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The party has fielded Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from the Gorakhpur urban seat, a decision that put to rest speculations that he may contest from Ayodhya, as the five-time Lok Sabha MP from his home constituency is contesting the state elections for the first time. .
Releasing its first list of 107 candidates after the Samajwadi Party was accused of being anti-backward castes, to counter the OBC pitch of rivals, the BJP chose Keshav Prasad Maurya as one of the two deputy chief ministers from Sirathu, his birthplace. in Kaushambi district
While the Gorakhpur urban seat will go to polls in the sixth phase on March 3, Sirathu will go to polls in the fifth phase on February 27. The sitting BJP MLAs—four-time MLAs Radha Mohan Das Agarwal and Sheetla Prasad—have made way for Adityanath and Maurya, respectively. ,
Barring Adityanath and Maurya, all the names are for 105 of the 113 seats where polling will be held in the first two phases on February 10 and 14. 44 OBC names including 16 Jats are in the list. 43 from upper castes and 19 from scheduled castes, the sources said.
The BJP on Sunday expelled Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat from the party for six years for anti-party activities. Sources said that the Uttarakhand minister has taken this step after meeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Rawat was seeking Congress ticket for his daughter-in-law from Lansdowne assembly seat. For the past few weeks, there were reports that ministers were unhappy with the BJP leadership.
Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami has also written a letter to the Governor asking him to remove Harak Singh Rawat from the cabinet. Rawat is likely to join the Congress ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
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