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The Times of India
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Assembly elections: UP minister Swati Singh, husband vie for same seat, leave BJP in a fix

LUCKNOW: Two aspirants from a single party seeking to contest from the same seat is not new, but what if they happen to be husband and wife?

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finds itself in a tricky situation in Sarojininagar seat in Lucknow where both UP minister Swati Singh and her husband Daya Shankar Singh -- state BJP vice-president -- have staked their claim. Swati won the Sarojininagar seat in 2017 after she received propulsion by the BJP in 2016 when the leaders of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) used unsavory comments against her and her daughter. This came after Daya Shankar made a derogatory comment on BSP chief Mayawati.

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