Mar 14, 2018 09:36:23 (IST)
Gorakhpur And Phulpur Constituencies - A Brief History, And It's Significance To The Parties
Gorakhpur is significant for the BJP as it is the bastion of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who represented the seat in the Lok Sabha five times. Prior to Mr Adityanath, the seat was thrice represented in Parliament by his mentor, Yogi Avaidyanath.
Phulpur on the other hand, was once represented by the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. It witnessed a surge in favour of the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha election when Keshav Prasad Maurya, the current deputy chief minister of UP, won the seat.
Gorakhpur is significant for the BJP as it is the bastion of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who represented the seat in the Lok Sabha five times. Prior to Mr Adityanath, the seat was thrice represented in Parliament by his mentor, Yogi Avaidyanath.
Phulpur on the other hand, was once represented by the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. It witnessed a surge in favour of the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha election when Keshav Prasad Maurya, the current deputy chief minister of UP, won the seat.