Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samajwadi Party supremo Mayawati to hold a joint rally today in UP’s Bhadohi. The duo will be seeking votes and galvanize the support for Mahagathbandhan candidate Ragnath Mishra who is pitched against Rameshchand Bind of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While Congress has named Ramakant Yadav from Bhadohi Lok Sabha Seat.
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) Chief Ajit Singh will also be present in the joint rally slated for afternoon. While earlier in the day BSP-SP-RLD will also hold a joint rally in Jaunpur district of the State.
कल समाजवादी पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री अखिलेश यादव जी, बसपा राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष सुश्री मायावती जी और आरएलडी राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष चौ. अजित सिंह जी महागठबंधन प्रत्याशियों के समर्थन में संयुक्त महारैली को संबोधित करेंगे।#MahaGathbandhan से #MahaParivartan pic.twitter.com/J2xGBYKzd3
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BSP-SP-RLD Chiefs had in a run-up to the national elections held several joint rallies including one in Mainpuri where BSP Supremo Mayawati seeks votes for Samajwadi Party Patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.
In Bhadohi Parliamentary Seat, BJP had in 2014 national elections Virendra Singh Mast defeated Rakesh Dhar Tripathi of BSP with over 1.50 lakh votes.
Mahagathbandhan is also expected to hold joint rallies in Azamgarh on 8 May, Gorakhpur on 13 May and Varanasi on 16 May respectively.
Samajwadi Party (SP) and BSP have been in an alliance in the state with BSP have got 37 seats while SP been offered 37 seats to fight on. However, The SP-BSP Alliance have not named its candidates Congress Bastions – Amethi and Rae Bareli. RLD gets 3 Lok Sabha seat in the alliance, Ajit Singh led party has named its candidates on Mathura, Muzaffarnagar and Baghpat – where polling held in phase-I on April 11.
General Elections 2019 is being held across seven phases starting April 11 to May 19. Counting of the votes will be held on May 23. The voting in 80 Lok Sabha seat of the state is being held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19.
Voting for the remaining 27 constituencies of the state will be held in final two phases slated on May 12 and May 19.
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