September 24, 2024

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UP Panchayat polls: Ticket of spouse of Kuldeep Sengar cancelled by BJP

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Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh 4-phase panchayat polls scheduled to start on April 15, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has cancelled the ticket of Sangeeta Sengar, the spouse of the occasion’s suspended MLA Kuldeep Sengar. After withdrawing her ticket, the occasion has now requested the native occasion’s chief to ship in contemporary names for the brand new candidate. 
In a video assertion issued on Sunday, UP BJP Chief Swatantra Dev Singh mentioned: “The panchayat elections are going on in Uttar Pradesh and we will win all the elections due to hard work done by our workers. At the same time review is also being done at various stages. In Unnao, ward number 22, Sangeeta Sengar was given the ticket, but now her ticket is being cancelled. She will not be the official candidate of the BJP anymore. The district chief has been asked to send three names to the panel now.”
Who is Kuldeep Sengar
Sangeeta Sengar, the spouse of former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, convicted of rape, had been earlier fielded from Ward No. 22 of the Fatehpur Chaurasi seat.
Kuldeep Sengar had grow to be the Zila Panchayat chairman from Unnao district in 2016. As a BJP candidate, Kuldeep Sengar had received the state Assembly polls from Bangarmau Assembly seat of Unnao in 2017. However, the seat fell vacant after he was convicted within the rape case in December 2019 and was expelled from the occasion.
The Uttar Pradesh Panchayat polls will start on April 15 and shall be held in 4 phases. The elections have been due in December 2020 however needed to be postponed as a result of pandemic. The outcomes shall be introduced on May 2.