Lok Sabha polls 2024: SP fields Afzal Ansari from Ghazipur, Harendra Malik from Muzaffarnagar— check list

Harendra Malik from Muzaffarnagar

Neeraj Maurya from Aonla

Rajesh Kashyap from Shahjahanpur

Usha Verma from Hardoi

Rampal Rajvanshi from Misrikh

RK Chaudhary from Mohanlalganj

SP Singh Patel from Pratapgarh

Ramesh Gautam from Bahraich

Shreya Verma from Gonda

Afzal Ansari from Ghazipur

Virendra Singh from Chandauli 

Afzal Ansari, who was the sitting BSP MP from Ghazipur parliamentary constituency, has been fielded from the same seat by the SP. The Supreme Court had in December 2023 conditionally suspended Ansari's conviction in a 2007 Gangsters Act case, saying his constituency will be deprived of its legitimate representation in the legislature since a by-election may not be held given the remaining tenure of the current Lok Sabha.

Asked if its list for LS polls is a damage control exercise, SP spokesperson Rajpal Kashyap told PTI, "This list has all the elements of the 'PDA' embedded in it. And this is not a damage control exercise."

He added, "The party's earlier list also had all the elements of PDA. Now, those who are raising questions, they have some vested interests." The SP on Monday offered 17 Lok Sabha seats to the Congress in Uttar Pradesh, with the condition that its chief, Akhilesh Yadav, would join the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Raebareli only if the proposal is accepted.

"We have given a final offer of 17 Lok Sabha seats to the Congress. Akhilesh Yadav's participation in the Nyay Yatra in Raebareli on Tuesday will depend on their acceptance," SP chief spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary told PTI.

Earlier on January 30, the party released a list of candidates for 16 Lok Sabha seats in the state. It included Dimple Yadav, wife of party-chief Akhilesh Yadav, contesting from the Mainpuri constituency, Dharmendra Yadav from Badaun, and Ravidas Mehrotra ,sitting MLA from Lucknow Central, has been named as the party candidate from Lucknow Lok Sabha seat.

The SP also named Awadhesh Prasad as its candidate from Faizabad constituency, which covers Ayodhya district. Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq, a five-time MP, will contest from Sambhal.