Nothing Mughal is kosher for the Yogi Adityanath regime in Uttar Pradesh, but election managers of the BJP in Allahabad — whose name has been changed to Prayagraj by the current dispensation — are banking on the city’s “Mughal-e-Azam”, a jailed don being called the “laadla” of the saffron-robed chief minister. The state government quickly shifted him from Bareilly to Naini jail last month. Atique is himself contesting the Lok Sabha election from Varanasi, 125km east of Allahabad, as an Independent candidate. “Singh had thought he would contest the Lok Sabha election and shift to national politics. They are two new power centres in Allahabad who want Rita to lose this election.

Source: The Telegraph May 09, 2019 02:03 UTC