UP Assembly bypolls: SP fields Azam Khan's wife from Rampur

The Samajwadi Party (SP) announced on Sunday that senior party leader Azam Khan's wife Tazeen Fatima will be its candidate for the bypoll to the Rampur Assembly seat.

With this, the SP has declared the names of 10 bypoll candidates, leaving the Iglas (SC) seat in Aligarh for its alliance partner, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).

"For the Rampur Assembly seat, the party has decided to field Tazeen Fatima, the wife of Rampur MP Azam Khan. Tazeen is currently a Rajya Sabha MP," SP national spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said.

The Rampur seat fell vacant after Khan was elected to the Lok Sabha in the parliamentary polls held in April-May.

Kiran Bharti will be the SP candidate from the Balha (SC) seat in Bahraich and Indrasen from Gangoh.

Earlier, in a tweet, the SP said, "Sudhakar Singh will be the party candidate from Ghosi, while Nirbhay Singh Patel will be the party candidate from Manikpur. The party has given ticket to Gaurav Kumar Rawat from Zaidpur. Subhash Rai will be the party candidate from Jalalpur, while Brijesh Verma Patel will be fielded from Pratapgarh."