03-15-2007, 11:04 PM
<b>BJP MP Yogi Adityanath quits over UP ticket list</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian Yogi Adityanath has resigned from the national executive of the party in protest against the unfair manner in which the ticket distribution was handled by the party's central leadership.
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"We know how much influence he wields. He is adopting pressure tactics to get a couple of additional seats for his supporters. They all come with list of 50-60 but the real candidates are limited to five or six," a senior party functionary told rediff.com.
Meanwhile, BJP chief Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj, who was given the party mandate, has refused to contest in the Uttar Pradesh polls.
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"We know how much influence he wields. He is adopting pressure tactics to get a couple of additional seats for his supporters. They all come with list of 50-60 but the real candidates are limited to five or six," a senior party functionary told rediff.com.
Meanwhile, BJP chief Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj, who was given the party mandate, has refused to contest in the Uttar Pradesh polls.
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