BSP Candidate List 2022 UP: BSP gave ticket to the son of BJP leader, daughter of a leader who was close to Swami Prasad Maurya in the list

The BSP on Friday (January 28) released another list of 53 candidates. Five women and 16 Muslims were given tickets on this list. The special thing is that Anjali, the daughter of BN Maurya, who was once close to Swami Prasad Maurya, has got the ticket from Unchahar, from where Swami Prasad Maurya's son contested in 2017 on a BJP ticket. At the same time, the son of BJP leader and former caretaker Chief Minister Ammar Ansari has also been given a ticket by the BSP.

Ticket to the daughter of BN Maurya who was close to Swami Prasad Maurya

Five women have also found a place in the fourth list of BSP. Anjali Maurya, who was in the news when Swami Prasad Maurya left the BJP, has been given a ticket from the Unchahar seat of Rae Bareli. Anjali's father BN Maurya was once considered close to Swami Prasad Maurya. Lajwanti Kulir has been given a ticket from the Bachhrawan seat of Rae Bareli. Shikha Verma has got a ticket from the Golagokarnath seat of Lakhimpurkheri, Mira Bano from the Srinagar seat, and Sarita Verma from the Kasta seat.

16 candidates out of 53 are Muslims, four Muslims in nine seats in Lucknow

There are 16 Muslim candidates on the list released on Friday. The party has fielded Muslim candidates in four of the nine seats in Lucknow. Anees Khan Phulbabu has got a ticket from Pilibhit's Bisalpur. Anees has been an MLA from here four times. He has been a minister in the Mayawati government. Zakir Hussain will be the BSP candidate from Palia. The BSP has fielded Muslim candidates in four of the seven seats in the Sitapur district. Hashim Ali has got a ticket from Biswan's seat. BJP had won from here in 2017. Khurshid Ansari has got a ticket from the Sitapur seat. Junaid Ansari from Laharpur, Meesam Ammar Rizvi from Mahmudabad have been given tickets. Meesam is the son of BJP leader Ammar Rizvi. Before joining the BJP in October 2019, Ammar was counted among the top leaders of Congress. Ammar has been the caretaker Chief Minister of UP twice. Rizvi was the leader of the opposition in the UP Legislative Council as well as a minister five times.

Ticket to witness in Unnao rape case

BSP has given a ticket to Unnao rape case witness Devendra Singh Mahabali from Unnao Sadar. Devendra has been a member of the Zilla Panchayat. His father Shishupal Singh is the head of Makhi. Unnao rape case happened in Makhi.

Candidates decided on all nine seats of Lucknow

The candidates were also announced on Friday for all the nine assemblies of the capital Lucknow. Jagdish Rawat from Malihabad, Salauddin Siddiqui from Bakshi Ka Talab, Mohammad Jalees Khan from Sarojini Nagar, Kayam Raza Khan from Lucknow West, Mohammad Sarwar Malik from Lucknow North, Ashish Kumar Sinha from Lucknow East, Ashish Chandra Srivastava from Lucknow Central, from Lucknow Cantt. Anil Pandey and Devendra Kumar from Mohanlalganj will play Saroj.