LS Polls: SP Fields Afzal Ansari From Ghazipur, Harendra Malik From Muzaffarnagar. Check List
The party led by Akhilesh Yadav has recently been in the news for some time, with many of its senior leaders resigning their positions.
Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday released the list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 in Uttar Pradesh.
The Akhilesh Yadav party has fielded Afzal Ansari, brother of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, from Ghazipur, and Harendra Malik from Muzaffarnagar. It is worth noting that Afzal Ansari was disqualified as a Lok Sabha member last year after being convicted in a criminal case and sentenced to four years in jail. On April 29, 2023, Ansari was convicted in connection with the 2005 kidnapping and murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.
Take A Look At The List Of 11 Candidates:
- Harendra Singh Malik (Muzaffarnagar)
- Afzal Ansari (Ghazipur)
- Neeraj Maurya (Aonla)
- Rajesh Kashyap (Shahjahanpur)
- Usha Verma (Hardoi)
- Rampal Rajvanshi (Misrikh)
- RK Chaudhary (Mohanlalganj)
- Ramesh Gautam (Bahraich)
- SP Singh Patel (Pratapgarh)
- Virendra Singh (Chandauli)
- Shreya Verma (Gonda)
Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) releases list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/01kLt65brg
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Earlier this month, the Party had released its list of candidates for 16 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The list included the name of Dimple Yadav, wife of party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who will run for the Mainpuri seat.
The party's candidate list was released amid ongoing seat-sharing talks with Congress. The Samajwadi Party's first list includes 11 OBC candidates: one Muslim, one Dalit, one Thakur, one Tandon, and one Khatri. The eleven OBC candidates include four Kurmis, three Yadavs, two Shakyas, one Nishad, and one Pal.
The party led by Akhilesh Yadav has been in the news for some time, with many of its senior leaders resigning their positions. Salim Sherwani, a five-time former Badaun MP and ex-Union minister, resigned as national general secretary of the Samajwadi Party on Sunday, citing the party's "inappropriate" selection of Rajya Sabha candidates and neglect of the Muslim community and its issues.
Sherwani rejoined the Samajwadi Party in 2020, leaving the Congress behind. He is the fourth senior SP leader to resign or declare rebellion since Tuesday.
Swami Prasad Muarya resigned as national general secretary on Tuesday, citing the party's refusal to acknowledge his statements. Pallavi Patel, an SP MLA and Apna Dal (Kamerwadi) leader, announced the same day that she would not vote in the Rajya Sabha elections on February 27.
Dalit leader Kamla Kant Gautam resigned as SP state secretary on Friday, citing the position's insignificance and lack of accountability.
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