UNION Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Monday filed his nomination papers from the Lucknow seat, seeking a third consecutive term from the prestigious Lok Sabha constituency. Accompanied by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami, the Union Defence Minister reached the collectorate for filing the nomination paper. The nomination was filed in presence of District Election Officer Surya Pal Gangwar. Besides Adityanath, Singh was accompanied by the two deputy chief ministers of the state as he took out a procession from the state BJP headquarters Enthusiastic party workers lined up along the roads shouting slogans, showering flower petals and beating drums.

 

 

 

Smriti Irani files papers from Amethi: UNION Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani filed nomination papers from the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. Accompanied by Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav and other leaders, Irani held a road show from BJP office in Gauriganj before filing her papers. The road show was stopped about 200 metres before the collectorate as per the orders of the District Magistrate. Uttar Pradesh Minister Mayankashwar Sharan Singh and Irani’s husband Zubin Irani also participated in the road show. Irani had won the seat, regarded as the stronghold of the Gandhi family, by defeating Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in 2019. Congress has not yet announced its candidate from the seat, though partymen here believe that Rahul Gandhi will contest from the seat again.

 

Lalu’s daughter Rohini files nomination from Saran: RJD President Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya filed her nomination from Bihar’s Saran Lok Sabha seat on Monday. Acharya was accompanied by Prasad, her mother and former chief minister Rabri Devi, and brothers Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap, among others. She has been campaigning in Saran over the last few days. Earlier in the day, talking to reporters in Patna, Tejashwi Yadav expressed confidence that his sister will receive the wholehearted support from voters of the constituency, which the RJD chief has represented several times until his disqualification in 2013, when he was convicted in a fodder scam case.