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Battle for UP: SP may field widow of Yogi’s rival against him

Newsroom Odisha | 21/01/2022 11:32 AM | Click to read full article

In an unexpected and interesting turn of events, Subhavati Shukla, wife of late Upendra Dutt Shukla, who was BJP’s state vice-president, quietly joined the Samajwadi Party on Thursday evening. Sources said that she was likely to be pitted against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur.

Subhavati Devi’s husband Upendra Dutt Shukla, a well-known Brahmin face, had lost the by-election in Gorakhpur in 2018 on the seat vacated by Yogi Adityanath.

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