It is bahubali vervus bayanveer in Khatauli, a prestige bypoll for the BJP
The HinduWith the Azad Samaj Party declaring support for the Rashtriya Lok Dal -Samajwadi Party candidate in Khatauli on November 15, the bypoll has turned interesting as now, with the Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress not contesting the bypoll, the RLD can hope to build on its Jat-Muslim-Gurjar combined vote bank that fell short by 16,000 votes in the Assembly polls earlier this year. The election was necessitated after two-time BJP MLA Vikram Saini, who defeated RLD’s Rajpal Saini earlier this year, was disqualified after he was convicted in a case related to the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013. While the BJP has fielded his spouse Rajkumari Saini, the RLD has placed its faith in four-time former MLA and Gurjar strongman Madan Bhaiya, who has several criminal cases pending against him. However, by fielding a candidate with serious criminal charges and who openly proclaims himself a bahubali, the RLD has lost some of the moral ground that it created after party chief Chaudhary Jayant Singh highlighted the rush in disqualifying SP leader Azam Khan, while keeping Mr. Saini’s case pending till the last minute.
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