-Rajesh Mishra
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati announced the names of the party’s candidates for 53 seats. In the West, Mayawati has posed a big challenge to the opposition Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal Alliance (SP-RLD Alliance) by fielding 13 Muslim candidates. All these candidates will contest in the first phase of elections. In the first phase, polling will be held in 58 seats. BSP says that it will field candidates in the remaining 5 seats in 1 to 2 days. Voting in the first phase is to be held on February 10.
On the occasion of her birthday on Saturday, former Chief Minister Mayawati said in a press conference that her party would come to power again this time. In the 2017 assembly elections, the BSP had won only 19 seats, while the SP-Congress alliance got 47 seats. Mayawati has also released the ninth edition of her achievements book Blue Book on this occasion.
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