Lok Sabha polls: BSP releases list of 16 candidates

NEW DELHI: Mayawati led Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday declared 25 candidates in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in two separate lists.

The party in-charges in some districts had earlier declared candidates at the district level.

The candidates include Majid Ali from Saharanpur, Shripal Singh from Kairana, Dara Singh Prajapati from Muzaffarnagar, Vijyendra Singh from Bijnor, Surendra Pal Singh from Nagina, and Mohammad Irfan Saifi from Moradabad.

Zishan Khan will be contesting from Rampur, Shaulat Ali from Sambhal, Mozahid Hussain from Amroha, Devvrat Tyagi from Meerut, and Praveen Bansal from Baghpat.

Rajendra Singh Solanki is the candidate for Gautam Buddha Nagar, Girish Chandra Jatav for Bulandshahr, Abid Ali for Aonla, Anis Ahmad Khan alias Phool Babu for Pilibhit, and Dodaram Verma for Shahjahanpur.

Later in the day, the party released names of nine more candidates.

Hembabu Dhangar from Hathras (SC seat), Kamal Kant Upmanyu from Mathura, Pooja Amrohi from Agra (SC seat), Ram Nivas Sharma from Fatehpur Sikri, Satyendra Jain Sauli from Firozabad, Sarika Singh Baghel from Etawah (SC seat), Kuldeep Bhadauria from Kanpur, Rajesh Kumar Dwivedi from Akbarpur and Suresh Chandra Gautam from Jalaun (SC seat).

The Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to take place in seven phases starting April 19.