‘BJP using UAPA as tool’: India’s youngest MP on political agenda, poll victory

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Jul 1, 202431:46News & Politics

Samajwadi Party leader Pushpendra Saroj had turned 25 years old just two weeks before the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls. He managed to win UP’s Kaushambi seat by defeating the BJP’s Vinod Sonkar, a two-time MP, wit...

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