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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

2018 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Elections April 26,2018 - BJP Announces Candidates

The BJP has  released a list of 10 candidates for Legislative Council elections, scheduled to be held on April 26 and announced its support to Apna Dal (S) for one seat. The names that were announced in the list include Dr Mahendra Singh, Mohsin Raza, Dr Sarojini Agarwal, Bukkal Nawab, Yashwant Singh, Jaiveer Singh, Vidhyasagar Sonkar, Vijay Bahadur Pathak, Ashok Kataria and Ashok Dhawan.

BJP has left one seat for its ally Apna Dal (S), which has nominated its national president Ashish Singh Patel for the Council.

With the BJP fielding two Muslims, Mohsin Raza and Bukkal Nawab, the list once again proves domination of Thakurs, the community which CM Yogi Adityanath belongs to, over Brahmins.

The support of 29 MLAs is required for one MLC seat. In this case, the Samajwadi Party, along with Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress, will be able to send only two candidates to the Council, whereas the BJP will be able to send 11 candidates comfortably.
 

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