BSP releases second list for 100 more UP seats

BSP announced its second list of candidates for 100 more Assembly seats, thereby declaring nominees for 200 of the 403 seats, with Muslims getting the lion’s share with a total of 58 aspirants in the two lists.

While BSP’s first list of 100 candidates released yesterday contained names of 36 Muslim candidates, today’s list has names of 22 aspirants from the community that accounts for nearly 20 per cent of the state’s electorate.