Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: The Samajwadi Party has fielded Subhavati Shukla against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the Gorakhpur Urban constituency. Who is Yogi Adityanath's challenger Subhavati Shukla and why Akhilesh picked her for Gorakhpur Urban seat? Read on to know.
BJP winning the Gorakhpur assembly seat has long been a foregone conclusion. And yet, opposition parties seeking to dethrone the UP CM from his home turf have an interesting set of choices.
Subhavati Shukla, wife of former Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president Upendra Dutt Shukla, joined the Samajwadi Party on Thursday and is slated to be fielded against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Sadar.