Watch report on political equation in Gorakhpur
ABP News Bureau | 13 May 2019 08:20 PM (IST)
The party has fielded popular Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s bastion Gorakhpur. Kishan had already started campaigning in Jaunpur even before the announcement of his name by the party.
Kishan, who has a popular fanbase among Bhojpuri speakers and also has reputation in Hindi and Telugu movies, had joined Indian National Congress (INC) from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and contested in the 2014 general elections where he secured only 42,759 votes or 4.25 per cent of the total votes. In February 2017, Kishan left the Congress Party and joined the BJP
Kishan, who has a popular fanbase among Bhojpuri speakers and also has reputation in Hindi and Telugu movies, had joined Indian National Congress (INC) from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and contested in the 2014 general elections where he secured only 42,759 votes or 4.25 per cent of the total votes. In February 2017, Kishan left the Congress Party and joined the BJP