BJP is set to announce 200 candidates for UP polls 2017, BJP candidate list UP Polls 2017,Candidate list Uttar Pradesh assembly polls 2017,BJP 2017 Candidate list
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BJP is set to announce 200 candidates for UP polls 2017, BJP candidate list UP Polls 2017,Candidate list Uttar Pradesh assembly polls 2017,BJP 2017 Candidate list
Even though the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls is slated only for 2017, the UP unit of BJP already seems to be ready with its first batch of nearly 200 candidates who will contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The first list of about 200 candidates is likely to be announced by the end of May.
The list is coming on the heels of appointment of OBC candidate Keshav Prasad Maurya as its Uttar Pradesh president to counter Yadav and Dalit vote banks.
BJP's pro-activity may be a direct result of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) declaring names of 142 candidates on 25 March and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) declaring names of 80 percentage of the candidates who will contest the elections to the 403-member UP Legislative Assembly.
The first list to be announced for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 2017, is likely to have many candidates from the state's OBC population comprising Kurmi, Kohri and Kushwaha amongst others. The reasons are not hard to decipher. On one hand, the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) has a complete hold over the Yadav community, while on the other, the Dalit population is loyal to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Therefore, the party has tried to target the rest of the OBC population through Maurya's appointment as state president.
Maurya is an OBC candidate from the Kushwaha community that has a sizeable presence of around 8% in the state. He is also a Hindutva hardliner with a long association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).
Immediately after getting nominated as president, Maurya had told, “We’ll win the 2017 Assembly poll…our aim is to achieve the target of winning 265-plus seats given to us by the party’s national president (Amit Shah)…I’ll be having meetings with the state leaders and workers, and thereafter with further discussions with the top leadership, strategy will be chalked out on how to proceed in UP.”
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