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Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has whipped up the minority card prominently by fielding Muslims in five out of the seven mayor seats going to poll in the second phase on May 11...
Earlier, for the 10 mayor seats going to poll in the first phase on May 4, the BSP has fielded 6 Muslim candidates...
Out of the total 17 mayor seats in Uttar Pradesh, the BSP has given ticket to 11 Muslim candidates...
BSP mayoral candidates for the second phase poll are Archana Nishad from Kanpur Municipal Corporation seat, Hasmat Ali from Meerut Municipal Corporation seat, Shagufta Anzum from Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation seat, Rammuurti Yadav from Ayodhya Municipal Corporation seat, Nishara Khan from Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation seat, Salman Shahid from Aligarh Municipal Corporation seat, Yusuf Khan from Bareilly Municipal Corporation seat...
For the first phase poll for mayor seat, BSP has fielded former Samajwadi Party MLA Saeed Ahmed from Prayagraj Municipal Corporation seat..
