Rajbhar's SBSP parts ways with BJP in Uttar Pradesh, names 39 candidates

Also names the candidates it has fielded against PM Modi in Varanasi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Lucknow

Setting aside all speculations, Om Prakash Rajbhar of Suheldeo Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) has parted ways with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). On Tuesday, it decided to go it alone in the Lok Sabha elections and announced a list of its 39 candidates, including those it has fielded against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Lucknow.

SBSP President Rajbhar is an influential leader in UP, coming from the Bhar community, and has four legislators in the state Assembly. The SBSP had allied with the BJP before the 2017 UP Assembly elections and Rajbhar had