Yogi Adityanath To Face Former BJP UP Vice-President's Widow Subhavati Shukla In Upcoming UP Polls

Subhavati Shukla is the widow of a former senior BJP leader from Gorakhpur, Upendra Shukla, who was UP BJP's vice-president.

Samajwadi Party's Subhavati Shukla will take on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the Gorakhpur Urban constituency in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

Ms Shukla's name figured in the list of 24 candidates released by the party on Monday.

The Gorakhpur Urban constituency will go to the polls in the sixth phase of the elections on March 3.

Ms Shukla is the widow of a former senior BJP leader from Gorakhpur, Upendra Shukla, who was UP BJP's vice-president.