Lucknow. Samajwadi Party released a new list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Monday night. Candidates for Agra and Meerut Lok Sabha seats were changed in the list. The party has nominated Atul Pradhan for Meerut seat and Suresh Chand Kadam for Agra seat. Before Meerut, Bhanu Pratap Singh was the SP candidate. The party has canceled his ticket and has now made Atul Pradhan its candidate.
Atul Pradhan is MLA from Sardhana seat of Meerut. In the civic elections, Atul Pradhan’s wife Seema Pradhan had contested the mayor’s election from SP and came third. AIMIM was at second position. In Meerut, most of the elections from Panchayat, Assembly, Civic body to Lok Sabha are contested by Atul Pradhan’s family and his close ones.
Whereas Meerut is considered a Muslim dominated seat. Samajwadi Party has strong Muslim leaders like Shahid Manzoor and Rafiq Ansari. According to sources, Rafiq Ansari had also bought the nomination.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 1, 2024, 23:23 IST