Sultanpur: In Sultanpur, close to high-profile Amethi, BJP’s Maneka Gandhi seems to be preventing a lone battle to retain her parliamentary seat with few prime leaders of her social gathering canvassing for her and no opposition biggies campaigning in opposition to her both.
Sultanpur goes to polls on May 25 and Thursday is the final day of campaigning.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed a public assembly in assist of Maneka Gandhi in Qazipur on Wednesday.
Her son Varun Gandhi, who has been benched by the BJP on this Lok Sabha election, is anticipated to hitch her for campaigning on Thursday.
Her nephew Rahul Gandhi and niece Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have visited Uttar Pradesh a number of instances to canvass for INDIA bloc candidates however haven’t campaigned in opposition to her.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati campaigned in Sultanpur in assist of her social gathering’s candidate Udraj Verma, an OBC, on Wednesday and attacked each the BJP and the Congress.
Despite little assist from the BJP’s large weapons, Maneka Gandhi is assured of steering her social gathering to victory in Sultanpur, which was represented by Varun Gandhi earlier than 2019.
In an interview with PTI, the sitting Sultanpur MP asserted that her victory margin this time shall be larger than final time.
In the 2019 normal elections, Maneka Gandhi had gained the Sultanpur seat by a margin of 14,000 seats.
The BJP is assured of gaining round 2 lakh votes of the fishermen group in Sultanpur with their chief and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad holding a ministerial berth within the Uttar Pradesh cupboard.
Maneka Gandhi mentioned neither the Ram temple nor the denial of a ticket to her son is an election difficulty in her constituency as persons are extra involved about their issues and their MP’s response to their considerations.
She mentioned the individuals of her constituency are glad in regards to the opening of the Ram temple in Ayodhya however “it is not an issue in the polls here”.
“I don’t look at the people coming to me with their needs on the lines of caste or religion. Everybody in the constituency belongs to me and I hold the responsibility of their better future,” the eight-time Lok Sabha MP mentioned.
Asked in regards to the BJP’s name to wipe out the Nehru-Gandhi household from Rae Bareli, the 67-year-old Sultanpur MP mentioned, “I have no comments to make… I am concerned about the problems of my constituency and the people here.”
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is within the fray from Rae Bareli.
BJP district president R Ok Verma mentioned the individuals right here have a constructive response to the “Modi-Yogi” mixture.
Toilets have been constructed for individuals they usually have obtained homes and free foodgrains below completely different authorities schemes, he mentioned.
“Maneka ji helps whosoever comes to her for assistance irrespective of one’s caste or religion,” he mentioned.
Kamaruddin Alam, a neighborhood resident, agrees. “She doesn’t discriminate against anyone coming to her with their problems.”
Maneka Gandhi has additionally campaigned in Muslim areas.
Another native resident, Manoj Kumar, mentioned Maneka Gandhi is a giant chief and will get the issues of her constituency solved with the assistance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different central ministers.
Shyam Chand Srivastava of Qazipur city space says anyone can strategy Maneka Gandhi with their issues, no matter the very fact whether or not the particular person is her voter or not.
Ram Bihari in Sultanpur Bazar describes Maneka Gandhi as a “kind lady”.
Besides Maneka Gandhi and BSP’s Verma, Samajwadi Party’s (SP) Ram Bhual Nishad can be within the fray from Sultanpur.
Verma threatens to divide the OBC votes of the SP.
SP spokesperson Anoop Sanda mentioned Maneka isn’t a everlasting resident of Sultanpur. She comes from Delhi and stays right here for per week or 10 days each month.
“On normal days, she doesn’t go beyond 5 km of the town,” he mentioned, including that the individuals have a look at SP chief Akhilesh Yadav positively.
