1/148: Congress’ women candidates failed, as did Ladki Hoon campaign

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Lucknow, Mar 12: The Congress’ star girls candidates, who entered the election fray as a logo of wrestle with the slogan ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’, secured lower than 3,000 votes every and needed to even forfeit their deposits.

Dwelling as much as the social gathering basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s promise to present 40 per cent of the tickets to girls candidates, the Congress fielded 148 of them, of which just one – Congress Legislature chief Aradhana Mishra Mona – secured victory.

From Unnao’s Sadar seat, the Congress had fielded Asha Devi, the mom of a rape sufferer. The grand previous social gathering had additionally engaged its personnel from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to marketing campaign for her. Nevertheless, Ms Devi bagged just one,555 votes.

On Devi’s electoral defeat, her daughter informed PTI, “My mom has positively misplaced the election, however we wish to help the wrestle of ladies and victims, and develop into their voice. We won’t again off.” She stated she avoided getting into the fray this time, in opposition to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s want, as a result of she was younger, after which the Congress fielded her mom Asha Devi.

“I’ll contest the elections in 2027. I’ve already began preparations,” the rape sufferer asserted.

The Congress had fielded Sadaf Jafar, who was jailed throughout the agitation in opposition to the Citizenship (Modification) Act and the Nationwide Register of Residents, from the Lucknow Central Meeting seat. Ms Jafar, nonetheless, might get solely 2,927 votes.

She stated, “The media polarised the election and made it solely BJP vs SP, so folks didn’t vote for different candidates. However I’ve began making ready for the subsequent elections. Whether or not I lose or win, I’ll proceed my wrestle for the folks of my space.”

Nida Ahmed of Sambhal, who entered politics abandoning tv journalism, additionally campaigned vigorously as a Congress candidate. Since Nida belonged to a political household of Sambhal, she commanded recognition among the many public, however couldn’t flip it right into a contest in her favour. Nida secured solely 2,256 votes.

She informed PTI, “I used to be cheated within the polls. I had over 150 votes of my household from two cubicles. However the EVMs on these polling cubicles registered solely 5 votes from each the cubicles. Did my husband, my dad and mom and siblings not vote for me? The votes of the general public used to vanish… now the votes of the household, too, have disappeared.”

“I’ve positively misplaced the election, however I’ve not misplaced braveness. I’ll come again within the fray once more and win,” she added.

Congress candidate from Hastinapur Archana Gautam has been ‘Miss Cosmo World 2018’, and ‘Miss UP 2014’. She is a graduate in Mass Communication and was the Dalit face of the Congress. Ms Gautam was additionally trolled for sporting a bikini. She secured just one,519 votes.

“I acquired little or no time for campaigning. I entered the fray 15 days previous to the polls, and on this quick span of time, I campaigned in about 100 villages,” she stated.

Ms Gautam stated she was disillusioned with the defeat and was making ready for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections if Priyanka Gandhi Vadra gave her an opportunity.

One other candidate Ritu Singh had contested the elections from Lakhimpur Kheri’s Mohammadi Meeting.

Within the panchayat elections, she was harassed and her garments had been pulled. It was after this incident that the Congress basic secretary met her and acquired her to contest the Meeting polls. Ritu Singh, nonetheless, acquired simply 2,419 votes.

Neha Tiwari, the elder sister of Khushi Dubey, a co-accused in Kanpur’s notorious Bikru case, was fielded by the Congress from Kalyanpur Meeting seat in Kanpur. Although a number of distinguished leaders of the social gathering campaigned fiercely for her, she acquired solely 2,302 votes.

Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesperson Ashok Singh stated the election outcomes of its girls candidates will likely be reviewed. He stated there is no such thing as a disappointment within the social gathering as a result of their defeat and the Congress will nonetheless proceed to work for ladies.