NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday rejected reports claiming that a list of 209 candidates for the 2027 assembly elections had been prepared and sent to the party’s central leadership, calling them fabricated and part of a “well-planned conspiracy”.“For the past few days, certain media outlets, individuals, and institutions have been continuously circulating news regarding an alleged list of 209 candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh, being prepared and sent to the central leadership in the context of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. This is completely untrue, baseless, imaginary, and fabricated. The BJP outrightly refutes this fake and false news,” news agency ANI quoted the statement as saying.Describing the reports as a “well-planned conspiracy”, the statement alleged that some people were spreading rumours to create confusion, uncertainty and fear among party workers. It urged office-bearers, workers and the public not to rely on unverified reports and to follow information shared through authorised party platforms.The party said its candidate selection process had not yet begun. It added that the BJP follows a structured organisational process for choosing candidates for assembly and other elections.The joint statement was signed by chief minister Yogi Adityanath and state BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary.Earlier on Sunday, Chaudhary had also denied that the BJP had finalised names for 209 constituencies. Speaking to reporters, he said he had not held any meetings to prepare such a list.
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“I do not know the source of this news… As the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, I have not held any such meetings with anyone,” Chaudhary said.He outlined the party’s candidate selection procedure, saying inputs are first collected at the district and regional levels before being discussed by the state core committee and election committee. The recommendations are then sent to Delhi, where the Parliamentary Board takes the final call.“The BJP is not a family-run party where a single individual can make such decisions; rather, the process is entirely collective,” he said.Chaudhary added that the party had followed the same organisational approach for the past 50 years, with decisions taken through consultation and consensus.
