Denied ticket, SP sitting MLA Mohammed Haji joins BSP

Bareilly: Denied a ticket by the Samajwadi Party, Mohammed Rizwan Haji, the sitting MLA from Kundarki constituency in Moradabad, joined the BSP on Monday. The SP has fielded Sambhal MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq’s grandson Zia-Ur Rehman on the seat.
Meanwhile, SP MLA from Rampur Iqram Qureshi, who won the Moradabad Dehat constituency in 2017, was also denied a party ticket.The SP is fielding Mohammed Nasir on the seat. Qureshi alleged that he was denied a ticket because he failed to fulfil the cash demand for buying the party ticket.
Iqram said, “Akhilesh Yadav is ignoring the people who have been loyal to him for years. We stood by him and helped him hold the party members together during difficult times. But, now, we are being ignored for the people who have changed parties for personal benefits. Such move may prove costly as party workers are extremely unhappy with the ticket distribution.”