Lucknow, April 17 -- The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Tuesday announced the names of 11 more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
The party changed the Mainpuri Lok Sabha candidate and gave the ticket to Shiv Prasad Yadav instead of Gulshan Dev Shakya. Prasad is the former MLA from Barthana. The Mayawati-led party fielded Athar Jamal Lari from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav is in the fray as a candidate from Mainpuri, while the BJP has fielded UP's Tourism and Culture Minister Jaiveer Singh from Mainpuri, which is considered as a Samajwadi Party stronghold.
Annoyed with Mayawati's decision, Shakya quit BSP and joined Samajwadi Party on Tuesday an...