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Lucknow: On Tuesday, for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) declared 11 candidates in Uttar Pradesh. Mayawati gave a ticket to Shrikala Singh, wife of gangster-turned-politician Dhananjay Singh, lodged in jail from Jaunpur constituency.
Mayawati pitted Athar Jamal Lari against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi seat. Lallan Singh Yadav has been fielded from Ballia and Shrikala Reddy (wife of Dhananjay Singh) from Jaunpur.
Umesh Kumar Singh will contest against SP candidate and MP Afzal Ansari from Ghazipur, Athar Jamal Lari has been fielded against PM Modi from Varanasi seat.
The BSP announced the candidates for 11 Lok Sabha constituencies – Varanasi, Jaunpur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Badaun, Bareilly, Sultanpur, Farrukhabad, Banda and Dumariyaganj.
BSP has changed its candidate against SP candidate and MP Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri seat. The party changed its candidate from Mainpuri by fielding Shiv Prasad Yadav. Gulshan Dev Shakya’s ticket has been cancelled.
