Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BSP announces names of 16 candidates in Uttar Pradesh | Check full list
Mar 24, 2024, 02:31 PM ISTBSP announced the names of 16 candidates out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha elections.
BSP announced the names of 16 candidates out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha elections.
Emphasising the need for aligning with forces advocating for justice and equality, Ali reaffirmed his decision to bolster the Congress under the leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi.
This is the second biggest blow to the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party ahead of Lok Sabha elections as recently another BSP MP from Ambedkar Nagar Ritesh Pandey joined the saffron party.
KCR's BRS was not a part of the Opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc and would have gone into the elections on its own. However, with the announcement of the alliance with the BSP, Telangana is likely to witness a triangular contest in the Lok Sabha elections.
In an earlier opinion poll conducted by India TV-CNX, it predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party may win 78 out of the total 80 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
OP Rajbhar's party, the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), has named Arvind Rajbhar, the son of OP Rajbhar, as its candidate for the Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency in the upcoming elections. Arvind Rajbhar enjoys support from multiple parties including the BJP and the Nishad Party.
The BRS and BSP will contest the Lok Sabha elections 2024 together in Telangana, KCR announced on Tuesday.
Jamali, a two-time MLA (2012, 2017) from Mubarakpur seat of Azamgarh, is considered to have a good following in the district.
Uttar Pradesh has a total of 80 Lok Sabha seats, the maximum among all the states. The polling schedule for the Lok Sabha elections is yet to be announced and reports are that elections they are likely to take place in April-May.
The Government of India had instituted two civilian awards - Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan - in 1954. The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the country. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service or performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour.
She said after the Lok Sabha elections, the BSP can join the government at the Centre on the basis of proper representation to the party.
Addressing a press conference on her birthday, BSP chief Mayawati made her party's stance clear for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh also added that she has no plans to retire from politics as of now.
Mayawati addressed a press conference on Monday and attacked Samajwadi Party, Congress and BJP. She announced that BSP will go solo in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Mayawati is keeping distance from both the BJP-led NDA and the opposition INDIA alliance and has indicated that her party would go alone in the upcoming general elections.
I.N.D.I.A bloc meeting: However, the source said the Samajwadi party leaders during the meeting told the Congress leaders that it does not want the BSP as part of the alliance in the state and also asked if it was holding talks with the BSP or was in touch with it for an alliance.
Afzal Ansari was disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha on May 1 after being convicted and sentenced in the kidnapping-murder case.
The announcement was made during a party meeting held in Lucknow, emphasising a strategic move ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
This strategic move is anticipated to play a crucial role in the future leadership of the BSP, marking a significant development within the party's hierarchy.
Lok Sabha MP from Amroha, Danish Ali who was abused in the Parliament by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri, was suspended from the BSP over anti-party activities.
Expelling Danish Ali from the party, the BSP in a statement said that he was warned may times against statements or actions against the policies, ideology and discipline of the party but despite that he was continuously acting against the party.
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