<p> Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Thursday changed its candidate from Meerut Lok Sabha seat for a second time, replacing Atul Pradhan with former mayor Sunita Verma.</p>.<p> April 4 was the last date for filing nomination in Meerut, which will go to polls on April 26 in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p> The ruling BJP has fielded actor Arun Govil, who played the role of Lord Ram in TV serial 'Ramayan', from the seat. P</p><p>radhan, who had filed his nomination on Wednesday, said he accepts the decision of party national president Akhilesh Yadav, who he met in the morning.</p>.SP replaces Khajuraho LS candidate, gives ticket to former MLA Meera Yadav.<p> In his post on X, Pradhan, who is SP MLA from Sardhana seat, said, "Whatever decision National President Akhilesh Yadav ji has taken, I accept it. Soon I will sit with supporters and discuss." </p><p>Earlier, the SP had replaced advocate Bhanu Pratap Singh with Atul Pradhan.</p>.<p> Confusion had also prevailed in Rampur and Moradabad seats, where two candidates filed their nominations claiming themselves to be the SP candidate.</p>.<p> In Rampur, Asim Raza and Mohibulla Nadvi had filed their nominations. Later, Raza's nomination was rejected.</p>.<p> In Moradabad, sitting MP ST Hasan, who had earlier filed his nomination, was replaced by Ruchi Veera.</p>.<p> In Budaun too, SP workers have written to the party president to give a ticket to Aditya Yadav instead of his father Shivpal Yadav, who is party candidate for the seat.</p>.<p> Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhury in a <a href="https://twitter.com/jayantrld/status/1775720623714779239" rel="nofollow">post</a> on X took a dig at his former ally.</p>.<p>"Only the lucky ones in the opposition get the ticket of a Lok Sabha candidate for a few hours! It's luck of those whose tickets were denied (later with another candidate)," he wrote.</p>
<p> Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Thursday changed its candidate from Meerut Lok Sabha seat for a second time, replacing Atul Pradhan with former mayor Sunita Verma.</p>.<p> April 4 was the last date for filing nomination in Meerut, which will go to polls on April 26 in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p> The ruling BJP has fielded actor Arun Govil, who played the role of Lord Ram in TV serial 'Ramayan', from the seat. P</p><p>radhan, who had filed his nomination on Wednesday, said he accepts the decision of party national president Akhilesh Yadav, who he met in the morning.</p>.SP replaces Khajuraho LS candidate, gives ticket to former MLA Meera Yadav.<p> In his post on X, Pradhan, who is SP MLA from Sardhana seat, said, "Whatever decision National President Akhilesh Yadav ji has taken, I accept it. Soon I will sit with supporters and discuss." </p><p>Earlier, the SP had replaced advocate Bhanu Pratap Singh with Atul Pradhan.</p>.<p> Confusion had also prevailed in Rampur and Moradabad seats, where two candidates filed their nominations claiming themselves to be the SP candidate.</p>.<p> In Rampur, Asim Raza and Mohibulla Nadvi had filed their nominations. Later, Raza's nomination was rejected.</p>.<p> In Moradabad, sitting MP ST Hasan, who had earlier filed his nomination, was replaced by Ruchi Veera.</p>.<p> In Budaun too, SP workers have written to the party president to give a ticket to Aditya Yadav instead of his father Shivpal Yadav, who is party candidate for the seat.</p>.<p> Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhury in a <a href="https://twitter.com/jayantrld/status/1775720623714779239" rel="nofollow">post</a> on X took a dig at his former ally.</p>.<p>"Only the lucky ones in the opposition get the ticket of a Lok Sabha candidate for a few hours! It's luck of those whose tickets were denied (later with another candidate)," he wrote.</p>