Sinha also expressed gratitude to the Gandhi family saying, "Expressed my thanks to the Gandhi family and Congress party for giving me the opportunity to fight this battle."
Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow Poonam Sinha with party MP Dimple Yadav and Congress candidate from Patna Sahib husband Shatrughan Sinha during a roadshow en route filing her nomination papers, in Lucknow. Pic courtesy/PTI
Poonam Sinha, who is contesting as SP candidate, was pitted against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh from Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency. Pramod Krishnam, the Congress candidate for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, criticised Sinha and asked him to campaign for his own party. "Shatrughan Sinha has come here and fulfilled his duty as a husband, but I would like to tell him that he should now campaign for his party and fulfil his political dharma," Krishnam said.
Sinha, on Friday, praised BSP-SP-RLD alliance in the state. "I have never seen such a powerful and huge gathering. This has been possible only through the blessings of Mulayam Singh Yadav, co-operation of BSP's Mayawati and hard work of RLD's Ajit Singh," he said. While praising SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Sinha said, "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." Congress is not being made a part of SP-BSP-RLD alliance. As per the seat-sharing agreement, SP is contesting on 37 seats while BSP is on 38. Three seats (Mathura, Muzaffarpur, and Baghpat) have been given to the RLD.
Sinha, who joined Congress after he was denied ticket from Patna Sahib Constituency in Bihar, will be contesting against BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad
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