Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Thursday released the 11th list of its candidates for the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The party has announced the names of 6 candidates. Along with this, he has also declared the candidate for the by-election being held on Lucknow East seat. The party has given ticket to Alok Kushwaha. At the same time, Narendra Pandey has been made the candidate from Kaiserganj Lok Sabha seat.
BSP has given tickets to Saurabh Kumar Mishra from Gonda, Mohammad Nadeem Mirza from Dumariyaganj, Narendra Pandey from Kaiserganj, Nadeem Ashraf from Sant Kabirnagar, Shiv Kumar Dohre from Barabanki and Mashhood Ahmed from Azamgarh. BSP supremo Mayawati has changed the candidate from Azamgarh for the third time. First from here is former state president of the party Bhim Rajbhar. After this Sabiha Ansari was given the ticket. Now Mashhood Ahmed will be the candidate.
BSP changed candidate on Amethi seat
Recently, Mayawati had released the list of 10 Lok Sabha candidates, in which the names of candidates from Amethi, Jhansi, Pratapgarh were announced. He changed the candidate from Amethi and gave ticket to Nanhe Singh Chauhan. First Ravi Prakash Maurya was fielded. Whereas, ticket has been given to Ravi Prakash Kushwaha from Jhansi and Prathamesh Mishra from Pratapgarh.
BSP has also announced its candidate from Rae Bareli seat. He has made Thakur Prasad Yadav a candidate. BJP and Congress have not yet announced their candidates for this seat. Voting will be held in this constituency on May 20 and the last day for nomination is May 3. There is speculation that after Sonia Gandhi becomes Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may contest elections from Rae Bareli.
The political fight in UP is interesting
Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of Lok Sabha seats. It is said that the path to power in Delhi passes through Uttar Pradesh. There are 80 Lok Sabha seats here and political parties are trying hard to win as many seats as possible. There is a triangular contest here. India alliance is standing in front of BJP, in which Samajwadi Party and Congress are together in the electoral arena by making a strategy to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At the same time, BSP is fighting on its own. The political battle has become interesting with BSP contesting the elections on its own. In the last Lok Sabha elections, BSP and SP had together challenged BJP.