UP: Naeemul Hasan is SP Candidate for Noorpur Bye-election

Lucknow, May 7 (PTI) SP today announced its decision to extend support to RLD candidate Tabassum Begum for the Kairana Lok Sabha bypoll and declared Naeemul Hasan as its candidate for the Noorpur assembly seat, which also goes to polls later this month.

"The party has decided to extend support to RLD candidate Tabassum Begum for Kairana parliamentary bye-election," SP chief spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said in a statement.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav made an official declaration today in this regard, he said.

The Rashtriya Lok Dal yesterday had declared Begum as its candidate for the Kairana Lok Sabha bye-election.

The Samajwadi Party also declared Naeemul Hasan as its candidate for the Noorpur assembly bypoll.

The Kairana bypoll was necessitated by the death of sitting MP Hukum Singh in February. Similarly, the bye-election to Noorpur Assembly seat was necessitated by the death of sitting BJP MLA Lokendra Singh Chauhan in a road accident the same month.

Both the bypolls are crucial for the ruling BJP as well as opposition parties, as they may set the tone for the 2019 parliamentary elections.

Voting for Kairana Lok Sabha and Noorpur Assembly seats will be held on May 28. The counting of votes for both the constituencies will take place on May 31.

Kairana parliamentary constituency comprises five assembly segments -- Shamli, Thanabhawan, Kairana (all in Shamli district) and Gangoh and Nakur (Saharanpur district).

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJPs Hukum Singh had bagged 5,65,909 votes as he defeated Nahid Hasan of the SP who got 3,29,081 votes.

UP RLD chief Masood Ahmad had yesterday told PTI that his party expected full support of like-minded, non-BJP parties.

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