As the counting of votes began, Samajwadi Party's Lucknow Lok Sabha seat candidate Ravidas Mehrotra on Tuesday expressed confidence in the INDIA alliance's victory in the Lok Sabha election saying that the public has voted in their favour adding that INDIA alliance government will be formed
In the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has set his sights on his third term as Lok Sabha MP. Singh will face Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra from this seat. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fielded Sarwar Malik.
"Samajwadi Party and Congress will contest Lok Sabha elections together. This will strengthen the INDIA alliance and INDIA will form its government in 2024. The opposition parties will contest the election together. We have tried to stop the scattering of non-BJP votes," Mehrotra told ANI
The SP has fielded Dimple Yadav, wife of former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav from Mainpuri and Shafiqur Rahman Barq from Sambhal and Ravidas Mehrotra from Lucknow.
Samajwadi Party has finalised veteran party leader Ravidas Mehrotra as its candidate from Lucknow constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, party sources said.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 9 (ANI): Disagreeing with Samajwadi Party leader Ravidas Mehrotra's remark on the Congress-SP alliance, the Congress on Thursday said that the alliance is strong and will win with majority.
Kanpur [India], Aug. 30 (ANI): Expressing concern over the recent incident in Bulandshahr where a teen was forced to undergo abortion by the culprit's family after being allegedly raped, Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Ravidas Mehrotra on Tuesday said stringent action should be initiated