Rajnath Singh Files Nomination From Lucknow Parliamentary Seat

Union minister Rajnath Singh is currently on his roadshow in Lucknow.

Union minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh filed his nomination for the Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow Parliamentary seat on Tuesday, 16 April

लखनऊ में जनता एवं कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ नामांकन करने जा रहा हूँ https://t.co/a4bOuNVOQJ

— Chowkidar Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) April 16, 2019

Singh held a roadshow from the BJP office to the collectorate in Lucknow.

The Opposition has not yet filed a nomination from the same seat.

Lucknow: Visuals from Union Minister & BJP leader Rajnath Singh's road show ahead of filing nomination from Lucknow parliamentary seat pic.twitter.com/US2D3uccfS

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 16, 2019

Historically, the BJP has had a strong foothold in Lucknow and has held the seat since 1991. Most famous perhaps is former BJP leader and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was an MP from Lucknow till 2009.

Rajnath, in a tweet, described garnering the people’s support as ‘realising the Lucknow dream of Vajpayee ji’.

लखनऊ से आज नामांकन पत्र दाख़िल करूँगा। यहाँ की जनता से मुझे बहुत स्नेह और सहयोग मिला है। अटलजी के सपनों के लखनऊ को साकार करने के लिए मुझे जनता का समर्थन एवं आशीर्वाद चाहिए। https://t.co/d0qtB48jMI

— Chowkidar Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) April 16, 2019

Earlier in 2014, Rajnath Singh won the Lucknow seat by approximately 3 lakh votes. Prior to that, he was contesting from Ghaziabad.

Lucknow goes to polls in the fifth phase and voting will be held here on 6 May.