The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a historic hat-trick victory in the Phulpur assembly by-election. Candidate Deepak Patel defeated his nearest rival, SP nominee Mohd Mujtaba Siddiqui, by a margin of 11,305 votes. PRAYAGRAJ: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has finally registered its hat-trick in the Phulpur assembly polls—once known as the stronghold and karambhoomi of Congress and then the Samajwadi Party — after winning the 2024 by-election.
BJP won the prestigious Phulpur assembly segment in the 2017 and 2022 state assembly polls. The fact was that party has won three assembly polls including one bypoll and two lok sabha polls from Phulpur since 2014. The bypoll on Phulpur assembly seat was necessitated after sitting MLA of BJP from Phulpur assembly seat, Praveen Patel was elected Member of Parliament from Phulpur parliamentary constituency in 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
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While OBC morcha workers were asked to target OBC-.