Chandrashekhar Azad

In a remarkable political shift, Chandrashekhar Azad of the Azad Samaj Party (ASP) secured a decisive victory in the Nagina constituency of Uttar Pradesh, defeating BJP candidate Om Kumar by over 1.5 lakh votes. Azad, a prominent Dalit leader and anti-caste activist, received 512,552 votes compared to Kumar’s 361,079, marking a significant milestone for the four-year-old ASP, which contested its first election with a teapot as its symbol.