Sultanpur (UP): Bharatiya Janata Party leader Maneka Gandhi, who is seeking re-election for a second term in Sultanpur, on Sunday said she was focusing on local issues and asserted that the margin of victory would be even bigger this time. .
However, the former Union minister refused to comment on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s denial of ticket ticket to his son Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit Varun and said he would soon campaign for him in Sultanpur. Stated.
In an interview with P.T.I.the eight-time MP said he was only concerned about issues in his own constituency and did not want to comment on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s call to wipe out Rae Bareli from Parliament.
“I have no comment…I’m concerned about my constituency and the problems of the people here,” she said. P.T.I. When asked about the BJP’s promise to wipe out the Gandhi family from Rae Bareli.
Amethi and Rae Bareli are very close to each other in the district and while Rahul Gandhi is contesting from Rae Bareli this time, KL Sharma, a supporter of the Gandhi family, will be taking on Smriti Irani in Amethi.
Maneka Gandhi, who won from Sultanpur in 2019 with a margin of 14,000 votes, said, “This time the margin of my victory will be even bigger.”
She also said that people in her constituency were happy about a grand Ram temple being built in Ayodhya, but “it is not an issue in the polls here”.
The BJP leader will be facing SP’s Ram Buar Nishad, while the BSP has fielded OBC Udraj Verma.
Asked if he expected a cabinet post if the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power again, he said: “That is not in my hands. It is the prime minister’s prerogative.”
The BJP is confident of appointing its party leader Sanjay Nishad as a minister in Uttar Pradesh from around 200,000 voters from the Nishad (fishermen community).
The sixth phase of voting will be held in Sultanpur on May 25.
issued May 19, 2024, 09:41 IST
