This Article is From May 18, 2014

Murli Manohar Joshi Defeats Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal

Murli Manohar Joshi Defeats Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal

File photo of Murli Manohar Joshi

Kanpur: Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has won from the Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency defeating coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal.

Mr Joshi defeated Mr Jaiswal, who was a three-time Congress MP from Kanpur, by 2,22,946 votes.

In 2009, Mr Joshi had won from Varanasi, from where Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi fought this time.

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