BJP announces six candidates for Assembly, RS bypolls

New Delhi, Sep 2
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its candidates for ensuing bypolls to Assembly seats in four states and two to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.

The four assembly candidates include two women - Ojasvi Mandavi to contest from Chhattisgarh's Dantewada (Scheduled Tribe) and Mimi Majumdar from Tripura's Badharghat (Scheduled Caste).

Hari N. and Yuvraj Singh have been fielded from Kerala's Pala and Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur, respectively.

Surendra Singh Nagar and Sanjay Seth have been named for by-election to the Rajya Sabha. Both were sitting members of the Samajwadi Party before they resigned from the party and the house and joined the BJP.