StatesPosted at: May 30 2016 7:35PM

BJP fields lesser known Shukla for RS in UP: Forces elections for council by fielding 2 candidates

Lucknow, May 30(UNI) With an aim to keep Brahmins under its fold, the Bharatiya Janata Party fielded former minister Shiv Pratap Shukla as the party candidate for the Rajya Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh for which the nominations ends tomorrow.
Announcement in this regard was made by state president Keshav Prasad Maurya. “Four- time MLA and a former minister Shiv Pratap Shukla would be BJP’s candidate for the Rajya Sabha,” Mr Maurya told reporters here today.
In a complex political equation where every caste matters, BJP has nominated Mr Shukla as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha to keep Brahmins in good humour. After appointment of Mr Maurya, a backward, there was murmur in BJP as he had replaced Dr Laxmi Kant Bajpai, an upper caste nominee.

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