Lucknow: Congress released a list of 35 other candidates, Fielding Chetna Pandey, who is a former member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, against Chief of Yogi Adyityan Reserve in the Urban Gorakhpur Constituency.
The Sawajwadi Party has also lowered a female candidate, Shubhawati Shukla, the widow of former BJP Vice President of the State, against Yogi.
Candidate Congress, Chetna Pandey, was associated with ABVP and also campaigned for yogi for some time before joining Congress in 2019.
Congress spokesman Anshu Awasthi said that Chetna was active in a decade now.
The 38-year-old was chosen as Vice President of the University of Gorakhpur University in 2005.
The list of 33 has 15 women in accordance with the party’s commitment to order 40% of their tickets.
Talking to reporters, Chetna said that she would fight for development problems.
“Much needs to be done to bring real changes in Gorakhpur.
Whatever initiative has been taken is cosmetics and far from real people in need.” Chetna is a resident of the Majgawan region in Gorakhpur.
His father worked at Indian Railways.
He has worked for women in 11 Purvanchal districts for several years now.
Congress Pits Ex-ABVP Member Against Yogi in Gorakhpur
