In UP and Uttarakhand, BJP banks on turncoats, dynasts & Hindutva warriors

Party names 64 candidates in 70-member Uttarakhand assembly, 149 for phases 1 and 2 of UP polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party will rely on dynasts and turncoats in Uttarakhand, and on its Hindutva champions, legislators who had been booked for their alleged role in Muzaffarnagar communal riots of 2013, in Uttar Pradesh.

The BJP today announced 64 candidates in the 70-member Uttarakhand assembly, and 149 candidates for the seats going to polls in phase 1 and 2 of UP assembly polls.

The BJP's central election committee, headed by party chief Amit Shah, had met on Sunday to decide on the list, which was eventually released 24-hours later on Monday evening. The delay was not only because of lack