UP Polls: 82 of 300 BSP candidates named so far are Muslims
The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has named 82 Muslim candidates in the list of 300 candidates named by the party so far. The BSP released the third candidate list on Saturday. The three lists had 36, 22 and 24 Muslim candidates respectively. Notably, around 20% of Uttar Pradesh's electorate comprises of Muslims.