India, Jan. 27 -- LUCKNOW The Samajwadi Party has started building momentum for the Milkipur assembly by-poll by deploying its senior leadership for campaigning on the seat, which has become a prestige issue for the BJP after it lost the Faizabad parliamentary seat in 2024 Lok Sabha Polls. The Milkipur seat fell vacant after SP's Awadhesh Prasad defeated two-time BJP MP from Faizabad, Lallu Singh in the LS polls by 54,567 votes.

The SP has fielded Awadhesh Prasad's son Ajeet Prasad from this seat against BJP's Chandrabhan Paswan.

The BJP has also pushed its battery of ministers for campaigning in Milkipur, and UP CM Yogi Adityanath is leading the campaign for the bypoll. The BJP had won seven out of nine seats in the recently held UP as...