The BJP has given Bhojpuri actor Dinesh Lal Yadav, popularly known as Nirahua, another shot at the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat as the party on Saturday named him as its candidate for the upcoming by-poll election.
Along with candidates for the Lok Sabha by-poll election in Azamgarh and Rampur, the BJP also named its nominees for seven Assembly seats in Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Jharkhand.
The by-poll in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh and Rampur were necessitated after the incumbent MPs Akhilesh Yadav and Azam Khan, respectively, contested and won in the recent Assembly election. While Mr. Yadav was elected from Karhal in Mainpuri, Mr. Khan, who was recently released from jail, is the current MLA from his traditional Rampur Sadar seat.
