Adityanath to visit Amethi to accompany Irani during nomination filing

Amethi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be visiting Amethi Thursday where he will accompany Union minister and BJP candidate Smriti Irani, who will be filing her nomination papers, a party spokesperson said.

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The chief minister will also participate in a road show before the nomination and later address an election meeting, BJP's Amethi media in-charge Govind Singh said.

Irani was to file her nomination on April 17, but since it is a holiday, she will now file the papers on April 11.

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The Amethi parliamentary constituency, represented in the Lok Sabha by Congress president Rahul Gandhi, has four Assembly segments -- Tiloi, Gauriganj and Jagdishpur (reserved) in Amethi district and Salon (reserved) in Raebareli.

Congress nominee Gandhi is filing his nomination on Wednesday.

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The district administration has made all the arrangements for the nominations, District Magistrate RM Mishra said.

Amethi goes to polls on May 6 in the fifth phase.

(PTI)