Lucknow, Feb 5: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday issued its list for the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections, fielding Khwaja Shamshudeen against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Sadar seat. The BSP list has 54 candidates spread across 10 districts. The party gave ticket to Santosh Tiwari from Fazilnagar, from where former cabinet minister Swami Prasad Maurya is contesting on Samajwadi Party’s (SP) ticket. BSP has fielded Rajendra Singh from Chillupar seat in Gorakhpur district.
He will challenge Vinay Shanker Tiwari, who has quit SP and joined BSP. In Ambedkar Nagar district, Mayawati’s party has named Prateek Pandey from Katehari, Shabana Khatoon from Tanda, Keshra Devi Gautam from Alapur, Rajesh Kumar Singh from Jalalpur and Chandra Prakash Verma from Akbarpur. In Balrampur district, the party has fielded Rajendra Prasad Verma from Tulsipur, Alauddin Khan from Gaisandi, Ram Pratap Verma from Utraula and Hari Ram Baudh from Balrampur.
In Siddharth Nagar district ,BSP has named Radha Raman Tripathi from Shoharatgarh, Kanhaiya Prasad Kannaujiya from Kapilvastu, Radhey Shyam Pandey from Bansi, Hari Shankar Singh from Itawa and Ashok Kumar Tiwari from Domariyaganj. In Basti district, the party has fielded Raj Kishore Singh from Haraiya, Zaheer Ahmad from Kaptanganj, Ashok Kumar Mishra from Rudhauli, Alok Ranjan Verma from Basti Sadar and Laxmichand Kharwar from Mahadeva.
In Sant Kabir Nagar district ,the party has named Mohd Tavish Khan from Menhdawal, Aftab Alam from Khalilabad and Santosh Beldar from Ghanghata. In Maharajganj district, the party has fielded Yeshu Chaurasia from Farenda, Sharvan Patel from Siswan, Om Prakash Paswan from Maharajganj and Om Prakash Chaurasia from Paniyara. In Gorakhpur, the party has named Chandra Prakash Nishad from Campierganj, Deepak Agarwal from Pipraich, Dara Singh Nishad from Gorakhpur Dehat, Anju Singh from Sahjanwa, Vidya Sagar from Khajani, Virendra Pandey from Chauri Chaura and Ram Nain Azad from Bansgaon.
In Kushinagar district, the party has fielded Pawan Kumar Upadhyaya from Padrauna, Mukeshwar alias Madhesia from Kushinagar, Shivang Singh Sainthwar from Hata and Vijay Kumar from Ramkola. In Deoria district, the party has named Manish Pandey from Rudrapur, Ram Sharan Singh Sainthwar from Deoria, Parvez Alam from Patherdeva, Pushpa Shahi from Rampur Karkhana, Ajay Kushwaha from Bhatparrani, Rajesh Bharati from Salempur and Vinay Lal Sahab Tiwari from Barhaj. In Ballia district, the party has fielded Praveen Prakash from Bilthara, Uma Shankar Singh from Rasra, Sanjeev Kumar Verma from Sikandarpur, Kamal Deo Singh Yadav from Phephna, Shivdas Prasad alias Madan Verma from Ballia Sadar, Malti Rajbhar from Bansdeeh and Angad Mishra from Baeria. UP goes to election is seven phases starting February 10 till March 7. The sixth phase is on March 3. The results will be announced on March 10.Â
