Cong fields ex-MP Pravin Singh Aron from Bareilly

  • | Sunday | 24th March, 2019

Gangwar was an MP from 1989 onwards for six consecutive terms, but he faced defeat in 2009 when Aron won with a margin of 9,338 votes. In 2009, cricketer-turned-politician Mohammad Azharuddin had won Moradabad seat on a Congress ticket after 25 years. However, Aron lost to Gangwar who secured 5.18 lakh votes in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Bareilly: Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress has fielded former MP Pravin Singh Aron from Bareilly.Aron had become first-time MP in 2009 after he had defeated BJP’s Santosh Gangwar who is currently sitting MP from Bareilly and Union minister of state for labour and employment. Samajwadi Party is yet to announce their SP-BSP-RLD alliance candidate from Bareilly while Shivpal Yadav’s Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) has fielded Saman Tahir from here.

Bareilly: Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress has fielded former MP Pravin Singh Aron from Bareilly.Aron had become first-time MP in 2009 after he had defeated BJP’s Santosh Gangwar who is currently sitting MP from Bareilly and Union minister of state for labour and employment. Gangwar was an MP from 1989 onwards for six consecutive terms, but he faced defeat in 2009 when Aron won with a margin of 9,338 votes. However, Aron lost to Gangwar who secured 5.18 lakh votes in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Aron came fourth with 84,213 votes.Aron told TOI, “During my tenure as MP, several projects, including sewage treatment plants in Bareilly, industrial corridor from Bareilly to Delhi via Rampur and airport, were started but have not been completed so far. My priority would be to complete pending projects and create skill development to ensure jobs for youths and to work for welfare of both labourers and traders.”Aron believes the main contest will be between Congress and BJP in Bareilly. Samajwadi Party is yet to announce their SP-BSP-RLD alliance candidate from Bareilly while Shivpal Yadav’s Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) has fielded Saman Tahir from here. Saman is daughter of Shehla Tahir, chairperson of Nawabganj Nagar Palika.Meanwhile, Congress has fielded Imran Pratapgarhiya from Moradabad after Raj Babbar moved to Fatehpur Sikri. A native of Pratapgarh district, Pratapgarhiya is a poet. He has performed a few times in Moradabad in the past. In 2009, cricketer-turned-politician Mohammad Azharuddin had won Moradabad seat on a Congress ticket after 25 years. The Congress then lost the seat to BJP’s Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar during the Modi-wave in 2014.

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