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In a bid to refurbish its image and overcome the anti-incumbency factor, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday dropped 41 sitting MLAs, including three ministers, from its lists of candidates in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.
Announcing its first list of 309 candidates in UP, the party said it was leaving 70-75 seats for its allies in the 403-member House.
In Uttaranchal, where the party is contesting all 70 seats, it came out with a list of 64 candidates dropping former chief minister Nityanand Swamy and three ministers.
The party is projecting Rajnath Singh as its chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh and Bhagat Singh Koshiyari in Uttaranchal, party spokesman Sunil Shastri told reporters.
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