Lucknow, BSP on Monday made Shrikala Singh its candidate from Jaunpur seat for the Lok Sabha elections and fielded outgoing MP Shya Singh Yadav in her place.
Shrikala Singh, wife of former MP Dhananjay Singh, was declared the party candidate from Jaunpur on April 16.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has made Lavkush Patel its candidate from Basti seat, where voting is scheduled on May 25, a statement said.
Shyam Singh Yadav said that BSP chief Mayawati had called him and asked him to contest elections from Jaunpur.
An MP-MLA court in Jaunpur on March 6 sentenced Dhananjay Singh and his aide Santosh Vikram to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2020 case of kidnapping and extortion of a Namami Gange project manager.The Allahabad High Court granted bail to Singh on April 27 but rejected his plea to suspend or stay the sentence.
The BJP has fielded former Maharashtra minister Kripa Shankar Singh in Jaunpur, while former BSP leader and 2012 Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam accused Babu Singh Kushwaha is contesting from the seat on a Samajwadi Party ticket.
Shyam Singh Yadav won the 2019 elections from Jaunpur on BSP ticket.
Voting in this constituency is to be held on May 25.
BSP has declared Ravi Singh Kharwar as its candidate for the by-election of Duddhi assembly seat.The seat had become vacant following the disqualification of BJP MLA Ramdular Gon following his conviction in a rape case. He was sentenced to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl nine years ago.
Gond was disqualified as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in December.
According to the Representation of the People Act, an MLA sentenced to imprisonment of two years or more will be disqualified "from the date of conviction" and for the next six years after serving the sentence .
Shrikala Singh, wife of former MP Dhananjay Singh, was declared the party candidate from Jaunpur on April 16.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has made Lavkush Patel its candidate from Basti seat, where voting is scheduled on May 25, a statement said.
Shyam Singh Yadav said that BSP chief Mayawati had called him and asked him to contest elections from Jaunpur.
An MP-MLA court in Jaunpur on March 6 sentenced Dhananjay Singh and his aide Santosh Vikram to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2020 case of kidnapping and extortion of a Namami Gange project manager.The Allahabad High Court granted bail to Singh on April 27 but rejected his plea to suspend or stay the sentence.
The BJP has fielded former Maharashtra minister Kripa Shankar Singh in Jaunpur, while former BSP leader and 2012 Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam accused Babu Singh Kushwaha is contesting from the seat on a Samajwadi Party ticket.
Shyam Singh Yadav won the 2019 elections from Jaunpur on BSP ticket.
Voting in this constituency is to be held on May 25.
BSP has declared Ravi Singh Kharwar as its candidate for the by-election of Duddhi assembly seat.The seat had become vacant following the disqualification of BJP MLA Ramdular Gon following his conviction in a rape case. He was sentenced to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl nine years ago.
Gond was disqualified as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in December.
According to the Representation of the People Act, an MLA sentenced to imprisonment of two years or more will be disqualified "from the date of conviction" and for the next six years after serving the sentence .
