Summary:
Allahabad BJP leaders TOI spoke to say that Gupta's name has surprised them all. LUCKNOW: In a departure from its stand that ministers or MLAs should not expect tickets for their relatives, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded the sitting mayor Abhilasha Gupta as its candidate from Allahabad. It was the growing resentment in the district unit that probably forced the party to delay its decision till the last. The decision which was apparently arrived at in the past 24 hours, has triggered a revolt-like situation in the district unit of the party. A local BJP leader, Vijay Mishra, who was also an aspirant, has quit the party and filed his nomination as the Congress candidate..