Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday withdrew the candidature of Sangeeta Sengar, the spouse of former MLA and Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Sengar, from the Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls.
Sangeeta Sengar, the outgoing Zila Panchayat Chairperson of Unnao, was fielded by the BJP from ward quantity 22 of Fatehpur Chaurasi.
“The candidature of Sangeeta Sengar, the wife of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is a convict in the 2018 Unnao rape case, has been cancelled,” PTI quoted Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh as saying.
He additional mentioned the Unnao BJP chief has been requested to submit three recent names for finalising a candidate from the seat given earlier to Sangeeta Sengar and expressed confidence of the saffron celebration profitable the panchayat elections.
The Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections 2021 will probably be carried out in 4 phases beginning April 15. Unnao will vote within the third part on April 26. The outcomes will probably be declared on May 2.
A Delhi court docket had earlier on December 20, 2019, awarded life sentence to Kuldeep Sengar for raping a 17-year-old woman in Unnao. His membership as an MLA was cancelled submit conviction.
