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Written By: WITC Desk New Delhi Monday, 12 June, 2023 12:25:PM
Gazipur parliamentary seat is declared vacant after the imprisonment of Afzal Ansari source says. The election commission is preparing for a by-election source says. Manoj Sinha, Lt Governor of J& K, who won in 2014 and lost in 2019, wants the BJP must give the ticket to his daughter-in-law or son Anubhav Sinha to have control over the area. Gazipur was Bhumihar dominated area but after the transfer of Mohammadabad and Zahurabad to Balia In delimitation the domination ended and now Rajputs and Yadavs play a major role source says. CM of UP wants that being Rajput dominated area one Rajput, one time very close to SP leadership, Radhey Mohan Singh be given a ticket source says. CM says that to nullify 19% Yadav and 10% Muslims, Rajput must be given ticket source says. Neeraj Shekhar, son of late PM, Chandrasekhar is also eyeing the seat source says, Virender Singh Mast also wants to represent the area source says. The closeness between Sanjay Sherpuria and Manoj Sinha has affected the chances of the Sinha family source says. In one of the papers filed for the contest during the election, Manoj Sinha mentioned a loan of Rs. 25 lacks from Sherpuria to meet election expenditures source says.