This story is from November 25, 2020

‘SP fighting MLC elections for respect of teachers’

‘SP fighting MLC elections for respect of teachers’
Gorakhpur: Samajwadi Party state president Naresh Uttam said his party is fighting the MLC election in Gorakhpur for respect of teachers.
Addressing party workers in Gorakhpur on Tuesday, he claimed the Samajwadi Party has done more for teachers than any other party. “We have the support of people and are contesting all the 11 seats of Vidhan Parishad.
Our candidate is Awdhesh Yadav,” said Uttam.
“There is chaos in the state under the BJP government as the party only believes in politics of hatred. People are waiting to elect SP back to power in 2022. Pension system will be revived, Urdu, Sanskrit and Hindi teachers will get honour,” he added.
The fate of 16 candidates in fray for MLC election from Gorakhpur-Faizabad block will be decided by 39,772 voters on December 1. Among the 17 districts in Gorakhpur-Faizabad block, maximum 6,077 voters are in Gorakhpur district and minimum 821 are in Shravasti. Dhruv Kumar Tripathi of Madhyamik Shiksha Sangh has won two elections in a row and is in the fray again.
Congress has fielded Nagendra Dutt Tiwari while SP gave ticket to Awdhesh Yadav. BJP has not given ticket to any candidate but the Yuva Kalyan Parishad vice-president Vibhrat Chand Kaushik is contesting as Independent and is using pictures of PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath on his posters.
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