Voting in bypolls for six assembly seats across 5 states begins

Voting for byelections for Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and six assembly seats in Bihar Chhattisgarh Odisha Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh is underwayAssembly seats in Rampur Sadar and Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh Padampur in Odisha Sardarshahar in Rajasthan Kurhani in Bihar and Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh are in for a byelection raceThe Mainpuri Lok Sabha byelection is vacant after the death of Samajwadi Party SP founder Mulayam Singh YadavThe bypolls Rampur Sadar and Khatauli were necessitated after SP MLA Azam Khan and BJP MLA Vikram Singh Saini were disqualified in separate casesNotably Khan was disqualified in a hate speech case and the BJP MLA Saini after his conviction and sentence of twoyear imprisonment in a 2013 riot case was also disqualifiedAlso read Planning crucial before setting up night bazaarsBarbarism being done amp people being arrested beaten up Police are going to colonies amp telling people not to step out to vote People in one colony locked up their houses and migrated in fear They are saying it everywhere to not cast votes Azam Khan saidBJP has fielded Rajkumari Saini on the Khatauli seat while Madan Bhaiya is RLDSPs candidate Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party are out of the bypolls raceMulayams daughterinlaw and Akhileshs wife Dimple Yadav a former MP is the party candidate in Mainpuri while BJP has pitted Raghuraj Singh Shakya a former confidant of Mulayams brother Shivpal Singh YadavIn Chhattisgarh Congress candidate for Bhanupratappur constituency Savitri Mandavi casts her vote for assembly bypollsAn anticipated direct contest between Congress and BJP is expected at the Bhanupratappur seat after Congress MLA Manoj Singh Mandavi passed away last month The Congress has fielded Savitri Mandavi the wife of the deceased MLA in a bid to retain the seat while BJP has fielded a former MLA The seat is reserved for Scheduled TribesShe said Atmosphere is in favour of Congress because our Government has set standards of development Looking at those works people are voting for usThe counting of votes will take place on December 8In other states the Padampur bypoll of Odisha was also necessitated following the demise of sitting BJD MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha on October 3 BJP fielded Pradip Purohit who is the State BJP Krushak Morcha president was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Padampur in the 2014 election however Purohit lost the 2009 electionRajasthans Sardarshahar seat goes to polls following the death of Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma after a prolonged illness His seat will be contested by his son Anil Kumar while BJP has fielded former MLA Ashok Kumar thereIn Bihars Kurhani the disqualification of RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani has prompted the pollsThe voting for high voltage byelections will continue till 6 pmThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever