Ms. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress (INC) released the party’s first list of 125 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
Released on the 13th of January, Thursday, the list of 125 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) candidates include 50 women. Of the total 50 women, one is said to be Ms. Asha Singh, the mother of the Unnao Rape Victim. Notably, the INC gave her the INC ticket from the Shahjahanpur Assembly seat. In addition, Senior INC leader Mr. Salman Khurshid’s wife Ms. Louise Khurshid has also been given the ticket.
Ms. Priyanka Gandhi said, “Today the Congress party has released a list of 125 candidates who will be contesting for the upcoming Assembly election. Of these, 50 are women. We have tried to include those who fight for the rights of the common man and With this historic initiative, we hope to bring in a new kind of politics in the country.” She further said, “In the list of 125 candidates, 40 per cent are women and 40 per cent are youth. With this, we aim to give rise to new hope and a new political scenario here. Of the women finalised in the list, a few are journalists, one is an actress, some fight for their rights, some are social workers among others.”
The Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are scheduled to begin from the 10th of February. The elections for 403 seats are to be held in seven phases, the 10th of February, the 14th of February, the 20th of February, the 23rd of February, the 27th of February, the 3rd of March and the 7th of March.
The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
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