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Bsp Names 1st Nominee, Fields Rakesh Suman In Hoshiarpur | Chandigarh News –

Bsp Names 1st Nominee, Fields Rakesh Suman In Hoshiarpur | Chandigarh News –
Chandigarh: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday announced its first candidate in Punjab for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Rakesh Suman will contest the Hoshiarpur seat on the BSP ticket, announced Randhir Singh Beniwal, party in-charge for Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.
He also said the candidates for the remaining 12 seats in Punjab would be announced shortly.The Hoshiarpur seat is currently represented by Union minister Som Parkash.
Punjab BSP president Jasvir Singh Garhi said Suman hailed from a political family. His grandfather Karam Chand had won the byelection from Hoshiarpur assembly segment in 1957 as a candidate of the Dr B R Ambedkar-founded Scheduled Caste Federation, said Garhi. He (Karam Chand) had defeated Congress candidate by a margin of 13,000 votes, said the BSP leader, adding that Suman was a well-known social worker in the area.
The BSP has a strong base in the Hoshiarpur constituency and in 1996, party founder Kanshi Ram had won the seat in alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal. The BSP had severed ties with the Shiromani Akali Dal in Feb after there was speculation that the Sukhbir Badal-led outfit might forge an alliance with the BJP. However, a few days ago, the saffron party announced to fight the poll on its own in Punjab.

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