UP elections: 23 Muslims, 10 SC candidates in second list of BSP candidates
UP elections: BSP 2nd list of candidates release
Lucknow, Jan 22: BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday unveiled the second list of candidates for constituencies going to polls in the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.
Party sources have informed that among the 51 names 23 candidates belong to the Muslim community and 10 from scheduled castes. The BSP list contains candidates for seats in Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Badaun, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur districts which will go to polls in the second phase on February 14.
The
seven-phase
polling
in
Uttar
Pradesh
will
begin
on
February
10
and
continue
till
March
7
and
results
will
be
declared
on
March
10.
Also,
a
new
slogan
'Har
polling
booth
ko
jitana
hai,
BSP
ko
satta
mein
lana
hai' was
released.
The
BSP
president
urged
the
party
workers
to
follow
the
COVID-19
protocol
issued
by
the
Election
Commission
while
working
for
the
victory
of
candidates
to
realise
the
dreams
of
BR
Ambedkar
and
party's
founder
Kanshi
Ram.
"The BSP is fighting alone in UP and Uttarkhand with full strength and preparations but in Punjab it has formed an alliance with Akali Dal. I have full faith that our party will get good results in these two states and its alliance will perform well in Punjab," she said.
The BSP had released the first list of candidates of the Bahujan Samaj Party on January 15.