Deoria bypolls: SP declares ex-minister as candidate

GORAKHPUR: Samajwadi Party declared former minister Brahamshankar Tripathi as the candidate for Deoria bypolls. The seat became vacant after the demise of BJP MLA Janmejay Singh.
Earlier, he refused to contest in the election. “On the instruction of the national president, I changed my decision and now I’ll contest with full strength,” said Brahhmashankar Tripathi.
Tripathi has been five-time MLA and two-time minister in Akhilesh and Mulayam Singh’s government.He started his political career in 1980. In 1989 and again in 1993, he became the MLA on Janta Dal ticket from Kasya in Kushinagar district. In 1991 and 1996, he lost the election from Kasya. But in 2002 and 2007, he won the assembly elections from Kasya on the ticket of Samajwadi Party. In 2012, he won the Kushinagar assembly seat. However, in 2017, he was defeated.
BSP and Congress have already declared Abhay Nath Tripathi and Mukund Bharkar Mani Tripathi respectively as their candidates for Deoria bypolls.tnn