Achi news desk-
Jaunpur. Lok Sabha elections are in the air across the country. Meanwhile, BSP was playing for the Jaunpur seat. From here, the party has given a Lok Sabha election ticket to Srikala Reddy, wife of Baahubali Dhananjay Singh. After Srikala got the ticket, there was a three-way contest for that seat. Here, Kripa Shankar is in the election fray on the BJP ticket, while the Samajwadi Party has given a ticket to Babu Singh Kushwaha.
According to media reports, earlier rumors of strongman Dhananjay Singh contesting the elections from SP had created a stir in the political circles. He was subsequently punished and his Lok Sabha election contest was rejected. Let us tell you that on March 6, the Knesset Additional Sessions Court judge sentenced former MP Dananjai Singh to 7 years in prison in a kidnapping and extortion case. Justice Sharad Tripathi of the MP-MLA court convicted former MP Dhananjay Singh and one of his associates. It was only after this punishment that it was decided that Dhananjay would no longer be able to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
District Government Advocate Satish Pandey said that on May 10, 2020, Justice Sharad Kumar Tripathi of the MP-MLA Special Court summoned former MP Dhananjay Singh in the case of kidnapping project manager Namami Gange, demanding extortion, tying up connection, abuse and threats and his associate Santosh Vikram was convicted.
On March 6, the court sentenced former MP Dananjai Singh to seven years in prison. The lawyer said that Muzaffarnagar resident Abhinav Singhal had filed a case against Dhananjai Singh and his partner Santosh Vikram under sections 364, 386, 504, 506 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code for kidnapping, extortion and other sections at Linbazar police station in May. , 2020. Registered.
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Tags: Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Jaunpur news
First published: April 16, 2024, 12:08 PM IST
