BJP declares candidates for Allahabad, Jaunpur

New Delhi, Mar 27 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced the names of candidates for its two seats of Uttar Pradesh.

BJP's headquarter in-charge Shyam Jaju said, "Party has declared Yogesh Shukla from Allahabad and Seema Dwivedi from Jaunpur as its candidate."

BJP took this decision in the central election committee's meet held on Monday.

Murli Manohar Joshi, senior BJP leader who contested from Allahabad in the last Lok Sabha polls, would contest from the Varanasi constituency this time. (ANI)