BSP announces candidates for 16 seats in Uttar Pradesh

April 14, 2019 09:32 pm | Updated 09:32 pm IST - Lucknow

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 11/04/2019::  Bahujan Samaj Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati waves to her supporters at an election campaign in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday........Photo: S.Gopakumar/The Hindu.

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 11/04/2019:: Bahujan Samaj Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati waves to her supporters at an election campaign in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday........Photo: S.Gopakumar/The Hindu.

The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday declared names of 16 more candidates for the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh. The party has fielded Afzal Ansari, brother of jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari, from Ghazipur constituency. Some of the other candidates are: Chandrabhadra Singh (Sultanpur), Ashok Kumar Tripathi (Pratapgarh), Ramshiromani Varma (Shrawasti), Aftab Alam (Domariyganj), Ramprasad Chaudhary (Basti), Atul Rai (Ghosi), T. Ram (Machchlishahr-SC) and Rangnath Mishra (Bhadohi).

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