New Delhi: BSP chief Mayawati on Friday informed that the party will field its state president Bhim Rajbhar from Mau Assembly constituency in place of Mukhtar Ansari in the upcoming elections.
“BSP’s efforts will be that no mafia or strongman gets party ticket in the upcoming UP assembly polls,” she Tweeted.
Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are scheduled to take place early next year.
In the 2017 Assembly elections, the BJP won a landslide victory winning 312 Assembly seats. The party secured a 39.67 per cent vote share in the elections for 403-member Assembly. Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 47 seats, BSP won 19 while Congress could manage to win only seven seats.