Sakshi Maharaj asks BJP to give ticket from Unnao seat, warns of dire consequences

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj has demanded the Lok Sabha ticket from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh and warned the “consequences may not be positive” if he is not given a ticket to contest. Sakshi Maharaj has registered a resounding performance from the Unnao constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

In a letter to BJP state unit president Mahendra Nath Pandey, Sakshi Maharaj said: "I want to get your attention to the Unnao constituency. In this seat, I had won by three lakh fifteen thousand votes. Congress and BSP had to forfeit their deposits. SP was placed second. As per the SP-BSP alliance, this seat has been given to SP."

"If from Unnao, the party decides to field any other candidate, then this would hurt crores of my workers in the state and across the country. Its consequence won't be positive."

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj in a letter to Mahendra Nath Pandey, UP BJP Chief: Therefore, I request you to approve my candidature from Unnao constituency once again for the upcoming #LokSabhaElection2019 https://t.co/jZNkufPTGW

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The BJP leader has also urged that he should once again be allowed to contest the Lok Sabha election from the Unnao constituency. He also claims that he would defeat his rivals by four to five lakh votes. "I would further like to add that I have no intention of fighting the election from any other constituency. I am confident that you would understand my emotions and will not allow any injustice to happen."

Last year, Sakshi Maharaj had dared Congress president Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls against him, saying he will leave politics if he defeats him.

"I challenge Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2019 general elections against me (from Unnao). I will leave politics if he wins, but if he loses, he should leave (India) for Italy," the BJP MP had said.