India, March 24 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday announced the first list of 16 candidates out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. UP will go to polls in four phases.

Among the 16 candidates, Muslims have been given the largest share with seven seats, while the Dalits, the Other Backward Class (OBC) and upper castes have been given an equal share of the three seats each.

The party has fielded Majid Ali from the Saharanpur seat, Dr Mujahid Hussain from Amroha, Mohammad Irfan Saifi from Moradabad, Zishan Khan from Rampur, and Shaulat Ali from the Sambhal Lok Sabha seat. Abid Ali has been fielded from Aonla, and Anis Ahmad Khan alias Phool Babu from Pilibhit.

On the reserved seats, t...