Meet Chandrabhan Paswan, BJP leader who won from UP Milkipur, took revenge for Ayodhya defeat, his education…, he was chosen over…

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has accepted the defeat.

New Delhi: The BJP has achieved a significant victory in the Milkipur by-election in Uttar Pradesh. BJP candidate Chandrabhan Paswan won by more than 60,000 votes. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party’s Ajit Prasad remained behind from the start.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has also accepted the defeat. However, he accused the Ayodhya police-administration of election rigging.

Who is Chandrabhan Paswan?

For the Milkipur seat by-election in Ayodhya, the BJP took a chance on the new face Chandrabhan Paswan instead of old stalwarts. The Samajwadi Party had already declared Ajit Prasad, the son of MP Avadhesh Prasad, as their candidate from here. Like Avadhesh Prasad, Chandrabhan Paswan comes from the Paswan community. He is a resident of Parsouli village in Rudauali.

Chandrabhan Paswan, a lawyer by profession, has been a two-time district panchayat member from Rudauali in Ayodhya. Currently, his wife is a district panchayat member. Chandrabhan is also a member of the working committee of the BJP’s district unit. He was the Scheduled Caste contact chief for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile, his father Baba Ram Lakhan Das is a village head.

Born in 1986, Chandrabhan Paswan’s entire family is active in the saree business. They operate saree businesses in both Surat and Rudauali. Chandrabhan has been active in the Milkipur assembly seat for the past two years, which is why he was among the major contenders in the Milkipur by-election. In terms of educational qualifications, Chandrabhan holds a B. Com, M. Com, and LLB.

According to experts, there were nearly half a dozen contenders for the BJP ticket for the Milkipur seat, but Chandrabhan won the race, leaving all of them behind. Among the contenders were two former MLAs, Gorakhnath Baba and Ramu Priyadarshi.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and several ministers campaigned vigorously for this seat. Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party also left no stone unturned. Many prominent leaders, including Akhilesh Yadav and Dimple Yadav, held rallies and public meetings in support of Ajit Prasad. However, in the end, the victory went to the BJP. Their win is being seen as a compensation for the loss the BJP faced in the Faizabad/Ayodhya seat during the Lok Sabha elections.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Avadhesh Prasad defeated BJP’s Lallu Singh, who was heavily promoted by the SP. However, now in the same Ayodhya’s Milkipur seat, the BJP has dealt a crushing defeat to Avadhesh Prasad’s son, Ajit Prasad.