Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has announced its candidates for 16 out of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Of these candidates announced by BSP chief Mayawati, 7 are from the Muslim community. According to the first list of candidates announced by the party, Majid Ali from Saharanpur and Shripal Singh from Kairana have been made candidates. The party has announced candidates for Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina (SC), Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat and other seats.
Dara Singh Prajapati from Muzaffarnagar, Vijender Singh from Bijnor, Surendra Pal Singh from Nagina (reserved) seat, Mohammad Irfan Saifi from Moradabad, Zeeshan Khan from Rampur, Saulat Ali from Sambhal, Mujahid Hussain from Amroha, Devvrit Tyagi from Meerut and Praveen from Baghpat. .Bansal has been given ticket from BSP. Apart from this, BSP has fielded Rajendra Singh Solanki from Gautam Buddha Nagar, Girish Chandra Jatav from Bulandshahr (reserved) seat, Abid Ali from Amla seat, Anees Ahmed Khan alias Phool Babu from Pilibhit and Dr. Dodram Verma from Shahjahanpur (reserved) seat.
Under the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, elections will be held on Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur and Pilibhit seats of Uttar Pradesh. For this, nomination papers will be filed till March 27, which will be scrutinized on March 28. The last date for nomination will be March 30 and voting will take place on April 19.
See full list of BSP candidates:-
Saharanpur: Majid Ali Kairana: Shripal Singh Muzaffarnagar: Dara Singh Prajapati Bijnor: Vijender Singh Nagina (SC): Surendra Singh Pal Moradabad: Mohammad Irfan Saifi Rampur: Zeeshan Khan Sambhal: Shaulat Ali Amroha: Mujahid Hussain Meerut: Devvrit Tyagi Baghpat: Praveen Bansal Gautam Budh Nagar: Rajendra Singh Solanki Bulandshahr (SC): Girish Chandra Jatav Amla: Abid Ali Pilibhit: Anees Ahmed Khan Shahjahanpur (SC): Daudram Verma
Muslim votes may get divided!
BSP has so far fielded 7 out of 16 Muslim candidates. Mayawati’s party NDIA Not part of any alliance. In such a situation, political pundits believe that there may be division of votes on these seats in the Lok Sabha elections.
When and where will elections be held in UP?
First phase (April 19):-
Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur and Pilibhit.
Second phase (26 April):-
Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh and Mathura.
Third phase (7th May):-
Sambhal, Hathras, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Amla and Bareilly.
Fourth phase (13 May):-
Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Dhaurahara, Sitapur, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur and Bahraich.
Fifth phase (May 20):-
Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Kaiserganj and Gonda.
Sixth phase (25 May):-
Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shravasti, Basti, Dumariyaganj, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Bhadohi and Machlishahr.
Seventh and final phase (June 1):-
Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Robertsganj.
