Bhopal (Madhya Pardesh): The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) released its first list of seven candidates for the Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, here on Thursday. Ex-BJP MLA Narayan Tripathi, who joined the BSP earlier in the day, will contest the election from the Satna Lok Sabha constituency. Besides Tripathi, former MP Budh Sen Patel, and Congress member Laxman Ahirwar also joined BSP on the day.
State president Ramakant Pippal said that they have joined the party influenced by BSP chief Mayawati's leadership. The leaders can be given tickets for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, he said. On the ticket to Tripathi, Pippal said that he (Tripathi) has been a four-time MLA - once as an independent and three other times from the Samajwadi Party, Congress, and BJP.
He had quit BJP last October and floated his own political outfit Vindh Janata Party, which contested the 2023 MP assembly polls. Narayan Tripathi- Satna Kamlesh Patel -Khajuraho Poojan Ram Saket- Sidhi Indar Singh Uike -Mandla, Umakant Bandewar – Chhindwara Kanhaiyalal Malviya -Mandsaur Ashok Bhalavi from Betul.
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