Development was swift — medical and engineering colleges, the city’s first flyover, a district court hospital made the Lok Sabha constituency a fortress for the BSP. Now known as the Ambedkar Nagar, the BSP lost the seat to theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2014. However, with almost 24% Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population, the seat is one of the safest ones for BSP. The then sitting MP Rakesh Pandey, a BSP veteran, lost with 28% vote share. Also Watch | Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Big fights to watch out for in Phase 6 of votingRejected Congress candidate Umed Singh agrees.

Source: Hindustan Times May 11, 2019 01:52 UTC