The Bhartiya Janata Party’s core committee agreed on Sunday on the panel of candidates for the by-elections to be held on all three seats in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and under the chairmanship of BJP State President Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary.
In the core committee meeting held at the CM residence last evening, a panel of names of candidates for all three seats has been sent to the central leadership. Names may be announced soon.
“There has been a churning on behalf of the BJP to contest the election of Sakya Samaj candidate in Mainpuri. There has been no discussion on the name of Aparna Yadav in the core committee so far,” the sources said. The BJP is also looking for a strong and tough candidate in Mainpuri in front of Dimple Yadav so that the party retains its hold on the Mainpuri seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as well.
Among the prominent names are former MPs Raghuraj Shakya, Mamtesh Shakya, Prempal Shakya, and Satish Pal, who left the Samajwadi Party and joined the BJP. There was also a discussion about the name of tourism minister, Jaiveer Singh.
Akash Saxena is considered to be at the forefront of the main contenders to be the BJP candidate in Rampur. According to sources, apart from Akash, Abhay Gupta and Bharat Bhushan Gupta are involved in the making. In Muzaffarnagar Khatauli, the BJP can field any Saini face as its candidate.