BJP announces candidates for Uttar Pradesh bypolls

New Delhi: Getting ready for crucial byelections for two Lok Sabha seats to be held next month in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP on Monday announced its candidates. 

Upendra Shukla has been given the ticket for Gorakhpur, while Varanasi’s former mayor Kaushalendra Singh Patel will stand from Phulpur. Both seats are regarded as prestigious as Gorakhpur was earlier represented by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Phulpur by deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya. The BJP also announced its candidates in Bihar, naming Pradeep Singh as its nominee for the Araria Lok Sabha bypoll and Rinki Pandey for the Bhabua Assembly bypoll.