Nitin Gadkari To K Kanimozhi: Big Faces Contesting In Phase 1 Today
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A total of 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories are going to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha election today
A total of 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories are going to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha election today. These include all the 39 seats in politically significant Tamil Nadu and several in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra.
Here are some of the prominent leaders contesting in this phase:
Nitin Gadkari (BJP): Nagpur
The country's longest serving minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari is eyeing a hat-trick from Nagpur, which sent him to Lok Sabha in 2014 and 2019. Mr Gadkari's work in expanding India's road connectivity has drawn praise even from his political rivals. A former BJP national president, Mr Gadkari faces Congress's Vikas Thakre in the high-profile seat. Mr Thakre is a former Nagpur mayor and sitting MLA from Nagpur West.
