Tabassum Hasan 1st Muslim from UP in Lok Sabha since 2014
Tabassum Hasan on Thursday won the Kairana bypolls to become the first Muslim from Uttar Pradesh to enter the Lok Sabha since 2014. She contested as a Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate with support from BSP, SP and Congress to defeat BJP's Mriganka Singh with over 40,000-vote margin. Kairana has 16 lakh voters, of which around 5 lakh are Muslims.