In the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, many candidates have assets worth crores and they also have weapons. According to the affidavit given by the Election Commission, women candidates are also fond of weapons. Some have two, some have three or more guns.
Not only this, the wives of many candidates are also fond of weapons. They have revolvers, pistols and even guns. Now from this point it can be estimated that how many weapons the candidates contesting in the assembly elections have.
Let us tell you that in Uttar Pradesh, women candidates have licensed pistols and some have double barrel guns and rifles. Apart from this, the wives of ministers and MLAs also have weapons. Let us give you all the information one by one-
Alka Rai, the BJP candidate from Dumariaganj, has both a revolver and a pistol. Apart from this, BJP candidate from Shahabad Rajni Tiwari also has a revolver and rifle license and BJP candidate from Meja seat Neelam Karwaria has gun and rifle.
SP candidate Sushila Saroj from Mohanlalganj had taken arms in the year 2000 under MP quota. At present, he has three licenses, according to the affidavit. Including double barrel gun and rifle. SP candidate from Dumariaganj, Syeda Khatoon has revolvers and SP candidate from Pratappur Vijma Yadav and Soraon’s candidate Geeta also have guns and rifles. On the other hand, Nadira Sultan, the SP candidate from Patiali seat of Kasganj, has a license for both rifle and revolver.
Congress candidate from Rampur Khas of Pratapgarh and daughter of Congress veteran Pramod Tiwari, Aradhana Mishra Mona has a pistol license and the cost of which is Rs.1.25 lakh. Apart from this, her husband Ambika Mishra has a pistol and a gun. The BSP candidate from Bijnor, Ruchi Veera, has three arms licenses including two drain guns, revolvers.
The hobby of weapons is not only kept by the women candidates contesting elections. Rather, the wives of cabinet ministers and MLAs contesting elections in the state are also fond of weapons. The wife of Brijesh Pathak, the BJP candidate from Lucknow Cantt, has a pistol license. Brijesh Pathak has given this information in his affidavit. Along with this, Geeta Singh, wife of Congress candidate from Prayagraj North, Anugrah Narayan Singh, has a rifle and revolver.
Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias ‘Raja Bhaiya’, candidate of Jansatta Dal Loktantrik from Kunda seat, has revolver, pistol and gun and along with this his wife Bhanvi Singh also has pistol, rifle and gun. Apart from this, the candidate from Prayagraj South, Nand Gopal Nandi and his wife Abhilasha Gupta have a total of 6 arms licenses.