Milkipur Bypoll: BJP fields Chandrabhan Paswan as its candidate
Live MintThe BJP has fielded Chandrabhan Paswan as its candidate for Milkipur assembly bypoll in Uttar Pradesh. The bypoll was necessitated after Awadhesh Prasad, a senior Dalit leader in the Samajwadi Party, resigned the Milkipur seat after being elected to Lok Sabha from Faizabad parliamentary seat in 2024 general elections. The bypoll was necessitated after Awadhesh Prasad, a senior Dalit leader in the Samajwadi Party, resigned the Milkipur seat after being elected to Lok Sabha from Faizabad parliamentary seat in 2024 general elections The BJP lost Faizabad Lok Sabha seat, months after the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya — which also falls under the parliamentary constituency. The SP won 37 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in June last year but its performance dipped when it could bag only two of the nine assembly seats in the November, 2024 bypolls. The Milkipur bypoll in Ayodhya district was to be held earlier along with by-elections for nine other assembly seats in November 2024.