Denied ticket, Samajwadi Party leader tries to immolate self outside party office

Thakur Aditya, an SP member from Aligarh, put petrol on himself and attempted to set fire in front of the Samajwadi Party headquarters at Vikramaditya Marg in Lucknow. However, the police present there were able to save him. 

Lucknow: A Samajwadi Party worker on Sunday allegedly tried to self immolate himself outside the party office in Lucknow claiming that he has been denied a ticket to contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

"I have spent my entire youth working for the party. I have worked for the party in constituency 74 of Aligarh in the last 5 years. I want justice. I will take my life here today, come what may," said Thakur Aditya, a SP worker.

A Samajwadi Party worker allegedly tried to immolate himself outside party office in Lucknow claiming he was denied a ticket to contest in UP polls