Kaushambi: The mercury is running very high in UP regarding the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election. The era of allegations and counter-allegations has started among the leaders regarding the UP elections. UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya will file nomination from Sirathu Assembly in Kaushambi district tomorrow, February 3. In the Sirathu assembly of Kaushambi district, polling is to be held in the fifth phase on February 27.
It is worth mentioning that before this Keshav Prasad Maurya was elected MLA from Sirathu in the year 2012. In the 2012 assembly elections, Keshav Prasad Maurya had fed lotus in Sirathu even in adverse circumstances. At the same time, Samajwadi Party has declared Pallavi Patel as its candidate against Sirathu assembly candidate Keshav Prasad Maurya from BJP. Sheetla Prasad Patel is currently a BJP MLA from Sirathu. Sheetla Prasad Patel’s ticket has been canceled due to Keshav Prasad Maurya contesting the election. Because of this, there is anger in the Patel community, after which the BJP has given Chayal’s seat in the account of the ally Apna Dal to control the damage.
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Sirathu has great importance from historical and religious point of view.
Sirathu has great importance from historical and religious point of view. In the Sirathu assembly constituency adjacent to the Ganges, there is a fort of Jaichand on the banks of the river Ganges, and there is a famous temple of Mother Sheetla Dham in Kada Dham of this area. There is a tomb of Khwaja Kharag Shah Baba here and there is also an ashram of Sant Malukdas in Kada. If we look at the electoral history of Sirathu assembly, this seat was won by Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna of Congress in 1962. At the same time, in 1989 and 1991, this seat was made in the reserved category. From 1993 to 2007, this assembly seat was occupied by BSP candidates. In 2007, the BSP’s Vachaspati had won. In 2012, BJP’s account opened on this seat and Bahujan Samaj Party’s candidate Anand Mohan stood second by getting 9863 votes.
3 lakh 65 thousand 153 voters in Sirathu
If we look at the caste equation of Sirathu Vidhan Sabha, there are about 45 percent voters of Scheduled Castes, 24 percent of voters from backward classes and about 32 percent of others. In this context, the decision of winning or losing this seat rests in the hands of the voters belonging to the Scheduled Castes. At present there are 3 lakh 65 thousand 153 total voters in Sirathu. In which male voters are 1 lakh 95 thousand 660 and female voters are 1 lakh 69 thousand 492. In 2012, after Keshav bloomed a lotus in Sirathu, it was captured by the SP in the 2014 by-elections, but in the 2017 assembly elections, it again came to the BJP. In the 2017 assembly elections, a total of 17 candidates were in the fray for Sirathu assembly seat in which BJP’s winning candidate Sheetla Prasad got 78621 votes, while SP’s Vachaspati got 52418 votes and BSP candidate Saidul Rab got 42782 votes. Were.