SP cancels names for 5 UP Assembly seats

The Samajwadi Party has cancelled names of its candidates for five Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats in Jaunpur district, a party spokesman said here.

"Of 29 candidates announced on Monday, names of party nominees for five seats in Jaunpur district have been cancelled by state president Akhilesh Yadav," SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said. The five seats are Jaunpur, Malhani, Mugra Badshahnagar, Madiyahoon and Machlishahar, he said.

SP had on Monday released a list of 29 candidates for the 2012 Assembly elections.

Yadav had released the names of candidates for 29 seats falling in Agra, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur , Rae Bareli, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Sonebhadra, Ghazipur and Ballia districts among others.