The political journey is not going to be that easy for Raghunath Pratap Singh, popularly known as Raja Bhaiya. Raja Bhaiya, who became MLA from Kunda for the seventh time in a row, is not looking as easy as winning his close friend Akshay Pratap Singh in the MLC elections. This time both SP and BJP have geared up to defeat Akshay Pratap Singh, who has been winning continuously from Pratapgarh MLC seat.
Apart from being MLC thrice from Pratapgarh, Akshay Pratap has also been an MP once. Akshay Pratap has been winning this seat unopposed because of Raja Bhaiya. Prior to this, he had won unopposed on SP ticket in 2016. This time he is in the fray from Raja Bhaiya’s Jansatta Party. SP has fielded District Panchayat member Vijay Yadav and BJP has fielded former MLA Hari Pratap Singh from this seat.
However, for Raja Bhaiya, difficulties may arise even more. Akshay Pratap Singh has been proved guilty of taking revolver license at a fake address. Even after this, he has entered the electoral fray. The court is scheduled to pronounce the sentence in his case on March 22. It is discussed that two more pamphlets have also been purchased from Raja Bhaiya’s party as a precaution. One of these is in the name of Akshay Pratap Singh’s wife.
If we look at the results of the recently held assembly elections, Raja Bhaiya’s performance was not as visible as before. Raja Bhaiya defeated Gulshan Yadav by 40 thousand votes. Raja Bhaiya has been dominating the Kunda seat since 1993. However, the margin of victory so far has been small. In the 2017 elections, he reached the assembly for the sixth time, winning by a margin of more than 1 lakh. But he won for the 7th time, but from the very beginning he looked trapped.
Raja Bhaiya started politics from 1993 and he continued to reach the assembly. In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Raghuraj Pratap Singh defeated Janki Sharan of the Bharatiya Janata Party. During that time his victory appeared to be one-sided. The BJP was never seen in a fight.
This time there were speculations from the beginning that the path of Raja Bhaiya was not easy. This was proved after seeing the margin of victory. But now Raja Bhaiya will have to push hard to maintain his glory. It may become more difficult for him to win the MLC seat after Akshay walks out of the field following the court verdict.