UP BJP Candidate List 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday announced seven candidates for the by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, scheduled to take place on November 13. The bypolls will be held on nine seats.
The nine assembly seats where bypolls are scheduled to be held are Katehari, Karhal, Meerapur, Kundarki, Phulpur, Sisamau, Ghaziabad, Majhawan and Khair.
The BJP has fielded Ramvir Singh Thakur from Kundarki, Sanjeev Sharma from Ghaziabad, Surendra Diler from Khair (SC) and Anujesh Yadav from Karhal, a party release said, PTI reported.
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Meanwhile, Deepak Patel is the party’s pick for the Phulpur seat, Dharmraj Nishad for Katehari and Suchismita Maurya for Majhawan. For the remaining two seats, there is speculation that the BJP will leave it vacant for its allies in UP.
The opposition, Samajwadi Party (SP) as announced it will contest all nine seats with the support of its INDIA bloc allies. Congress, also an INDIA ally, will not be announcing its candidates.
The bypolls were necessitated as eight of the seats fell vacant after their MLAs were elected to the Lok Sabha. Sisamau seat fell vacant due to the disqualification of Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki following his conviction in a criminal case.
The results of the byelections will be announced on November 23, alongside results of Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections.
(With inputs from PTI)
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