Chandigarh: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which is contesting the October 13 Haryana assembly polls on its own, tonight releasedits first list of 63 candidates.
BSP general secretary Man Singh Manhera said the names of the candidates had been cleared by Uttar Pradesh chief minister and party president Mayawati.
He said winnability of candidates had been kept in mind while selecting them. Care had also to be taken that different sections of society got adequate representation, he said.
Among those allotted tickets in the first list are BSP state unit president Parkash Bharti (Mullana), legislator Arjan Singh (Naraingarh), former ministers AkramKhan (Jagadhri), Dervinder Sharma (Thansar), Narender Sharma (Pundri) and Ram Bhaj (Narwana).
Former MLA Zakir Hussein, son of late leader Tayyib Hussein, has been given ticket from Sohana, while former MP Gurdyal Saini will be contesting from Ladwa constituency.
Industrialist Vijay Somani will be contesting from Rewari.
The party recently announced its decision to fight on all 90 seats on its own after it broke its two-month-old alliance with the Haryana Janhit Congress.
Well done Behanjee. Haryana main BSP ka CM honga...
ReplyDeleteAmit , New Delhi