Mayawati releases list of 100 BSP candidates, more to follow

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, though , has finalised all 403 candidates for ensuing Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, released a list 100 candidates on Thursday.

Published on: 5 Jan 2017 6:25 AM GMT

Mayawati releases list of 100 BSP candidates, more to follow

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, though , has finalised all 403 candidates for ensuing Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, released a list 100 candidates on Thursday.

The list is comprised of 87 dalit candidates out of 100. The remaining names will be announced later, said party release.

Earlier in Lucknow, she had announced that the party had decided to allocate 113 tickets to upper caste, 106 to backwards, 97 to muslims and 87 to dalits. It means that she has already announced all the dalit tickets in the first list itself.

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