Unnao (Uttar Pradesh): The Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) has withdrawn the lone transgender candidate it had fielded from the Bangarmau Assembly seat where a bypoll is to be held on November 3.
This was the first time that a political party in Uttar Pradesh had decided to field a transgender in the elections.
The candidature of Sonam Chishti, a transgender, was cancelled after she reportedly said at a press conference in Unnao that her loyalty was with Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav.
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"Till my last breath, my loyalty will be with Akhilesh Yadav," she had said.
The PSPL is expected to announce a new candidate for the seat, later on Thursday.
The Bangarmau seat fell vacant after BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar was disqualified, following his conviction in a rape case.
Meanwhile, PSPL president Shivpal Yadav said in a statement that his party would continue to maintain its own identity. He said the PSPL would enter into an alliance with like-minded parties in the 2022 Assembly elections.
IANS
