The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) that is leading in the State in announcing candidates for the Assembly elections scheduled later this year announced its second list of twenty-five candidates on Sunday.
The party had earlier in March declared its first list of twenty-two candidates leaving behind all the political parties of the State.
BSP State president IS Mourya while talking to The Pioneer said, “A meeting of the party attended by the two State in-charges Rajaram and Dharam Prakash besides me was held on Sunday at the party headquarters in New Delhi. After due consultations and discussions of the organisation and with the consent of the party president Mayawati we have announced the first list of twenty two candidates for the Assembly elections.”
The candidates announced by the BSP include Babu Sngh Jandel from Sheopur, Santish Adivasi from Vijaypur, RB Singh Baghel from Bhind, Anand Sharma from Gwalior, Satyaprakashi Parsedia from Dabra, Arvind Bauddh from Bhander, Pragilal Jatav from Karaira, Ramesh Dabar from Bamori, Rajesh Dhakad from Radhogarh, Babulal Delwar from Ashok Nagar, Anil Ravi from Jatara, Salikram Kushwah from Niwari, Anand Singh Bundela from Malehara, Feran Singh Adivasi from Pawai, Devideen Verma from Gunnaur, Pankaj Singh Patel from Simaria, Muniraj Patel from Gudh, Chetmani Singh from Chitrangi, Rajbahadur Singh from Dhohani, Khurshid Ahmed from Kotma, Buddha Sen Kohram from Pushprajgarh, Rampyari Manohar Marawi from Bandhavgarh, Jyoti Umre from lanji, Ajab lal Shastri from Varasivani and Udaysingh Pancheswar from Katangi. Keeping alive its interesting feature, the list announced by the party kept highlighted the caste of the candidates declared.
Three women figure in the list of 25 candidates announced by the party on Sunday.
Notably, earlier on March 14, the BSP had declared its first list candidates for twenty two constituencies. Other political parties of the State including the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition Congress and other smaller parties lack far behind in announcing candidates.