In This UP Constituency, Deputy Chief Minister KP Maurya vs To Be Decided
NDTV
The BJP's Keshav Prasad Maurya, the number 2 in the Yogi Adityanath government, is contesting for the second time from Sirathu.
In Sirathu, one of the oldest towns in Uttar Pradesh about 150 km from Lucknow, an interesting election contest is in the making with the state's deputy Chief Minister facing a still-unknown rival.
The BJP's Keshav Prasad Maurya, the number 2 in the Yogi Adityanath government, is contesting for the second time from Sirathu.
The Samajwadi Party had earlier announced the name of Pallavi Patel, the older sister of BJP ally Anupriya Patel. Pallavi Patel is from the Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) of her mother Krishna Patel but will contest under the Samajwadi party symbol.
Sirathu falls in the Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency, from where the father of the Patel sisters, Sonelal Patel, had once won.
