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BJP leads in four out of five assembly constituencies in Mathura
Before the polls, there were speculations that CM Yogi Adityanath may contest from Mathura but he chose to contest from Gorakhpur instead.
Mathura continued its tryst with the BJP if early trends of assembly election results are to be believed. Two of the ministers in Yogi Adityanath’s cabinet, Sri Kant Sharma and Chaudhary Laxmi Narain were leading in their constituencies among other BJP candidates.
BJP was also in the lead in a seat which it had never won in Mathura district.
In the 2017 assembly polls, BJP had won 4 out 5 assembly seats in Mathura. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited Mathura about 20 times in his five-year term and had created the Braj Teerth Vikas Parishad for developmental work in Mathura.
Mathura city and other places linked to the story of Lord Krishna were declared ‘teerth’ areas (pilgrimage) and there were demands for a grand new temple at Sri Krishna Janambhoomi on the lines of Ayodhya and Varanasi. Mathura district had two MLAs as ministers in the UP cabinet. Before the polls, there were speculations that CM Yogi Adityanath may contest from Mathura but he chose to contest from Gorakhpur instead.
The trends of results coming in early on Thursday reflected that voters of Mathura had decided to give another chance to the ruling BJP. Ministers Sri Kant Sharma and Chaudhary Laxmi Narain were ahead in Mathura and Chhata seats of Mathura respectively while BJP candidates were leading in Baldev and Govardhan, according to reports.
In Mant assembly constituency of Mathura from where BSP candidate Shyam Sundar Sharma has won eight times, the BJP appeared to take a lead. The BJP has never won the Mant assembly seat earlier.
