After unsuccessful attempts to join hands with Congress in Uttar Pradesh, Shivpal Yadav has started rolling out the names of Candidates for the mega battle of ballots. Yadav, estranged leader of Samajwadi Party and once a minister in Akhilesh Yadav led government in the state has floated his own party last year, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia).
The party apart from Uttar Pradesh has named Candidates from Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, among others.
The party has so far declared 7 lists of Candidates from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Odisha, Haryana, and the National Capital New Delhi.
Here is the list of Candidates announced by the party so far in a run-up to the mega battle of ballots.
Uttar Pradesh
- Haji Mohammad Owiash from Muzaffarnagar
- Dr. Omveer Singh from Saharanapur
- Chaudhary Ilam Singh from Bijnor
- Nasir Ali from Meerut
- Choudhary Mohammad Mohkam (In place ofGajendra Singh Bali) from Baghpat
- Sevaram Kasana from Ghaziabad
- Jitendra Singh (In place of Naved Pathan) from Gautam Budh Nagar
- Matloob Ahmed from Amroha
- Manish Singh from Fatehpur Sikri
- Sanjay Saxena from Rampur
- Shivpal Singh Yadav from Firozbaad
- Saman Tahir from Bareilly
- Mohammad Hanif Mansuri from Pilibhit
- Sanjay Bhartiya (In place of Phoolchandra Verma) from Hardoi SC
- Arun Kumar Kori from Misrikh SC
- Satish Kumar Shukl from Unnao
- Udaypal Singh Yadav from Farrukhabad
- Rajee Mishra from Kanpur
- Mahendra Singh Yadav (In place of Captain Indrapal Singh) from Akbarpur
- Ganesh Rawat from Mohanlalganj
- Jagdish Kumar Singh from Baharaich SC
- Dhananjay Sharma from Kaiserganj
- Kamla Yadav from Sultanpur
- Prem Nishad from Ambedkarnagar
- Ramkeval Yadav from Basti
- Hemraj Paswan from Lalganj SC
- Dr RS Yadav from Jaunpur
- Tanushree Tripath from Maharjaganj
- Triveni Prasad Kharwar from Roberstganj
- Karan Singh Yadav from Sambhal
- Deepak Chaudhary from Aligarh
- Chaudhary Jagbeer Singh Nauhwar from Mathura
- Deepak Chaudhary from Aligarh
- Mithlesh Devi from Hathras SC
- Vijay Kumar Mishra from Sitapur
- Jay Singh Yadav Advocate from Pratapgarh
- Sunil Kumar Singh Rathore from Kannauj
- Mahesh Chandra Sahu from Fatehpur
- Azeemullah Ansari from salempur
- Shambhu Yadav Dohare from Etawah (SC)
- Rashmi Yadav from Etah
- Narveer Kathoriya from Shahjahanpur SC
- Sunil Yadav from Aonla
Karnataka
- Ravi Kumar T from Bengaluru South
- S Mityanaik from Chitradurga
- Kafilul Rehman H from Kopal
Tamil Nadu
- Loknathan from Ramnathpuram
- M Mahajan from Tuthokkuppi
Haryana
- Seema Yadav from Bhiwani Mahendragarh
Madhya Pradesh
- Bharat Singh Mehdela from Damoh
- Radha Markaam from Mandla
- Devendra Yadav from Jabalpur
- Madan Chilwar from Bhind
- Bhawanishankar Saini alias Monu Saini from Hoshangabad
- Kamta Prasad Kori alias KP Verma from Tikamgarh
Uttarakhand
- Furkaan Ali from Haridwar
Delhi
- Gulzar Ahmed from Chandni Chowk
- Ram Baksh Yadav from South Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir
- Surinder Singh from Anantnag
Chhattisgarh
- Amrit Tirki from Raigarh
Odisha
- Radha Kanta Gahir from Kalahandi
- Subhas Chandra Yadav from Balasore
The party has also named two candidates for Odisha State Polls which are slated to be clubbed with national elections. The party named – Gangadei Marai from Jhadsugada and Subhash Chandra Behra from Brajraj Nagar.
Bihar
- Kailash Prasad Singh from Banka
- Surendra Rajvanshi from Nawada
- Bablu Ravidas from Gaya
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The new political party in the run-up to the mega polls will take on Bharatiya Janata Party, SP-BSP-RLD Combine and Congress in Uttar Pradesh. Congress in Uttar Pradesh has forged an alliance with Janta Dal faction, Mahan Dal, Jan Adhikar Party. The Rahul Gandhi-led party has so far declared candidates on over 370 seats with 66 in Uttar Pradesh.
While Bharatiya Janta Party in its UP hunt has inked poll tie-up with Nishad Party, Apna Dal (Sonelal).
The SP-BSP-RLD combine have also named its candidates on most of the seats of the state.
General Elections are slated to begin from April 11 and would spread on Seven Phases starting from April 11 to May 19. Election Commission had on March 10 declared schedule for General Elections 2019.
Counting of Votes and Results for the mega Battle of ballots will be announced on May 23 four days after the 7th phase of voting.
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