In the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the BJP could not get an absolute majority and one of the reasons for this was Uttar Pradesh where the Samajwadi Party stopped its chariot. Along with this, despite the inauguration of Ram temple, BJP also lost the Faizabad seat in Ayodhya. Since then, the poster of SP MP Akhilesh won from this seat became a boy. The Samajwadi Party also gave a slogan associated with it, nor Mathura, nor Kashi, this time Awadhesh Pasi. Just after the grand and divine Ram temple inauguration of Ayodhya, the BJP was scheduled to prick the saffron party at the hands of the Samajwadi Party in this seat just after the inauguration. But the by -election for the Milkipur Assembly under this Lok Sabha seat has been one of the country’s High Profile Bai Election. Chandrabhanu Paswan of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated his nearest rival and Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Ajit Prasad by a margin of 61,710 votes in the by -election in Milkipur assembly seat. According to the Election Commission, Paswan got 1,46,397 votes while Prasad got 84,687 votes. Santosh Kumar of Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) finished third with 5,459 votes. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Awadhesh Prasaj gave the biggest happiness to the opposition by defeating BJP’s Lallu Singh by 54567 votes from Faizabad seat in Ayodhya, the biggest laboratory of Hindutva. Now in the Milkipur by -election, BJP has defeated Samajwadi Party candidate and Awadhesh Prasad’s son Ajit Prasad by more than 60 thousand votes and made the account with Sood.
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The seat was vacant when Awadhesh went to Lok Sabha
The Milkipur assembly seat was vacant after Awadhesh Prasad was elected from Faizabad seat in the Lok Sabha elections last year, due to which the by -election was held. The SP fielded his son Ajit Prasad in the by -election while the BJP selected party worker Paswan, both from the Pasi community. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) did not contest the by -election while the Congress was supporting the SP alliance in this seat. In the by -election held on February 5 for Milkipur assembly constituency of Uttar Pradesh, more than 65 percent of the total 3.71 lakh voters exercised their franchise, which is more than the 2022 assembly elections. The Milkipur by -election has become a fight for reputation between the SP and the BJP as this seat is a part of the politically important Ayodhya district. A total of 10 candidates contested this seat, but the main contest was being considered between Ajit Prasad and Chandrabhanu Paswan.
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How the village head’s son became big contenders for the ticket
Advocate Chandrabhanu Paswan has been a member of the Zilla Panchayat twice from Rudauli in Ayodhya. Currently his wife is a Zilla Panchayat member. Chandrabhanu is also a member of the Working Committee in the district unit of BJP. He was the Chief of Scheduled Caste Contact in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His father Baba Ramlakhan Das is the village head. Chandrabhan was active in Milkipur assembly seat for the last 2 years. That is why Milkipur by -elections were also among the major contenders. Many ministers, including CM Yogi Adityanath, campaigned fiercely on this seat. At the same time, the SP also left no stone unturned. Many big leaders, including Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav, held rally and public meetings in support of Ajit Prasad.
