Neeraj Shekhar is SP candidate from Ballia constituency
Neeraj Shekhar, son of late prime minister Chandra Shekhar, will be the Samajwadi Party candidate from the Ballia Parliamentary constituency, the by-election for which is expected soon.
The announcement of Shekhar’s candidature was made by SP leaders Janeshwar Mishra, Ram Gopal Yadav and Amar Singh at a joint press conference in the presence of Shekhar. Chandra Shekhar represented Ballia eight times in the Lok Sabha.
Shekhar denied suggestions that the family of the former Prime Minister would be a divided lot in the by-election, saying his feeling was that the entire family was backing him including elder brother Pankaj.
Neeraj said he was the lone member of the family contesting the poll.
The by-election from the constituency, deferred in view of floods in the region, last time had seen Pankaj also in the fray along with Neeraj, fighting for the legacy of their father.
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