PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav In Lead: Initial Trends
LUCKNOW, June 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav were leading from the Varanasi, Lucknow, Rae Barelli and the Kannauj Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, respectively, according to news channels.
Out of the 80 seats in the state, the BJP was leading in 51 while the INDIA bloc was ahead in 23, according to trends for 74 seats.
According to the trends at 8:40 am from postal ballot counting, Modi was ahead of his nearest rival Congressโs Ajay Rai from Varanasi, while Singh was ahead of SPโs Ravidas Mehrotra. Gandhi was ahead of BJPโs Dinesh Pratap Singh in Rae Bareli and Yadav ahead of BJPโs Subrat Pathak in Kannuaj.
