Rajasthan Assembly elections 2018: BSP announces candidates for 11 seats

Jaipur: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has declared the names of candidates for 11 constituencies in the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections 2018.

Candidates were declared from Bharatpur, Dausa, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur and Tonk districts on the directive of party supremo Mayawati. The BSP chief has already launched her campaign in Rajasthan, which is scheduled to go to polls on December 7.

The BSP has already announced the names of 51 for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections. The party announced the first list in September and second in October.

"We are going to fight all 230 seats in MP," state BSP chief Pradeep Ahirwar told PTI.

The party has so far nominated 40 new faces and the candidates include Brahmins, Thakurs and members of other upper caste communities too, he said.

With agency inputs