UP CM Yogi Adityanath To Contest Assembly Polls From Gorakhpur Urban

TPI Staff January 15, 2022

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Mumbai: The BJP today announced that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will contest the upcoming Assembly polls from Gorakhpur Urban seat.

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Further, UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya will contest the polls from Sirathu in the Prayagraj district.

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Addressing the press conference, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, “We are releasing the list of candidates for 57 out of 58 seats in the first phase and 48 out of 55 seats in the second phase.

“Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to contest from Gorakhpur seat. Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to contest from Sirathu assembly segment,” he said.

Yogi Adityanath has been a Member of Parliament from Gorakhpur constituency, Uttar Pradesh, for five consecutive terms since 1998. Earlier, it was reported that the chief minister would also contest from Ayodhya.

The Election Commission said that voting will begin from February 10 in seven phases for 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. In Uttar Pradesh, polling will be held in seven phases on 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7.

The counting of votes will take place on March 10.

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