In an attempt to increase its presence outside Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party has decided to contest lok Sabha elections in other states and has announced nine lok Sabha candidates for Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement issued here on Monday Party's general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said three candidates each have been announced for Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh while one candidate from Bihar and two from Jammu and Kashmir have been anounced.
The party had earlier announced five lok Sabha and 9 assembly candidates for Andhra Pradesh, six lok Sabha candidates each from Madhya Pradesh and Assam.
The candidates for Jharkhand in lok Sabha polls are: Jaidev Choudhury from Kodarma, Keshwar alias Ranjan Yadav from Chatra and Hariram Paswan from Palamau( reserved) seat.
In Chhattisgarh, the candidates are Naveen Gupta from Raipur, Shanker Ram Thakur (Gaur) from Bastar(ST) and Dhaniram Yadav from Bilaspur. Surendra Rajvanshi will be fielded from Nawada lS seat in Bihar, while Amrit Varsha from Udhampur and Gulam Nabi Shah from Anantnag, both in Jammu and Kashmir.