The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday named four Other Backward Classes leaders among its seven candidates for the February 27 Rajya Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh while dropping eight outgoing members of the Upper House of Parliament from the state. Former Congress leader RPN Singh, who had joined the BJP ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, is among …
Highlights Swami Prasad won polls from the Padrauna seat in Kushinagar district thrice. He is a sitting MLA The SP is hopeful that Maurya's entry will strengthen its influence among the non-Yadav OBCs Reports say BJP could field RPN Singh from Padrauna which he represented between 1996 & 2007 The Samajwadi Party has fielded former BJP leader and minister Swami …