Union Minister SP Singh Baghel is BJP's pick against Akhilesh Yadav in Karhal

BJP today named Union Minister SP Singh Baghel as its candidate against SP chief Akhilesh Yadav from Uttar Pradesh's Karhal constituency.

Baghel is MP from Agra and is a known OBC community leader in Uttar Pradesh.

The development came hours after Yadav filed his nomination papers from the constituency.

"This nomination is a mission as this UP election will write the country's history for the next century. Let's take part in this movement of positive politics with progressive thinking. Defeat negative politics, remove it. Jai Hind!," Yadav said in a Hindi tweet

The BJP had kept its cards closed for long. However, with the name of Baghel, a heavyweight, BJP has sent the message that it wants to give a tough fight to the BJP.

Further inputs awaited

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