BJP's Brijesh Singh Rawat is the sitting MLA from Deoband. He had defeated BSP's Majid Ali by over 29,000 votes in 2017. AIMIM has fielded Umar Madani while SP has nominated Kartikeya Rana.
Ajay Rai, a five-time MLA, also contested the 2017 election from Pindra and lost to the BJP's Avadhesh Singh. Ajay Rai had earlier contested unsuccessfully against Modi from Varanasi in the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections.
Ajit Anjum has categorically stated that he has no plans of opening a chicken pakora stall, as claimed by the viral screenshot. He has added that it is fake information.
Mathura is the birth place of Shree Krishna and known as the Krishna Janmabhoomi. Right next to the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple is the Mughal era Shahi Eidgah mosque.
UP Dy CM Dinesh Sharma said that it will be disheartening to see Munawwar Rana leave that state on March 10, when poll results are declared and Yogi Adityanath retains his CM's chair