UP BJP Candidates List 2022: The BJP has announced that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will contest the state polls from Gorakhpur seat.
The BJP on Saturday announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will contest the polls from Gorakhpur seat.
Addressing a press conference, BJP’s in-charge for Uttar Pradesh Dharmendra Pradhan said for phase one, the party has listed candidates for 57 out of 58 seats while for the second phase, candidates for 48 out of 55 seats have been named.
Besides Yogi Adityanath, Pradhan said that Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya will contest from Sirathu.
20 sitting MLAs dropped from BJP’s first list
In its first list of candidates, the BJP has not given tickets to 20 sitting MLAs. Of the seven Assembly seats in Bulandshahr, the party has not given tickets to four sitting MLAs.
Besides, the BJP has also given more than 68 per cent tickets to candidates from backward classes and women. In the first list, 44 OBC candidates, 19 from Scheduled Castes and 10 women have been named by the BJP.
CM Yogi has made UP a riot-free state: Dharmendra Pradhan
Dharmendra Pradhan said that CM Yogi Adityanath has delivered on the promise of making the state riot-free during his five-year tenure. Before 2017, the situation in UP was worrisome. We fought the election on goonda raj vs development. Today, the state has seen most development for the poor,” Pradhan said.
Pradhan said while shelter, housing and water schemes are being delivered to the poor, money is also reaching directly into their bank accounts.
“Crime and corruption have come down in UP, all courtesy to the BJP government. Women can walk freely on the streets of UP today,” he said.
“Yogi ji has made UP a riot-free state,” he added.
Uttar Pradesh will vote in seven phases to elect 403 MLAs between February 10 and March 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
