Keir Starmer’s Labour Party Candidate With Roots In UP Wins UK General Elections

Lucknow:

A Labour Occasion candidate’s landslide victory within the UK normal elections sparked celebrations hundreds of kilometres away in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur and Gorakhpur.

Navendu Mishra, elected to the Home of Commons for a second consecutive time period from the Stockport constituency, was born in Kanpur in 1989. His mom’s paternal house is in Gorakhpur.

Mr Mishra’s maternal uncle Nilendar Pandey, a social employee and businessman who now lives in Lucknow, advised PTI that some folks in Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Kanpur celebrated his victory by distributing sweets and setting off crackers.

Mr Pandey mentioned Mr Mishra left for the UK together with his dad and mom when he was 4 years previous. His father was a advertising and marketing supervisor for Indian Petrochemicals Company Restricted and moved to the UK after taking cost of a British firm.

Mr Mishra grew up within the UK together with his brother and a sister.

He entered politics after finishing his research in London and was elected to the Home of Commons within the 2019 elections on a Labour Occasion ticket from Stockport.

It is an honour to be formally nominated because the Labour candidate for Stockport constituency.

Since 2019, I’ve at all times put the priorities of native residents first. If re-elected, I’ll proceed to work arduous for Brinnington, Edgeley, Davenport, the Heatons and Reddish. pic.twitter.com/Ctv1CHn58F

— Navendu Mishra (@NavPMishra) June 5, 2024

Mr Pandey mentioned Mr Mishra entered politics by means of the commerce union motion.

Mr Mishra could be very near him, Mr Pandey mentioned and added that his nephew referred to as him after successful the election to hunt his blessings.

Mr Pandey mentioned, “He (Mishra) likes coming to India. He’s at all times eager on doing one thing for his nation.” “He visits India as soon as yearly or two and makes it a degree to go to relations from Gorakhpur to Delhi. He’s a vegetarian and loves home-cooked meals widespread in japanese Uttar Pradesh,” he mentioned.

Praising his nephew, Pandey mentioned, “You may guess his reputation by his victory margin. Within the UK, the place elections are gained by margins of only one,000-2,000 votes, Mishra gained by about 16,000 votes.”

Mr Mishra secured 21,787 of the votes solid. His closest contender, Reform UK candidate Lynn Schofield, bought 6,517 votes.

Mr Pandey mentioned Mr Mishra returned to India for the primary time after about seven years within the UK and hung out on the house of his maternal grandparents in Gorakhpur.

“Mishra used to fly kites and play cricket within the streets with the youngsters of locals, together with my two sons and daughter. My youngsters are additionally ecstatic over his victory,” he added.

Throughout a current go to to India, Mr Mishra led a delegation to fulfill Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The delegation additionally met Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Delhi.

Following this, he hung out together with his household in Delhi and Lucknow, Mr Pandey mentioned.

Political specialists claimed that Mr Mishra’s victory and his reference to India would strengthen bilateral relations and cultural, political and social ties between the 2 nations.

Mr Pandey mentioned Mr Mishra had additionally deliberate to go to the Ram temple in Ayodhya however that programme didn’t materialise.

Ishwar Singh, an affiliate of Mr Pandey in Gorakhpur, advised PTI, “Mishra was impressed to affix politics and social service by his maternal uncle Nilendar Pandey.”

“When he visited Gorakhpur at a younger age, he used to see the crowds gathering to fulfill Pandey and bought impressed,” he added.

Mr Mishra’s paternal house in Kanpur’s Arya Nagar was additionally teeming with locals, gathered to congratulated the household on his second successive election victory.

Mr Mishra final visited his household house in Arya Nagar about two years in the past.

On Friday, Keir Starmer grew to become the UK’s new prime minister after his Labour Occasion secured a landslide victory in a normal election during which weary voters inflicted a “sobering verdict” on Rishi Sunak-led Conservatives.

The Labour Occasion secured 412 seats within the 650-member Home of Commons. Mr Sunak’s Conservatives gained simply 121 seats.

Discussing plans to ask his nephew to India, Mr Pandey mentioned, “We’ve got invited Mishra to come back right here quickly and a welcome ceremony will probably be organised in Lucknow after his arrival.” 

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