Compounding SP’s troubles, its ally Apna Dal (Kamervadi) leader Pallavi Patel said she won't vote in the polls, citing SP's 'negligence of PDA communities'
The BJP surprised by naming Sanjay Seth, a former SP MP and top UP realtor, as its eighth candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls in UP. The move adds competition for the 10 vacant RS seats, posing a challenge for the Samajwadi Party (SP). With polls set for February 27, the BJP already announced seven names while the SP announced three, including Jaya Bachchan. Seth, a founder of Shalimar Corp, joined BJP in 2019 after quitting SP.
Lucknow: In a surprise move, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday named former Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Seth as its eighth candidate in the biennial election for 10 seats of the upper house despite being short of the required numbers of members in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
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