Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made a clean sweep in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, there was one contest that kept everyone hooked till late in the evening – the battle of Sirathu.
In this constituency, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya was defeated by Pallavi Patel of Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) faction, who was fighting on the Samajwadi Party (SP) symbol.
Patel’s victory is a big defeat for BJP Deputy CM Fighting for this seat. Patel won the seat by 7,337 votes with 1,05,559 votes as compared to Maurya’s 98,727 votes.
total of 18 candidates were in the field.
Earlier on Thursday, during the counting of votes, there was a moment when Patel Some were leading by a thousand votes and counting had to be stopped for some time. Soon after, Patel reached the centre, after which the counting of votes resumed and she emerged victorious.
family drama
Patel is the National Vice President of Apna Dal (Kameravadi) and sister of Anupriya Patel from Apna Dal (S) faction, a BJP ally. Patel’s in-laws have a house in Koripur of Manjhanpur assembly of Kaushambi.
It was believed that winning would not be easy, as Patel was contesting against a veteran BJP leader. However, he proved all the predictions and pollsters wrong.
Pallavi Patel Apna Dal’s national president is the elder daughter of Late Sonelal Patel. After the death of the father, a dispute with Anupriya divided the party. Patel formed Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) with his mother Krishna, while Anupriya and her husband formed Apna Dal(S).
Anupriya’s The faction had managed to win this seat in 2017.
During the election campaign, clashes broke out between supporters of SP and BJP in several villages of this constituency.
Patel said she is Sirathu’s daughter-in-law and raised issues like inflation and unemployment. People close to her revealed that she focused more on women voters and also raised the issue of stray animals.
Big names like SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, his wife and former SP MP Dimple Yadav campaigned for Patel along with SP’s Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan.
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