Newly-inducted Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha and also a rebel BJP leader campaigned for his wife Poonam Sinha in Lucknow on Thursday.
लखनऊ लोकसभा सीट से गठबंधन प्रत्याशी श्रीमती पूनम सिन्हा जी का रोड शो। सांसद श्रीमती डिम्पल यादव जी, सांसद श्री शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा जी मौजूद। pic.twitter.com/vNy0PHMC2A
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) April 18, 2019
Poonam Sinha filed her nomination from Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency earlier in the day and is a Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate.
लखनऊ लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र से अपना नामांकन प्रस्तुत करती हुईं श्रीमती पूनम सिन्हा जी। pic.twitter.com/eSkHiMpafA
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) April 18, 2019
Poonam Sinha, who is contesting against BJP sitting MP and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, joined the SP on Tuesday.
Shatrughan Sinha, who was accompanied by his wife and SP leader Dimple Yadav during a road show, also praised the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in the state.
He also praised SP chief Akhilesh Yadav saying, “Grand alliance has the power of youth with it and the example is Akhilesh Yadav, who is a youth icon not only in Uttar Pradesh but also throughout the country.”
लखनऊ लोकसभा सीट से गठबंधन प्रत्याशी श्रीमती पूनम सिन्हा जी का रोड शो। सांसद श्रीमती डिम्पल यादव जी, सांसद श्री शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा जी मौजूद। pic.twitter.com/VkfjBwmAtI
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) April 18, 2019
“I am here not as a Congress leader but as a husband and surely I have the right to be by my wife’s side at this time,” he said.
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“The elections this time are being held to bring a change. It will be fought for a cause of development… the development of the city, state and country,” the Congress leader added.
Meanwhile, the Congress candidate from Lucknow, Acharya Pramod Krishna, also filed his nomination for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat on Thursday.
Lucknow will go to poll in the fifth phase on May 6. Results for all the Lok Sabha seats will be announced on May 23.