By-elections were also held on some seats of UP. The result of which has been declared today. A big and interesting change has taken place in Kundarki seat of Moradabad. The only Hindu candidate has got a big lead in Muslim-dominated Kundarkhi.
This Hindu candidate is Ramveer Thakur of BJP. Who is leading by more than 50 thousand votes. Whereas SP’s strong leader and candidate Haji Mohammad Rizwan could get only 7 thousand votes till 12 noon. According to the current trends, the victory of BJP’s Ramveer Thakur from Kundarki is considered almost certain.
A lone Hindu among 11 Muslim candidates
The interesting thing about this meeting is that in the Kundarki by-election, BJP had fielded the only Hindu candidate among 11 Muslim candidates. Haji Mohammad Rizwan, whom SP has made its candidate. He has about 40 years of political experience. He first won the election from Kundarki seat in 2002 but lost to BSP’s Haji Akbar in 2007. But in 2012 and 2017, he made a comeback and won the Kundarki seat twice in a row. This seat is considered to be the stronghold of SP but this time BJP has broken the stronghold of SP which is no less than a nightmare for Akhilesh Yadav.
How did BJP get the lead?
Looking at the results, it can be said that the party benefited from the aggressive campaign of CM Yogi Adityanath. Ramveer Thakur himself was making every possible effort to make inroads among Muslim voters. The Muslim wing of BJP and Muslim leaders camped in Kundarki and campaigned vigorously. Along with this, anti-incumbency was also seen against the Samajwadi Party candidate. There is also talk of factionalism among local leaders.
biggest change
In Kundarki by-election, Ramveer Thakur from BJP, Rafatullah Jan from BSP, Hafiz Waris from AIMIM and Chand Babu from Azad Samaj Party were in the fray. Whereas Haji Mohammad Rizwan of SP is considered to be the strongest candidate.
It is noteworthy that in this by-election of UP, the highest voting took place in Kundarki. 57.7 percent voting took place here. There are more than 60 percent Muslim voters on this seat. In such a situation, the highest turnout has taken place in the seat with maximum number of Muslim voters, the seat where SP has given ticket to a Muslim leader and the seat where BJP has not won the election since 1993. Such a big upset on that seat is surprising the opposition.
