UP polls: BSP announces second list of 100 candidates, woos Muslims

BSP gave 27 tickets to nominees from the SCs, who form the core vote bank of the party

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati announced 100 more names of party candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls taking the tally to 200 of the total 403 seats.

Uttar Pradesh will have seven-phased polls from February 4 to March 8. Results will be out on March 11.

The BSP's second list has been announced for phase II and III polls on February 15 and 19 respectively covering areas like Saharanpur, Moradabad, Rampur, Bareilly, Badaun, Etawah, Kanpur and Unnao.

A perusal of the two lists showed that out of the 200 nominees, 58 Muslims have been given the biggest share clearly indicating that the BSP