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Joshi trounces Jaiswal in Kanpur

PTI Published : May 16, 2014 23:08 IST Updated : May 16, 2014 23:11 IST

Kanpur: BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi today won Kanpur Parliamentary constituency, defeating Union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal by 2,22,946 votes.  Buoyed by the historic win of BJP, Joshi said the country wanted change and the

He vowed to bring the pride of Kanpur city back by supporting industries and promised to implement plans to make the river Ganga pollution-free.

Joshi had won the 2009 Lok Sabha election from Varanasi, but he vacated the seat for party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in 2014.