UP by choice: Today, i.e. November 20, voting has begun for the by-elections to nine Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats. The main contest in these by-elections is between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP). This is the first electoral battle after the Lok Sabha elections, in which the Congress stayed away and supported the Samajwadi Party (SP). At the same time, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is alone in the election fray and is fielding its candidates for all nine seats.
Women returning from the polling station
Meanwhile, there is big news coming up: during voting in Kanpur’s Sisamau, women alleged that they were being prevented from voting. She returns from the polling station without having cast her vote. The women say the police do not allow them to vote and prevent them from doing so.
By-elections are being held for these seats.
- Katehari (Ambedkar Nagar)
- Karhal (Mainpuri)
- Mirapur (Muzaffarnagar)
- Ghaziabad
- Majhwan (Mirzapur)
- Sisamau (Kanpur)
- Khair (Aligarh)
- Phulpur (Prayagraj)
- Kundarki (Moradabad)
