Uttar Pradesh polls: Cong releases second list of 41 candidates

The Congress on Thursday released its second list of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elections which are set to begin on February 10.

The grand old party reinforced its commitment to women by including 16 women candidates in the list. It had announced 50 women candidates in its first list of 125 candidates, based on the promise of its leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra that the party would give 40% seats to women.

1 3 Saharanpur Nagar Smt. Sukhwinder Kaur
2 8 Kairana Haji Akhlaq
3 9 Thana Bhawan Satya Sayyam Saini
4 10 Shamli Mohd Ayub Jang
5 11 Budhana Devendra Kashyap
6 12 Charthawal Smt. Dr. Yasmeen Rana
7 13 Purqazi – SC Deepak Kumar
8 14 Muzaffar Nagar Subodh Sharma
9 15 Khatauli Gaurav Bhati
10 16 Meerapur Maulana Jameel Qasmi
11 26 Thakurdwarra Smt. Salma Agha Ansari
12 30 Bilari Smt. Kalpana Singh
13 31 Chandausi – SC Smt. Mithlesh
14 43 Siwalkhas Jagdish Sharma
15 44 Sardhana Syed Rianuddin
16 47 Meerut Cantt Avanish Kajala
17 48 Meerut Ranjan Sharma
18 49 Meerut South Nafees Saifi
19 51 Baraut Rahul Kashyap
20 52 Baghpat Anil Dev Tyagi
21 55 Sahibabad Smt. Sangeeta Tyagi
22 57 Modi Nagar Smt. Neeraj Kumari Prajapati
23 58 Dholana Arvind Sharma
24 59 Hapur – SC Smt. Bhawna Valmiki
25 64 Sikandrabad Saleem Akhtar
26 65 Bulandshahar Sushil Chaudhary
27 66 Syana Ms. Poonam Pandit
28 67 Anupshahr Chaudhary Gajendra
29 68 Debai Smt. Sunita Sharma
30 69 Shikarpur Ziyaur Rehman
31 70 Khurja – SC Tukki Mal Khatik
32 71 Khair – SC Smt. Monika Suryawanshi
33 74 Chharra Akhilesh Sharma
34 77 Iglas – SC Smt. Preeti Dhangar
35 81 Chhata Smt. Poonam Devi
36 82 Mant Smt. Suman Chaudhary
37 87 Agra Cantt – SC Sikander Valmiki
38 91 Fatehpur Sikri Hemant Chahar
39 121 Nawabganj Smt. Usha Gangwar
40 131 Katra Munna Singh
41 281 Akbarpur Smt. Priyanka Jaiswal

The party, led by Priyanka, has focused its aim on women voters and in a bid to woo them, has introduced a number of schemes, including smartphones to Class 12 pass girls, electric scooters to graduating women, and skill development schools for women.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will be held in seven phases starting from February 10 and will end on March 7. The results will be out on March 10.

(With inputs from PTI)