The BJP announced the first list of 10 candidates for the biennial election to the UP legislative Council through the local bodies. Elections for 36 seats will be held on March 3 and the ruling Samajwadi Party has announced all 36 candidates.
“This is the first list of candidates and the rest will be announced in due process,” BJP spokesman Harish Chandra Srivastava said in lucknow on Wednesday.
The BJP candidates are: Sanjay Sharma from Bulandshahr, JPS Rahore from Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur, Raj Kumar Agarwal from Hardoi, Anirudh Chandel from lucknow-Unnao, Ramji Tripathi from Bahriach, Anand Tripathi from Banda-Hamirpur, Hariom Upadhaya from Jhanshi-Jalaun-lalitpur, Rais Chandra Shukla from Allahabad-Kaushambi, Dr KC Tripathi from Sultanpur and Rajesh Singh from Azamgarh-Mau local bodies constituencies.
Srivastava said that the candidates were selected by state party chief Dr laxmi Kant Bajpai after consultation with party’s state in-charge Om Mathur. Meanwhile, former MlC Rajkumar Agarwal and former SP law maker Kunwar Arun Vir Singh joined the BJP in the presence of the state party chief in lucknow. Bajpai said their joining the party would strengthen the party at the brasstacks as both enjoy good support at the grass root level.