New Delhi: Congress has released the second list of candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The party is banking on its women candidates this time and has declared 16 female candidates out of 41 in the second list.
Last week, the party’s first list of 125 candidates had 40 per cent women candidates — numbering 50 nominees in this list.
Here's the second list of candidates
1 3 Saharanpur Nagar Smt. Sukhwinder Kaur
2 8 Kairana Haji Akhlaq
3 9 Thana Bhawan Satya Sayyam Saini
4 10 Shamli Mohd Ayub Jang
5 11 Budhana Devendra Kashyap
6 12 Charthawal Smt. Dr. Yasmeen Rana
7 13 Purqazi - SC Deepak Kumar
8 14 Muzaffar Nagar Subodh Sharma
9 15 Khatauli Gaurav Bhati
10 16 Meerapur Maulana Jameel Qasmi
11 26 Thakurdwarra Smt. Salma Agha Ansari
12 30 Bilari Smt. Kalpana Singh
13 31 Chandausi - SC Smt. Mithlesh
14 43 Siwalkhas Jagdish Sharma
15 44 Sardhana Syed Rianuddin
16 47 Meerut Cantt Avanish Kajala
17 48 Meerut Ranjan Sharma
18 49 Meerut South Nafees Saifi
19 51 Baraut Rahul Kashyap
20 52 Baghpat Anil Dev Tyagi
21 55 Sahibabad Smt. Sangeeta Tyagi
22 57 Modi Nagar Smt. Neeraj Kumari Prajapati
23 58 Dholana Arvind Sharma
24 59 Hapur - SC Smt. Bhawna Valmiki
25 64 Sikandrabad Saleem Akhtar
26 65 Bulandshahar Sushil Chaudhary
27 66 Syana Ms. Poonam Pandit
28 67 Anupshahr Chaudhary Gajendra
29 68 Debai Smt. Sunita Sharma
30 69 Shikarpur Ziyaur Rehman
31 70 Khurja - SC Tukki Mal Khatik
32 71 Khair - SC Smt. Monika Suryawanshi
33 74 Chharra Akhilesh Sharma
34 77 Iglas - SC Smt. Preeti Dhangar
35 81 Chhata Smt. Poonam Devi
36 82 Mant Smt. Suman Chaudhary
37 87 Agra Cantt - SC Sikander Valmiki
38 91 Fatehpur Sikri Hemant Chahar
39 121 Nawabganj Smt. Usha Gangwar
40 131 Katra Munna Singh
41 281 Akbarpur Smt. Priyanka Jaiswal
In a bid to influence the women voters in the poll-bound state, Congress had been holding marathon rallies across Uttar Pradesh as part of its 'Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon' campaign under the leadership of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. However, the marathon rallies are now on hold due to the Election Commission's ban on physical rallies in view of the raging Covid-19 in the country.
Congress had announced the first list of 125 candidates a week ago out of which 50 women were given the party ticket to contest the elections, including the mother of Unnao rape victim. “From Shahjahanpur, we have fielded Asha worker Poonam Pandey who led an agitation for a raise in honorarium,” Vadra had said while declaring the first list, according to news agency ANI.
In the past few months, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announced several women-centric promises including smartphones to Class 12 pass girls, electric scooters to graduating women, and skill development schools for women.
The Uttar Pradesh assembly elections will be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.