BJP has announced candidates for the UP Assembly by-elections. BJP released a list on Thursday, in which the names of candidates for seven seats have been announced. Ramveer Singh Thakur from Kundarki, Sanjeev Sharma from Ghaziabad and Surendra Diler from Khair (SC) have been given tickets. BJP has not yet declared its candidate for Sisamau seat of Kanpur. Meerapur seat of Muzaffarnagar has been left for ally RLD.
Let us tell you, by-elections are to be held in Sisimau of Kanpur, Phulpur of Prayagraj, Karhal of Mainpuri, Majhwan of Mirzapur, Milkipur of Ayodhya, Katehari of Ambedkar Nagar, Ghaziabad Sadar, Khair of Aligarh, Kundarki of Moradabad and Meerapur seat of Muzaffarnagar. BJP has just announced candidates for seven seats.
Ticket to Anujesh Yadav on Karhal seat
Karhal assembly seat of Mainpuri is considered to be the strongest stronghold of SP. On this seat, in the year 2022, Akhilesh Yadav defeated BJP candidate Union Minister Prof. SP Singh Baghel. Akhilesh had resigned from this seat after becoming MP from Kannauj in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Former SP MP Tej Pratap Yadav has been declared candidate for the by-election. Tej Pratap is the grandson of Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother and son-in-law of Lalu Prasad Yadav. BJP has given ticket to Anujesh Yadav on this seat.
Well Surendra Diler on the seat
Khair seat of Aligarh is Jat dominated. RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary also has influence on this seat. This area has been associated with the family since the time of his grandfather, former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh. In 2022, BJP candidate Anoop Pradhan had won for the second consecutive time. He won from Hathras in the Lok Sabha elections. Due to his becoming MP, the assembly seat is vacant. BJP has fielded Surendra Diler on this seat.
Ramveer Singh Thakur on Kundarki seat
The Muslim dominated Kundarki assembly seat remains a challenge for the BJP. No party has yet announced its candidate for the seat vacant after SP MLA Ziaur Rahman Burke, elected in 2022, became MP from Sambhal. There are 63 percent Muslim voters in the area. However, in the recent survey, names of 22 thousand fake voters have been deleted. Of these, more than 15 thousand voters are said to be supporting SP. BJP has made Ramveer Singh Thakur its candidate on this seat.
Ticket to Suchismita Maurya on Majhwan seat
Majhwan assembly seat of Mirzapur has been the arena of many stalwarts. In 2022, Dr. Vinod Bind had won the election from here on Nishad Party ticket from BJP alliance. This seat has become vacant after Dr. Vinod Bind was elected MP from Bhadohi on BJP ticket in 2024. Ramesh Bind, who has won elections from BSP three times in a row in 2002, 2007 and 2012 from Manjhwa seat, has fielded his daughter Dr. Jyoti Bind for the first time after joining SP.
Ramesh Bind had won the Lok Sabha election from Bhadohi on BJP ticket in 2019, however, after not getting the ticket in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he joined SP. BJP has given ticket to Suchismita Maurya on this seat.
Dharamraj Nishad on Katehri seat
SP had won the Katehari assembly seat of Ambedkar Nagar in the 2022 assembly elections. Lalji Verma, who left BSP, was elected MLA from SP. After being elected MP, he resigned from the Assembly. SP has declared Lalji Verma's wife, former District Panchayat President Shobhavati Verma, as its candidate for the by-election. Whereas BSP has made Amit Verma its candidate. BJP has fielded Dharamraj Nishad on Katehari seat.
Deepak Patel in the fray from Phulpur seat
The by-election for Phulpur assembly seat in Prayagraj is being held due to the resignation of Praveen Patel after becoming MP. He won from this area in 2022 as a BJP candidate. In the last assembly elections, Mujtaba Siddiqui was defeated by a margin of 2,732 votes, he is again a candidate from Samajwadi Party. SP has confidence in backward Dalit and minority voters. This seat remains a nose seat for BJP. BJP has given ticket to Deepak Patel on this seat.
Sanjeev Sharma on Ghaziabad seat
Atul Garg, who was elected MLA from Ghaziabad assembly constituency in 2022, was made the candidate by BJP in the Lok Sabha elections by cutting the ticket of Union Minister of State and former Army Chief VK Singh and he won this seat. After being elected MP, he resigned from the post of Assembly member. BJP leaders are using all their strength to win this seat for the third consecutive time. However, party factionalism is a big problem here. BJP has made Sanjeev Sharma its candidate on this seat.
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