• UP BJP rejects reports of a 209-candidate list.
• Yogi Adityanath and Pankaj Chaudhary issue joint clarification.
• Party says candidate selection has not yet started.
• Workers and public urged to ignore misleading rumours.

GG News Bureau
Lucknow, 15th Nov: The Uttar Pradesh BJP has rejected reports claiming that a list of 209 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections has been prepared and sent to the party’s central leadership, calling the claims “completely false, baseless, imaginary and fabricated”.

In a joint press release dated November 15, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Uttar Pradesh BJP President Pankaj Chaudhary clarified that neither the state leadership nor the party has prepared or forwarded any such list.

The statement stressed that the candidate selection process for the Assembly elections has not even begun. It also described the circulating reports as misleading and alleged that such rumours were being spread to create confusion and uncertainty among party workers.

The BJP appealed to its office-bearers, workers and the public not to believe unverified reports. It urged people to rely only on information released through the party’s authorised platforms.

The clarification comes amid speculation over candidate selection ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.