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‘Khaki’ to ‘Khadi’ contest in Kannauj crosses UP borders

Lucknow: After hitting the headlines for IT raids, Kannauj, better known as the perfume city, is making wave in UP polls for a different reason across the state-borders.

The contest on the Kannauj (sadar) seat in is being discussed in the political and administrative circles of Madhya Pradesh, probably more than any other.

There are two reasons for it: First Asim Arun is the brother of a senior IAS officer in MP and second BJP has entrusted MP cooperatives minister Arvind Singh Bhadoria the responsibility to ensure BJP wins the seat. Bhadoria happened to be the first MP minister to visit Uttar Pradesh after getting the responsibility.

The minister had made visits to the constituency and set the strategy after mobilizing his loyalist party workers. He is known as a poll strategist.

Asim Arun’s sister is a principal secretary rank official in the MP government, while his brother-in-law is a MP cadre IPS officer due to which the seat is in focus both in IAS and IPS circles of UP. BJP leaders in UP say that the former cop enjoys a clean image and it will help him winning the seat.

Kannauj Sadar seat is one of the toughest reserved constituencies and a SPstronghold. Apart from Bhadoria, farmer leader and MP farmer welfare and agriculture minister Kamal Patel has been assigned the responsibility for the Aligarh region and he has conducted Kisan Chaupals to convince people to vote for the BJ

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