Samajwadi Party changed four lok Sabha candidates and fielded Feroz Aftab from the Saharanpur seat. The UP ruling party has so far named 72 aspirants for the State’s 80 lS seats.
Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said UP Minister Balram Singh Yadav was replaced by Havaldar Singh in Azamgarh while another former State Minister Anuradha Choudhury gave way to Amir Alam in Bijnore. Around a year back Chaudhry had joined SP after severing ties Rashtriya lok Dal. Zafar Alam would be the new SP candidate from Aligarh in place of Kajal Sharma while in Gonda, Kirtivardhan Singh bows out in favour of Rahul Shukla.
When contacted Samajwadi Party spokesman Rajendra Chaudhry said that changes were made after consultation with district unit. “There was pressure from district to
change these candidates as we are looking at the winnability factor,” he said.