Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Ravi Kishan, the BJP candidate from Gorakhpur, hit out at Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, calling him an "Englishman" after Shashi Tharoor had predicted 300 seats for the BJP. It will also be difficult to cross. Hitting back at Tharoor in the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP MP from Gorakhpur said, "Shashi Tharoor, I am an 'English man'." We go to Manali and Shimla during holidays; They come to India during elections. They neither know the country nor its villages. They don't know this sweat... He also underlined the importance of Bhojpuri language, which made him a "superstar". "I always speak Bhojpuri... My speeches have been in Bhojpuri." This is our mother tongue, our identity. Bhojpuri made me a superstar. We fought for Bhojpuri, and a bill was brought to include the language in the 8th Schedule (of the Constitution)...The youth will not give up their identity," said BJP MP Ravi Kishan seeking a second term from Gorakhpur. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Kishan won against Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Rambhual Nisha by a margin of 3,01,664 votes. Voting is taking place in all seven phases of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh from June 1. The Congress is contesting the elections in partnership with the Samajwadi Party in the state and has entered into a seat-sharing agreement with each other. As per the seat agreement, Congress is contesting on 17 seats, and Samajwad Party has the remaining 63 seats. In the 2019 general elections in electorally important states, the BJP emerged victorious, securing 62 seats out of 8 in Uttar Pradesh, apart from which its ally Apna Da (S) got two seats, Mayawati's BSP managed to get 10 seats S scored five points. In contrast, the Congress party won only one seat. Elections for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases from April 19. Counting of votes will take place on June 4.