New Delhi: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday announced eight more candidates for the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, replacing two names from the Unnao district.
In the fourth phase, 59 seats in nine districts will go to the polls on February 23.
Eight candidates from Pilibhit, Sitapur, Hardoi, and Unnao districts have been declared in the list released by BSP on Sunday.
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The party has given tickets to Mushtaq Ahmed from Pilibhit, Mohan Swaroop Verma from Barkheda seat of Pilibhit, and Ashok Kumar Raja from Puranpur (SC) seat of Pilibhit. The BSP has fielded Ashish Pratap Singh from Sevata and Pushpendra Kumar from Sidhauli (SC) seat of Sitapur, news agency ANI reported.
BSP has fielded Shobhit Pathak from Hardoi, Sevak Lal Rawat from Mohan (SC) seat, and Vrajkishore Verma from Bhagwantnagar of Unnao.
On Friday, the Mayawati-led party had announced 53 candidates for the fourth phase. It announced the candidature of Sevak Lal Rawat from the Mohan (SC) seat and Brijkishore Verma from the Bhagwant Nagar seat in Unnao on Sunday, replacing Vinay Choudhary and Prem Singh Chandel respectively.
The BSP has now declared candidates on all 59 seats going to polls in the fourth phase.
The seven-phase election in Uttar Pradesh will begin on February 10 with voting for 58 seats in 11 districts in the western parts of the state.
Polling for the final phase will be held on March 7 and the counting of votes will be taken up on March 10.
(With Agency Inputs)