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Three UP ministers resign
after denial of tickets

Three Uttar Pradesh ministers on Friday resigned from the Rajnath Singh government after they were denied tickets to contest the forthcoming assembly elections.

Minister for Rural Engineering and Minor Irrigation Markandey Chand, Minister for Rural Development Rajendra Singh Patel -- both belonging to the Lok Janshakti Party -- and Minister for Transport Virendra Singh of the Loktantrik Congress sent their resignation letters to Chief Minister Rajnath Singh.

Chand wanted to contest from Dhuriapar seat in Gorakhpur, while Patel had sought a ticket from Bindki in Fatehpur.

Virendra Singh, the state unit president of the Loktantrik Congress, accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of "gross neglect" of its allies in seat adjustment.

Singh charged the BJP with betraying his party by not fulfilling its commitment of giving tickets to all its 15 ministers.

He told reporters in Varanasi that his party would field candidates to 30 seats.

The BJP has decided to field Mayashanker Pathak from the Chiraigaon assembly constituency represented by Singh.

There are over a dozen ministers belonging to BJP's coalition partners besides three of its own who have been denied party tickets.

PTI

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