The ruling Samajwadi Party on Thursday released a list of 12 more candidates for the Assembly polls and fielded sitting MlA Gomti Yadav from Bakshi-ka-Talab seat in lucknow.
Howwever, SP president and CM Akhilesh Yadav denied tickets to four sitting MlAs, three of whom were announced candidates by Mulayam Singh Yadav in December. Those denied tickets are Mahendra Kumar Singh (Sevata), Sayeed Ahmed (Phulpur), Subbaram (Jakhanian) and Ram Swaroop Singh (Akbarpur-Raniya). Except Ram Swaroop, the other three MlAs were on Mulayam’s list of candidates.
With this, the total number of candidates fielded so far has gone up to 336. As per its alliance with the Congress, the SP will contest 298 seats while Congress will field its candidates on the remaining 105 seats.
SP sources said there is no dispute with the Congress over seat sharing and that seats were being identified to be shared among the two parties after which the SP will withdraw its candidates from some seats.
The list released by state SP chief Naresh Uttam on Friday inlcude - Shiv Kumar Gupta from Seveta, Gomti Yadav from Bakshi-Ka-Talab, Neeraj Gaur from Akbarpur Rania , Yashpal Yadav from Babina, Mansoor Alam from Phulpur, Vijma Yadav from Pratappur, Bhim Prasad Sonkar from Alapur (SC), Arif Umar Hashmi from Utraula, Mahendra Yadav from Basti Sadar, Rambhual Nishad from Chillupar, Brijendra Pal Singh from Khadda and Garib Das from Jakhania (SC).