BJP's 10th candidates' list for LS polls: UP Minister Thakur to take on Dimple Yadav in Mainpuri
Lucknow (PTI): The BJP on Wednesday announced its 10th list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, pitting Uttar Pradesh Minister Jaiveer Singh Thakur against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri.
Of the nine candidates announced by the BJP in its 10th list, seven are from Uttar Pradesh.
In Ballia, it has fielded Neeraj Shekhar, the son of former prime minister Chandrashekhar. Shekhar has been fielded in place of four-term MP Virendra Singh Mast.
In Allahabad, the party denied a ticket to incumbent MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi and announced Neeraj Tripathi as its nominee.
A lawyer, Tripathi is the son of former Uttar Pradesh Assembly speaker and West Bengal ex-governor Kesari Nath Tripathi.
BP Saroj, the incumbent MP from Machhlishahr (SC), has been retained. The BJP has also renominated Vinod Sonkar from Kaushambi (SC).
Paras Nath Rai will contest on a BJP ticket from Ghazipur, where current Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha lost to the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Afzal Ansari in 2019.
Ansari - the brother of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died recently - is the Samajwadi Party candidate from Ghazipur.
Rai, whose son Ashutosh Rai was the state unit chief of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha, is considered close to Sinha and runs an education institute in Ghazipur.
From Phulpur, the BJP has fielded Praveen Patel.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
