UP Assembly Election 2022 News LIVE Updates: Muslims will not vote for SP, says Mayawati - The Economic Times

59 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh are voting in the fourth phase. Two state ministers - Brajesh Pathak and Ashutosh Tandon - former joint director of Enforcement Directorate, Rajeshwar Singh, and Unnao rape victim's mother Asha Singh are in the fray in this phase. The seats going to polls today are spread across the districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, and Fatehpur.Among the top contenders in the fourth phase of the state Assembly elections is Law Minister and BJP leader Brajesh Pathak from the Lucknow Cantonment seat. He is pitted against Samajwadi Party candidate and two-time Corporator Surendra Singh Gandhi. Pathak was elected to the state Assembly from the Lucknow Central seat in the 2017 polls.Another minister in the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet-- Urban Development Minister Ashutosh Tandon is seeking re-election from the Lucknow East seat. He is contesting against Samajwadi Party's national spokesperson Anurag Bhadauria.Another keenly watched seat in this phase is the Sarojini Nagar seat in Lucknow where the BJP has pitted former joint director of Enforcement Directorate Rajeshwar Singh against SP candidate Abhishek Mishra, who is a former IIM professor and a close aide of the former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.The relevance of Congress will be tested in its bastion Rae Bareli as party MLA Aditi Singh joined the BJP before the polls. Aditi Singh is facing Congress candidate Manish Chauhan and Samajwadi Party's R P Yadav. Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi represents Rae Bareli in the Lok Sabha.

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