Elections are to be held in India in the coming months of April and May 2024 to elect the members of the 18th Lok Sabha. In the last few years, after getting tickets from different parties of the country, you all must have seen the candidates campaigning during the election campaign. During this period, the methods of the candidates often attract people’s attention. But today we will tell you an anecdote about the country’s first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru and Ram Manohar Lohia, who laid the foundation of socialism. In which one leader is seen helping another leader in the election campaign. Know what was the whole matter.
1962 Allahabad
Let us tell you that in the 1962 elections, there was a contest between Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia on Phulpur seat of Allahabad. During this period, while on one side Nehru used to travel with a convoy of cars during the election campaign, on the other side Lohia used to campaign with horse-drawn carriages. At that time, Jawaharlal Nehru had sent a jeep to Ram Manohar Lohia for election campaign and Rs. 25 thousand for election expenses. But Lohia returned that jeep to Nehru. However, according to the information, the money was spent in the elections. This incident had attracted a lot of attention of the media in India and abroad.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Regarding Phulpur Lok Sabha seat in 1962, political analyst Abhay Awasthi says that at that time it was not easy to fight against Pandit Nehru, leave alone winning the election. However, Nehru also wanted that a bigger face than him should be in the election field. When Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia had announced his nomination from Phulpur as a Socialist Party candidate, his political associates advised that it would be better to contest from another seat. Ram Manohar Lohia did not budge on this matter. Lohia said that whatever happens, he will contest elections from Phulpur in protest against Nehru’s policies. Although it is true that at that time the eyes of the whole world were fixed on this seat. After the election results came, Nehru had won.
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