ending some fresh energy to the 2024 western UP poll campaign is a crop of young leaders. They include Chandrashekhar Azad of the Aazad Samaj Party (ASP), Iqra Hasan of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Chandan Chauhan of the Rashtriya Lok Dalhas also become a key element in his poll strategy, with people flocking to offer donations on the campaign trail. In the past three months, the Saharanpur-born Azad has made Nagina his second home. A division in the Opposition vote (both BSP and SP are in the race) could mar his chances even as Muslims and Dalits together make up over 50 per cent of the votes in the reserved constituency. Talking to INDIA TODAY, Azad says it’s the people who are the engine of his campaign. …they aren’t just giving me money to contest, they are even arranging food for us,” he says.
THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS
Apr 20, 2024
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