Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a nationalist rally up of the by-election successful the Milkipur assembly constituency successful Ayodhya district. (Express photo)
Milkipur, Erode East Bypoll LIVE Update: Voting successful the Milkipur constituency spot successful Uttar Pradesh and Erode East constituency successful Tamil Nadu commenced astatine 7 americium connected Wednesday, being conducted simultaneously with the Delhi assembly elections. Over 3.78 lakh voters successful Milkipur volition caste their votes via EVMs to determine the destiny of 10 candidates contesting from the seat. Meanwhile, 2.27 lakh voters volition determine the destiny of 46 candidates successful the Erode East constituency today. The counting of votes for some the constituencies volition instrumentality spot connected Saturday, February 8.
Tough conflict betwixt Samajwadi Party, BJP successful Milkipur: A full of 10 candidates are contesting the Milkipur bypoll, with the main contention being betwixt the Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The apical 2 candidates successful fray are BJP’s Chandrabhanu Paswan and SP’s Ajit Prasad. The stakes successful the bypoll successful Milkipur, which is successful Ayodhya district, were raised by SP’s Awadhesh Prasad’s astonishment triumph from Faizabad successful past year’s Lok Sabha polls that came conscionable months aft the inauguration of the Ram temple successful Ayodhya.
Oppn boycotts Erode East bypoll: Voting for by-poll to the Erode East Assembly constituency commenced astatine 7 americium connected Wednesday, amid dense constabulary protection. Polling volition beryllium held successful 237 booths crossed 53 locations. Owing to acold conditions, radical did not crook up successful large numbers astatine the commencement of the polling but much voters are expected aboriginal successful the day, officials said. A full of 46 candidates are successful fray Erode East, retired of which 44 are autarkic candidates. The DMK has fielded erstwhile MLA V C Chandrakumar portion M K Seethalakshmi is the NTK’s pick.
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