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Heading an influential Thakur family of Rae Bareli, Dinesh Pratap Singh’s two brothers — Awdhesh Pratap Singh, the Zila Panchayat chairman and Rakesh Pratap Singh, ex-MLA from Harchandpur assembly segment, are established politicians of Rae Bareli.After losing the 2019 election to Sonia Gandhi, Dinesh Pratap Singh was made MLC and a minister in Yogi cabinet 2.0 in 2022.Sources claim that in anticipation of receiving the ticket, Dinesh Pratap Singh had already hit the ground and had been holding meetings with different sections within the constituency for the past several days.With the announcement of Dinesh Singh and Karan Bhushan Singh, BJP has tried to placate the Rajput community as well. The party, in all, has fielded 13 Rajput candidates across UP including Sarvesh Singh (Moradabad– he recently passed away), Vishwadeep Singh (Firozabad), Jaiveer Singh (Mainpuri), Rajnath Singh (Lucknow), Devendra Singh (Akbarpur), Pushpendra Singh Chandel (Hamirpur), Lallu Singh (Ayodhya), Kirti Vardhan Singh (Gonda), Jagdambika Pal (Domariyaganj), Neeraj Shekhar (Ballia), Kripa Shankar Singh (Jaunpur). Thus the BJP has named its candidates on all 75 seats it is contesting in UP.Its ally, Apna Dal (S), however, is yet to announce its candidate in Robertsganj represented by its sitting MP Pakauri Lal Kol. Ret of two seats have been given to RLD and one to OP Rajbhar’s SBSP.
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BJP benches Brij Bhushan Singh from UP’s Kaiserganj seat, gives ticket to his son
