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UP Poll: BSP list has 97 Muslims
The BSP on Sunday announced candidates for 101 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, completing the exercise for all but two of the 403 constituencies, fielding 12 more Muslim candidates this time to ensure Dalit-Muslim consolidation in a bid to wrest power from Samajwadi Party.
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Candidates for the two remaining seats in Sonebhadra district will be finalised soon, the BSP said in a release in Lucknow on Sunday.Â
Out of the 403 seats up for grabs, the BSP had prepared a final list comprising 97 Muslim candidates (12 more than 2012), 87 Dalits and 106 OBCs, besides earmarking 113 seats for upper castes - Brahmins 66, Kshatriyas 36 and others 11.Â
Since Muslims account for nearly 20 per cent of the voters in Uttar Pradesh, party supremo Mayawati decided to field more candidates belonging to that community, playing her Dalit-Muslim consolidation card to come back to power.Â
Meanwhile, the Congress party despite talks of alliance with SP in Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday said it was going ahead with preparations for fielding candidates in all 403 assembly seats in the state.
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