Before the UP Assembly elections, the political atmosphere in the state has started heating up. The round of allegations and counter-allegations continues. Everyone is busy making claims as per their own. Different reports have their own claims. One such claim was made in some news that UP BJP has prepared an alleged list of 209 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections and sent it to the central leadership. However, on Sunday evening, BJP issued a letter denying the claim. The party said that this news is completely false, baseless, imaginary and fabricated.
In the press release, BJP said that no such list has been prepared. The process of selection of candidates has not even started yet. The party appealed to the workers and the general public not to believe in such misleading rumours. The release has the signatures of CM Yogi Adityanath and BJP state president Pankaj Chaudhary.
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In the press release, BJP wrote, 'For the last few days, the news of preparation of an alleged list of 209 candidates of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh and sending it to the central leadership in the context of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections is being continuously circulated by certain news media, individuals and institutions. This is completely untrue, baseless, imaginary and fabricated. BJP vehemently denies this fake and false news.
'Democratic system of selection of candidates'
BJP further said that the party or state leadership has neither prepared any such list nor sent it to the central leadership. BJP is a disciplined and cadre-based political party, where a very systematic, democratic and completely organizational process of selection of candidates for the Assembly or any other election is laid down.
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This is a well-planned conspiracy: BJP
The party said that the process of selection of candidates has not yet started. BJP alleged that mischievous elements have spread rumors to create confusion. The release read, 'Such misleading propaganda is a well-planned conspiracy. It appears that this fabricated rumor is being spread by some elements with the aim of creating an atmosphere of confusion, confusion and fear among the loyal party workers. Bharatiya Janata Party appeals to all its officials, workers and general public not to believe in such factual and misleading news in any form and to consider only the information issued from the authorized platforms of the party as authentic.