SP releases another list of 56 candidates

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SP releases another list of 56 candidates

Friday, 28 January 2022 | PNS | Lucknow

Turncoats from Bahujan Samaj Party and ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government who recently switched sides figured in the third list of Samajwadi Party as the party released a list of 56 candidates for the UP assembly elections on Thursday.

Former minister Dara Singh Chauhan, who resigned from the Yogi cabinet and joined the SP, has been fielded from the Ghosi assembly seat of Mau district. Besides, former minister Arvind Singh 'Gope' has been given a ticket from Dariyabad in Barabanki and Om Prakash Singh from Zamania in Ghazipur district.

Veteran SP leader and leader of the opposition in UP assembly, Ram Govind Chaudhary, will contest from Bansdih constituency in Ballia district. Three-time MP Tufani Saroj has been fielded from Kerakat seat in Jaunpur district.

The Samajwadi Party has repeated nine sitting MLAs. Sitting MLA Dharmaraj Singh Yadav 'Suresh’ has been fielded from Barabanki, Ashutosh Upadhyaya from Bhatpar Rani (Deoria), Sangram Singh Yadav from Atrauliya, Nafees Ahmad from Gopalpur in Azamgarh, Durga Prasad Yadav from Azamgarh, Alambadi from Nizamabad (all in Azamgarh), Shailendra Yadav Lalai from Shahganj (Jaunpur), Lucky Yadav from Malhani (Faizabad) and Virendra Yadav from Jangipur (Ghazipur).

The party has named eight Bahujan Samaj Party turncoats, including two rebel MLAs, Lalji Verma and Ram Achal Rajbhar. While Verma has been given a ticket from Katehari, Rajbhar will contest from Akbarpur. Both the seats are in Ambedkar Nagar district.

The other BSP turncoats fielded by the SP include Daud Ahmad from Mohammadi (Lakhimpur), Tribhuvan Dutt from Alapur, Rakesh Pandey from Jalalpur (both in Ambedkar Nagar district), Sayeeda Khatoon from Domariyaganj (Siddharth Nagar), Vinay Tiwari from Chillupar (Gorakhpur) and Ramakant Yadav from Phoolpur Pawai (Azamgarh).

The SP has also fielded former minister Yashpal Chaudhary’s son Varun Chaudhary from Dhaurahra constituency in Lakhimpur Kheri district. Also, veteran SP leader Beni Prasad Verma’s son Rakesh Verma, has been fielded from Kursi assembly seat in Barabanki district.

Among other candidates, the party has named Padamraj Singh Pammu from Sawaijpur, Rambali Verma from Balamau (both in Hardoi), Mohammad Naeem Gujjar from Tiloi (Amethi), Girijesh from Babaganj (Pratapgarh), Puja Pal from Chayal (Kaushambi), Murtaza Siddiqui from Phoolpur (Allahabad), Fareed Mehfooz Kidwai from Ramnagar (Barabanki), Abhay Singh from Gosaiganj (Faizabad), KK Ojha from Mahsi (Bahraich), Dr SP Yadav from Gaisadi and Jagram Paswan from Balrampur.

The SP has fielded Vijay Kumar from Kapilvastu, veteran leader Mata Prasad Pandey from Itwa (both in Siddharth Nagar), Kajal Nishad from Campierganj, Amrendra Nishad from Pipraich, Vijay Bahadur from Gorakhpur (Rural), Yashpal Rawat from Sahjanwa, Roopwati from Khajani, Dr Sanjay Kumar from Bansgaon (all in Gorakhpur), Brahma Shankar Tripathi from Pathardewa, Ghazala from Rampur Karkhana (both in Deoria), Kamlakant Rajbhar from Didarganj and Bechai Saroj from Lalganj (both in Azamgarh).

In Ballia, the party has fielded Ziyauddin Rizvi from Sikanderpur and Sangram Singh from Phephna, Baba Dubey from Badlapur (Jaunpur), Prabhunath Singh from Sakaldiha (Chandauli), Zahid Beg from Bhadohi, Avinash Kushwaha from Robertsganj, Sunil Singh Gaur from Obra and Vijay Singh Gaur from Duddhi (all in Sonbhadra district).
 

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