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BJP replaces 6 MPs, including minister, in UP
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SME Times News Bureau | 21 Mar, 2019
The BJP on Thursday announced the list of 28 of its candidates for Uttar
Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha seats, dropping six of its sitting members
including a Union Minister, for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
The list was announced by senior BJP leader J.P. Nadda at the party headquarters in New Delhi.
Union
Minister of State for Agriculture Krishna Raj, who represents
Shahjahanpur, has been replaced by Arun Sagar from her seat, while Uttar
Pradesh Minister S.P. Baghel will replace Ram Shankar Katheria from the
Agra parliamentary constituency.
Parmeshwar Lal Saini will
contest from Sambhal instead of Satya Pal Singh, Ashok Rawat from
Misrikh instead of Anju Bala, Rajkumar Chahar in place of Babulal
Chaudhary from Fatehpur and Jai Prakash Rawat in place of Anshul Verma
from Hardoi seat.
The first list of the party also included the
names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi, Home Minister
Rajnath Singh from Lucknow, General V.K. Singh (retd) from Ghaziabad,
and Union Minister Mahesh Sharma from Gautam Buddha Nagar.
The
BJP had won 71 seats in 2014 elections, while its ally Apna Dal had won
two seats in the state. The Samajwadi Party had won five seats and the
Congress two.
The seven phased elections are scheduled from April 11 to May 19. The results will be announced on May 23.
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