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The Times of India
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Pervez Siddiqui | TNN

Uttar Pradesh elections: Samajwadi Party's bid to expand its caste bouquet in first list of 159

Samajwadi Party SP Bharatiya Janata Party BSP

LUCKNOW: After much criticism for its 'secrecy' over candidates’ list, the Samajwadi Party on Monday released names of 159 nominees to contest assembly elections on party symbols in the first three phases.

Trying to come out of its image of a party of Muslims and Yadavs, the SP has given 48, or a little less than one-third, tickets to non-Yadav OBCs. The number of candidates from Yadav sub-caste is 15. Besides, striking a balance between Muslims and Dalits, it has also fielded 31 candidates from the two segments apart from 11 women in the first three phases.

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