Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has withdrawn the ticket it had given to Sangeeta Sengar, spouse of former MLA and rape accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar, days after declaring her the official candidate of the social gathering.
The native BJP chief has been requested to ship in recent names for the brand new candidate.
In a video assertion issued on Sunday, UP BJP Chief Swatantra Dev Singh stated, “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 panel now.”
Sengar was the Zila Panchayat Chairperson of Unnao from 2016 to 2021, and was given a ticket from Fatehpur Chaurasi Tritaya seat for the Zila Panchayat member. Earlier, names of 51 candidates had been launched for various Zila Panchayat wards in Unnao. The BJP had fielded outgoing Block Chief Arun Singh from Asoha (second) and Anand Awasthi from Sarsi (first), Anand can also be a member of BJP National Executive Committee.
Sangeeta had turn into the Zila Panchayat chairman from Unnao district in 2016. As a BJP candidate, Sengar had gained 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 and was expelled from the social gathering.
In 2020, Sengar was sentenced to 10 years in jail and fined Rs 10 lakh in reference to the demise of the Unnao rape sufferer’s father. He has denied involvement within the man’s demise. He’s already been jailed for all times for raping the Unnao sufferer in 2017, when she was a minor.
The Uttar Pradesh panchayat election 2021 will likely be carried out in 4 phases beginning April 15, whereas the outcomes will likely be declared on May 2.
The UP gram panchayat elections 2021 would be the key check of Yogi Adityanath-led BJP authorities’s reputation, and a chance for opposition events to gauge the general public temper, notably as they arrive in opposition to the backdrop of persisting farmers’ protests within the nation which have additionally gripped components of UP.
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