UP Elections 2022 | BJP releases 7th list of candidates, drops 20 sitting MLAs

The BJP on Friday released a list of 91 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, giving tickets to 13 ministers and dropping 20 sitting MLAs, most of whom are from eastern Uttar Pradesh.

The party has fielded sitting MLA Ved Prakash Gupta from Ayodhya which votes in the fifth phase of elections on February 27.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s media adviser Shalabh Mani Tripathi has been fielded from Deoria.

The ministers who have been fielded include Siddharth Nath Singh, who will contest from Allahabad West, and Nand Gopal Gupta 'Nandi', who will be in the fray from Allahabad South.

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Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi has also found a place in the list and he will contest from Pathardeva.