Navendu Mishra got 21,787 of the votes cast
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A Labor Party candidate’s landslide victory in the UK general election sparked celebrations thousands of miles away in Kanpur and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Navendu Mishra, elected to the House of Commons for the second consecutive term from the Stockport constituency, was born in Kanpur in 1989. His mother’s paternal home is in Gorakhpur.
Mishra’s maternal uncle Nilendar Pandey, a social worker and businessman now living in Lucknow, told PTI that some people in Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Kanpur celebrated his victory by distributing sweets and serving crackers.
Pandey said Mishra left for the UK with his parents when he was four years old. Her father was a marketing manager at Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited and moved to the United Kingdom after taking charge of a British company.
Mishra grew up in the UK with his brother and sister.
He entered politics after completing his studies in London and was elected to the House of Commons in the 2019 election on a Stockport Labor Party ticket.
It is an honor to be officially nominated as the Labor candidate for the Stockport constituency.
Since 2019, I have always put local residents’ priorities first. If re-elected, I will continue to work hard for Brinnington, Edgeley, Davenport, Heatons and Reddish. pic.twitter.com/Ctv1CHn58F
-Navendu Mishra (@NavPMishra) June 5, 2024
Pandey said Mishra entered politics through the trade union movement.
Mishra is very close to him, Pandey said and added that his nephew called him after winning the elections to seek his blessings.
Pandey said, “He (Mishra) likes coming to India. He is always interested in doing something for his country.” “He visits India once or twice a year and makes it a point to visit relatives from Gorakhpur to Delhi. He is a vegetarian and loves home-cooked food, which is common in eastern Uttar Pradesh,” he said.
Praising his nephew, Pandey said, “You can guess his popularity from the margin of victory. In the UK, where elections are won by margins of just 1,000-2,000 votes, Mishra won by around 16,000 votes.”
Mishra got 21,787 of the votes cast. His closest candidate, Reform UK candidate Lynn Schofield, won 6,517 votes.
Pandey said Mishra returned to India for the first time after about seven years in the UK and spent some time at his maternal grandparents’ house in Gorakhpur.
“Mishra used to fly kites and play street cricket with the children of locals, including my two sons and my daughter. My children are also ecstatic about his victory,” he added.
During a recent visit to India, Mr. Mishra led a delegation to meet Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The delegation also met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Delhi.
After that, he spent time with his family in Delhi and Lucknow, Pandey said.
Political experts said Mr. Mishra’s victory and his connection with India would strengthen bilateral relations and cultural, political and social ties between the two nations.
Pandey said Mishra also planned to visit the Ram temple in Ayodhya, but that program did not materialize.
Ishwar Singh, an associate of Mr Pandey in Gorakhpur, told PTI: “Mishra was inspired to join politics and social work by his maternal uncle Nilendar Pandey.”
“When he visited Gorakhpur as a young man, he used to see crowds gathering to meet Pandey and got inspired,” he added.
Mishra’s parental home in Arya Nagar, Kanpur, was also packed with locals, gathered to congratulate the family on their second consecutive election victory.
Mishra last visited his family home in Arya Nagar around two years ago.
On Friday, Keir Starmer became the UK’s new Prime Minister after his Labor Party secured a landslide general election victory in which fed-up voters inflicted a “worrying verdict” on the Conservatives led by Rishi Sunak. .
The Labor Party secured 412 seats in the 650-member House of Commons. Sunak’s Conservatives won just 121 seats.
Discussing plans to invite his nephew to India, Mr Pandey said: “We have invited Mishra to come here soon and a welcome ceremony will be organized in Lucknow after his arrival.”
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