The BJP has fielded Rajkumari Saini and Akash Saxena from Khatauli and Rampur respectively, Kedar Prasad Gupta from Kurhani in Bihar, Ashok Kumar Pincha from Sardarshahar in Rajasthan and Brahmanand Netam from Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh.
Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Singh again courted controversy by demanding a ban on burqas worn by Muslim women. In Shaheen Bagh, most of those wearing burqa are misusing it, he added.