were won by BJP candidates, while seven seats were won by the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party and Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidates. Had it. Samajwadi Party had won 11 seats. The BSP had won six and one seat was won by the Nishad Party candidate.
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