Last Updated: September 11, 2022, 12:38 PM IST
Sanghamitra had won the contest defeating Dharmendra Yadav, the then sitting MP from the seat. (Image: ANI)
Maurya, the daughter of Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya, had fought the 2019 general elections from Budaun on a BJP ticket
Samajwadi Party leader Dharmendra Yadav has said he has withdrawn his election petition filed before the Allahabad High Court against sitting MP Sanghamitra Maurya, accusing her of submitting incorrect information in a poll affidavit. Maurya, the daughter of Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya, had fought the 2019 general elections from Budaun on a BJP ticket.
She had won the contest defeating Dharmendra Yadav, the then sitting MP from the seat, with a margin of 18,000 votes. Dharmendra Yadav is a cousin of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.
After the conclusion of the 2019 general election, Dharmendra Yadav had filed the petition contending that some information provided by Sanghamitra Maurya in her election affidavit was incorrect.
He had also alleged voting fraud in his petition and accused the election officials of not being fair. Dharmendra Yadav on Saturday told .
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