BSP Worker Cries on Camera After Being Denied Poll Ticket, Accuses Party of Bribery Demand

• Arshad Rana, a Bahujan Samaj Party worker, wept on Friday after being denied a ticket in Uttar Pradesh's impending election. On social media, a video of Rana crying and moaning about his party appeared.

• He said he has worked for the BSP for 24 years and was formally declared a contender for the 2022 UP elections from Charthawal in 2018.

• “Tamasha bana diya… (they made a mockery me). I never thought this would happen. You promise me a ticket and then you give it to someone else. You people must have seen the daily advertisements in newspapers and on the hoardings. I did everything and yet..," the BSP leader said in the video.

• In Uttar Pradesh, elections will be held in seven stages. On February 10, February 14, February 20, February 23, February 27, March 3 and March 7, voting will take place in seven phases in Uttar Pradesh. On March 10, the polling results will be announced.