Lok Sabha Election: Samajwadi Party Releases Fresh List of 7 Candidates In UP

The Samajwadi Party announced seven more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, nominating former MP Bhishm Shankar ‘Kushal’ Tiwari for the Domariyaganj seat.

With this announcement, the party led by Akhilesh Yadav has revealed a total of 57 candidates for the state, party officials stated, PTI quoted saying.

Samajwadi Party’s Candidates

As per the list unveiled by the SP on X, current MP from Shravasti and former BSP member Ram Shiromani Verma will contest from the same constituency. Additionally, former MLA Laxminath, also known as Pappu Nishad, has been designated as the party’s candidate for the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha seat.

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The SP has also bestowed the ticket upon Babu Singh Kushwaha, formerly a close associate of BSP chief Mayawati, assigning him as the candidate for Jaunpur, stated party spokesperson Rajpal Kashyap.

Ramashankar Rajbhar, a former BSP MP representing Salempur from 2009 to 2014, has been nominated by the SP for the upcoming elections.

Apart from this, the SP has also fielded their candidates Amarnath Maurya from Phoolpur and Priya Saroj from Machhlishahr.

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Kashyap noted that Bhishm Shankar ‘Kushal’ Tiwari, the candidate for Domariyaganj, served as the MP for Sant Kabir Nagar from 2009 to 2014 and for Khalilabad from 2007 to 2009. Tiwari was formerly associated with the BSP and joined the SP in December 2021.