Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath volition commencement connected Friday the 2nd limb of his run successful the Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh wherever by-elections volition beryllium held connected November 20.
The CM volition screen six seats successful the adjacent 2 days, it is learnt.
This comes amid a jibe astatine Adityanath by Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav that the Chief Minister was doing “hard work” due to the fact that helium was acrophobic of losing his seat aft the Maharashtra predetermination results.
This volition beryllium the CM’s 2nd sojourn to poll-bound constituencies aft the notification for the Assembly bypolls connected 9 seats were announced connected October 15. The Election Commission of India (ECI) had earlier announced November 13 arsenic the day for the bypoll but aboriginal postponed it to November 20.
Adityanath earlier campaigned successful each the 9 constituencies for 3 consecutive days starting November 8.
Before the bypoll notification, Adityanath had taken the nonstop complaint of the Milkipur Assembly spot successful Ayodhya territory and the Katehri conception successful Ambedkarnagar. While the polls are not taking spot successful Milkipur, the BJP is hopeful of bagging Katehri from the Samajwadi Party. In 2022, the spot was won by SP’s Lalji Verma but was vacated aft helium was elected arsenic MP from Ambedkarnagar.
This volition beryllium Adityanath’s 4th sojourn to the constituency for a nationalist lawsuit successful the caller past. Before the bypoll notification, helium visited the constituency doubly to inaugurate and laic the instauration chromatic of projects and enactment successful occupation fairs organised by the authorities government. After the predetermination notification, helium campaigned for enactment campaigner Dharmaraj Nishad connected November 10.
Usually, main ministers and nationalist leaders debar campaigning successful bypolls but respective exceptions person been made connected these 9 seats this clip successful the aftermath of the BJP’s lacklustre show successful the Lok Sabha elections.
While the Samajwadi Party is making attempts to show that it inactive retains the voters’ enactment it got during the parliamentary polls, making it the 2nd largest Opposition enactment successful the country, the BJP is moving hard to beryllium it was but a fluke for the INDIA alliance.
On November 15, Adityanath volition run successful different important spot successful eastbound Uttar Pradesh, i.e. Majhawan, which was won by the BJP’s confederation spouse NISHAD Party. But successful this by-election, the ruling enactment has fixed summons to its ain campaigner from this seat.
The enactment is hoping to adhd the constituency besides to its tally of seats successful the authorities Assembly. Like Katehri, this volition besides beryllium the Chief Minister’s 4th sojourn to the constituency successful the past fewer months and 2nd aft the predetermination notification.
On Friday, Adityanath, who is besides campaigning successful different poll-bound states, volition beryllium successful Khair, Phulpur, Ghaziabad and Sisamau seats. While helium volition code nationalist meetings successful Khair and Phulpur, helium is scheduled to clasp roadshows successful Ghaziabad and Sishamau connected Saturday.
On the different hand, Akhilesh Yadav has truthful acold campaigned lone successful the Kundarki spot of Moradabad, Sishamau of Kanpur and Phulpur of Prayagraj. On Friday, helium volition beryllium successful the Karhal constituency.