Bijnore

The history of Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency is intertwined with the rise of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and its party chief Mayawati

The Samajwadi Party on Sunday renominated its Lok Sabha MP from Moradabad S T Hasan from the same seat and changed its Bijnor candidate by fielding Deepak Saini, the son of a party MLA. The party announced the names in a post on X. The Samajwadi Party had earlier named Yashveer Singh as its candidate from Bijnor. However, on Sunday, it named Deepak Saini as its candidate for the seat. He is the son of Ram Avtar Saini, the SP legislator from the Noorpur assembly segment that comes under the Bijnor parliamentary constituency. According to the election schedule, polling in Uttar Pradesh's eight parliamentary constituencies, including Bijnor and Moradabad, will be held in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 19. The state will see voting in all seven phases of the Lok Sabha polls. The counting of votes will be held on June 4.

BJP national President J P Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah will be addressing rallies in Shravasti and Bijnor on June 27 and 29, respectively, as part of the party's 'Mahasampark Abhiyan'

Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday evening arrested two accused who allegedly tried to hatch a communal conspiracy near the holy shrine 'Jalal Shah Mazar' in Bijnor

A special NIA court in Lucknow has convicted five members of the banned organization SIMI to commit terrorist acts and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment in the 2014 Bijnor blast case

As many as 586 candidates are in the fray in this phase with the seats spread across Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Budaun, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur

Heavy police force has been deployed in the area in view of the incident