Although the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress are the major players in the forthcoming Assembly elections, it is the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) that has announced its first list of 22 candidates.
State BSP president IS Mourya, while talking to The Pioneer on phone from New Delhi, said "a meeting of the party attended by the two state in-charge, Rajaram and Dharam Prakash, besides me, was held on Sunday at the party headquarters in New Delhi. After due deliberations and the approval of party president Mayawati, the first list of 22 candidates was announced."
The 22 candidates include Kamal Singh Rawat from Sawalgarh, Maniram Dhakad from Jora, Parshuram Mudgal from Morena, Balbeer Dandotiya from Diwni, Satya Prakash from Ambah, Romesh Mahant from lahaar, Raju Gurjar from Mehgaon, Krishna Gopal Chourasia from Gohad, Madan Kushwaha from Gwalior (rural), Rekha Sahay from Kalar, Vijay Kushwaha from Gwalior (south), Ram Niwas from Bhitarwar, Radhelal Baghel from Sewra, Kalicharan from Datia, Ram lakhan Singh from Rampur Baghelan, Rajkumar Urmaliya from Sirmour, Ram Garib Kaul from Tyothar, Bheem Singh Patel from Mauganj, Vidhyavati Patel from Dev Talab, Sheela Tyagi from Mangava, Renu Saha from Singrauli and Saurabh Singh from Bohribandh.
An interesting feature of the list announced by the party is that the caste of the candidates has also been highlighted in the list provided by the party. Four women have been included in the list.