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Shire Bekal Enthusiast. – Photo : amar ujala Expansion Bekal Enthusiast, a renowned poet and poet of Hindi and Urdu literature, was awarded the Padma Shri by the President in 1976 for his contribution to literature. In view of his continuous services to the party, the then Rajiv Gandhi government nominated Bekal Enthusiast as a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1986. After the country got independence, general elections were being held in the country for the first time in the year 1952. Then Congress President and Prime Minister of…

BSP supremo Mayawati. – Photo : amar ujala Expansion The two main parties of Uttar Pradesh, BJP-SP, have fielded candidates from Sultanpur parliamentary seat. Even after this, the political picture here is incomplete because the special player BSP has not yet opened its cards on this seat. Election figures show that only BSP decides the equation on this seat. If the party is not the winner or runner up, its candidates definitely spoil the game of some candidate or the other. BSP was formed in 1984. For the first time…

BJP MP Maneka Gandhi. – Photo : amar ujala Expansion Former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi is once again in the fray as a BJP candidate from Sultanpur seat. This time too, the biggest challenge before him is the Isauli assembly constituency, which is considered the stronghold of the Bhadra brothers. While Varun Gandhi got an easy victory in 2014 with the support of the Bhadra brothers, Maneka Gandhi had to struggle to win after she became his rival. When Varun Gandhi contested from this seat in 2014, Chandrabhadra Singh Sonu…

Harishchandra, Anil Pandey, Diwakar, Babulal and Rashendra Tripathi. – Photo : amar ujala Expansion Like the crooked roads of the village, the political equation of Mohanlalganj (reserved) Lok Sabha seat is also complicated. It has been reserved for Scheduled Castes since 1962, yet BSP never won from here. There is an atmosphere of happiness and sadness among the people of the area. There are schemes like Ujjwala, PM Awas Yojana, toilets and Kisan Samman Nidhi, but one has to work hard to avail their benefits. But free ration is available…