Ballia (Uttar Pradesh):Unknown miscreants on Sunday evening attacked the car of Dinesh Tiwari, the elder brother of Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Sports (Independent Charge) Upendra Tiwari. The incident took place at Nagina Nagar near Sagarpali of Phephna. According to Upendra, his elder brother was campaigning for him ahead of the sixth phase of the Assembly elections. Upendra has alleged that the attack was carried out by Samajwadi Party (SP) supporters.
Upendra Tiwari has been declared by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as its candidate from the Phephna Assembly seat in the Ballia district.