Samajwadi Party is gearing up to retain the Suar assembly seat in Rampur district.
The Election Commission of India has announced the bypoll there as the seat was vacated following the disqualification of SP MLA Abdullah Azam after his conviction in a 15-year-old case in February this
The voter turnout in the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, held on Monday, indicates that jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's future in his bastion Rampur may be in jeopardy.
Apna Dal candidate from Rampur, the erstwhile Rampur Nawab Qasim Ali alias Naved Miyan on Monday said unlike other places, the election in Rampur district is a battle between two royal families rather than two parties and that too on two seats. "I have not ventured outside my seat of Rampur. Here, the polls are personality based, rather than party based. Anyone from our family