After Rajasthan , it is election time in UP and Bihar. The elections are an acide test to the popularity of BJP and the CM Yogi
By-elections in the Lok Sabha constituencies of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh and Araria in Bihar, and the Bhabua and the Jehanabad Assembly constituencies in Bihar will be held on March 11, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Friday.
Nominations will be accepted till February 20 and they will be scrutinised the next day. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is February 23 and votes will be counted on March 14.
Byelections were necessitated in Gorakhpur and Phulpur after Yogi Adityanath and Keshav Prasad Maurya vacated their seats to become the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister. The Araria seat fell vacant after the death of RJD MP Mohammed Taslimuddin.
