Summary:
"BSP has declared names of 22 candidates today and the remaining 208 candidates for the assembly elections here will be announced before October 5. In 2013 assembly elections, BSP contested 227 constituencies and won four seats including Dimni, Ambah, Raigaon and Mangawan. State BJP vice-president Vijesh Lunawat said, "For 15 years, the BJP government has been working for the development for the people. The poll alliance would be primarily for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, but the initial seat-sharing would start from the November-December assembly elections in the four states. It makes no difference for us whether the BSP enters or does not enter an alliance with the Congress..