SP fields BSP leader's son Anand Chaudhary for zila panchayat chief

Anand Chaudhary is a zila panchayat member from ward number 45 of Ballia and was elected with ostensible support of the BSP.

Ballia: The Samajwadi Party on Saturday (June 19) declared the son of a former UP minister and BSP leader Ambika Chaudhary as its candidate for the post of Ballia zila panchayat chairman, triggering a sharp reaction from the BSP. The candidature of Anand Chaudhary, the son of Ambika Chaudhary, was declared by SP's Ballia district president Raj Mangal Yadav on Saturday. Pandey said Chaudhary's candidature has been approved by both the SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav and the party's state unit chief Naresh Uttam.