Aam Aadmi Party will field Vijay Kumar Srivastava against Yogi Adityanath in UP assembly election from Gorakhpur Sadar constituency.
This was announced by AAP MP, Sanjay Singh, while releasing the fifth list of candidates for UP assembly elections on Saturday.
In the fifth list, the AAP has named 40 candidates, 15 from general class, three Muslims, 10 from Other Backward Classes, 11 from Scheduled Castes and one from Scheduled Tribe.
Singh made the announcement in a press meeting in which AAP’s candidate from Gorakhpur, Vijay Srivastava, was also present and who addressed media persons.
Singh said Vijay Srivastava was fighting for people’s cause for a long time and had worked with several social organisations in the past. He said Srivastava was a well-known face in Gorakhpur Sadar and so the AAP had fielded him against Yogi Adityanath, who was contesting on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket.
Singh said AAP was giving preference to issue based politics and to competent candidates as an alternative for people to change the guard in UP.
AAP is fielding Amarnath Pandey from Tiloi seat in Amethi, Sunita Devi Dohrey from Orai (reserved), Shubham Srivastava from Ayodhya, Rajay Chaurasiya from Bahraich Sadar, Sanish Mani Mishra from Payagpur in Bahraich, Rajnish Yadav from Ballia, Mustquim form Balrampur, Makhan Lal Tiwati from Baberu in Banda, Vinay Kumar from Banda, Pradeet Singh Verma from Barabanki, Bhagirath Gautam from Jaidpur in Barabanki, Udaybhann Rao from Salempur in Deoria, Premlalta from Jalesar in Etah, Raj Sharma from Amritpur in Farrukhabad, Amit Yadav from Jasrana in Firozabad, Arti Bhatta from Sadabad in Hathras, Vinod Kumar Singh Vats from Jaupur, Satyendra from Babina in Jhansi, Ram Chandra Gautam from Rasoolabad in Kanpur Dehat, Sanjay Pal from Ghatampur in Kanpur Nagar, Rashid Jamal from Kanpur Cantonment, Harish Verma from Nighasan in Kheri, Sanjay Khan from Lalitpur, Ganesh Ram Rajak from Mehroni in Lalitpur, Shishupal Singh from Karhal in Mainpuri, Ram Babu Singhaniya from Mainpuri, Vikramjeet Singh from Mau, Zafar Bhai from Pilibhit, Ram Kumar Verma from Meja in Prayagraj, Sunil Kumar Chaudhary from Bhinga in Shrawasti, Santosh Kumar Saxena from Laharpur in Sitapur, Raj Kumar Porwal form Mahmoodabad in Sitapur, Kailash Nath from Obra in Sonbhadra, Satydev Yadav from Bangarmau in Unnao, Shatryghna Lal Rawat from Mohan in Unnao, Kuldeep Yadav from Purwa in Unnao, Jeet Gyani from Safipur in Unnao, Satya Prakash Ram from Ajgara in Varanasi and Rakesh Pandey from Varanasi Cantonment seat.
