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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has got a challenger in Gorakhpur – Prominent Dalit face and Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad will fight the Uttar Pradesh assembly election from Gorakhpur Sadar seat, his Aazad Samaj Party-Kanshiram announced.
“Taking forward the ideology of Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and Kanshiram sahib for ‘Bahujan Hitaay – Bahujan Sukhaay’, the Aazad Samaj Party-Kanshiram announced Chandra Shekhar Azad as candidate from Gorakhpur Sadar (322) seat,” the party said in a statement on social media.
Gorakhpur Sadar goes to polls on March 3 during the sixth phase of elections in UP.
The results will be declared on March 10.
Aazad was until recently in talks with the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party for a tie-up to contest the polls but was offered only two seats by it.
