BJP's Harish Chandra Dwivedi was in news recently for making misogynistic remarks on Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Basti Lok Sabha constituency, one of the 80 seats in Lok Sabha, goes to polls in the sixth phase of general elections on May 12. The constituency, part of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh, is currently held by BJP's Harish Chandra Dwivedi.
Dwivedi was in news recently for making misogynistic remarks on Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Commenting on her entry into UP politics (she is Congress in charge of UP East), he invoked her choice of dresses in a demeaning way.
Upon being asked about the possible impact of Priyanka Gandhi's entry into active politics ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Dwivedi told media persons in Basti, "For me or the BJP, Priyanka Gandhi is not an issue. If Rahul Gandhi is a failure, Priyanka is also a failure. Everyone knows that when Priyanka Gandhi is in Delhi she wears jeans and top but dons saree and sindoor when she comes to the constituencies."
A first time MP, Dwivedi, who joined the BJP as a youth leader, was the president of Uttar Pradesh unit of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM).
He defeated Brij Kishor Singh 'Dimpal' of the Samajwadi Party in 2014 to win the seat with a margin of 33,000 votes. Before him, the BSP held the seat twice - Lal Mani Prasad from 2004-09 and Arvind Kumar Chaudhary from 2009-14.
Between 1991 to 2004, the seat was held by the BJP. While Shyam Lal Kamal won in 1991, Sriram Chauhan won thrice in a row - 1996, 1998 and 1999. The Congress last won the seat in 1984 when Ram Awadh Prasad emerged victorious.
In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, incumbent Dwivedi is facing BSP's Ram Prasad Chaudhary and Congress' Raj Kishor Singh.
There are five assembly constituencies in Basti Lok Sabha constituency: Harraiya, Kaptanganj, Rudhauli, Basti Sadar and Mahadewa (SC). All five assembly seats are currently held by the BJP.
UP is facing a triangular battle between the BJP, the Congress and BSP-SP-RLD alliance. Under the alliance's seat-sharing formula, the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting on 38 Lok Sabha seats of the total 80 seats, Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party on 37 seats and the Chaudhary Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on three seats. The alliance has left two for Congress' Sonia Gandhi (Rae Bareli) and Rahul Gandhi (Amethi).
In sixth phase of Lok Sabha polling, 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh - Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhlishahr and Bhadohi - are going for polls.
Of these seats, 13 were won by the BJP in 2014 elections with only Azamgarh going to the Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The counting of votes of the Lok Sabha election 2019 will be conducted on May 23.
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