BJP Candidate Leads In UP's Lakhimpur, Flashpoint Of Farmers' Protests
NDTV
UP election results 2022: BJP's Yogesh Verma is leading by almost 10,000 votes against Samajwadi Party's Utkarsh Verma Madhur.
Riding a BJP wave in Uttar Pradesh, its candidate Yogesh Verma is leading in the Lakhimpur assembly seat. The seat is part of the Kheri district that made headlines after local BJP MP and union minister Ajay Mishra's son allegedly mowed down protesters killing 8, including 4 farmers. The farmers were protesting against the three controversial farm laws that were eventually taken back by the government. All opposition parties had raised the issue throughout this election, hoping to pin down the ruling party for being "anti-farmer".
Yogesh Verma is leading by almost 10,000 votes against Samajwadi Party's Utkarsh Verma Madhur.
The BJP was leading in all the eight Assembly seats in the Lakhimpur Kheri district with the Samajwadi Party appearing in contention only in Kasta, where the margin was less than 2,000 votes.
At 2:50 pm, the Election Commission website has Yogesh Verma at 37,671 votes and the Samajwadi opponent at 28,729.
