Lucknow, Jan 28: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) released a list of 53 candidates for the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Friday. The party has given tickets to 16 Muslims, 5 women and 6 Brahmins.
In Lucknow, the party has fielded Jagdish Rawat from Malihabad, Salauddin Siddiqui from Bakshi Ka Talab, Mohammad Jalees Khan from Sarojini Nagar, Kayam Raza Khan from Lucknow West, Mohammad Sarvar Malik from Lucknow North, Ashish Kumar Sinha from Lucknow East, Ashish Chandra Srivastava from Lucknow Central, Anil Pandey from Lucknow Cantt and Devendra Kumar Saroj.
The party has named Anees Khan alias Phool Babu as its candidate from Bisalpur in Pilibhit. In Lakhimpur Khiri district, the party has fielded Zakir Hussain from Palia, Manmohan Maurya from Nighasan, Shikha Verma from Gola Gokaran Nath, Meera Bano from Shrinagar, Anand Mohan Trivedi from Dhaurahra, Mohan Bajpai from Lakhimpur, Sarita Verma from Kasta and Shakeel Ahmad Siddiqui from Mohammadi.
In Sitapur district, the BSP has fielded Rajendra Prasad Verma from Maholi, Khursheed Ansari from Sitapur, Ranu Chaudhary from Hargaon, Hashim Ali from Biswan, Meesam Ammar Rizvi from Mahmudabad and Shyam Kishore from Misrikh. In Hardoi district, the party has named Rahul Tiwari from Sawayajpur, Ahibaran Singh Lodhi from Shahabad, Sarvesh Kumar Jansewa from Gopamau, Kamal Verma from Sandi, Krishna Kumar Singh alias Satish Verma from Bilgram Mallawan, Tilak Chandra Rawat from Balamau and Abdul Mannan from Sandila.
In Unnao district, the party has fielded Ram Kishore Pal from Bangarmau, Rajendra Gautam from Safipur, Vinay Chaudhary from Mohan, Devendra Singh from Unnao, Prem Singh Chandel from Bhagwant Nagar and Vinod Kumar Triparthi from Purwa. In Rae Bareli district, the party has named Laajwanti Kureel from Bachrawan, Sher Bahadur Singh Lodhi from Harchandpur, Mohammad Ashraf from Rae Bareli, Thakur Prasad Yadav from Saraini and Anjali Maurya from Unchahaar.
In Banda district, the party has named Jairam Singh from Tindwari, Ramsewak Shukla from Baberu, Gayacharan Dinkar from Naraini and Dheeraj Prakash Rajput from Banda. In Fatehpur district, the party has named Aditya Pandey from Jahanabad, Sushil Kumar Patel from Bindki, Ayub Ahmad from Fatehpur, Chandan Singh alias Chandrasen Pal from Ayaz Shah, Fareed Ahmad from Hussainganj and Dashrath Lal Saroj from Khaga.