Lucknow, Mar 17: Communist Party of India (Marxist-Lenninist) today announced to contest 35 seats in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections and Robertsganj Lok Sabha bypoll.

Announcing the names of all the candidates, party's state secretary Akhilendra Pratap Singh claimed that BSP would fail to provide dalits the power as both Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav and Ms Mayawati were on the same track.

Addressing a news conference here, Mr Singh said the main poll agenda of the party would be land reforms, poverty alleviation and reservation to the most backwards, including Muslims.

Speaking about the pre-poll alliance, he said the party will have no such truck with any party, but will support 'Janwadi' parties in rest of the seats.

The names of the CPI (ML) candidates are : Krishna Adhakari (Puranpur), Dinesh Kol (Rajgarh), Tilakdhari Bind (Mugalsarai), Eshwar Prasad Kushawaha (Jamania), Ramkrit Kol (Chakai), Sriram Choudhury (Sikandarpur), Arjun Lal (Hargaon), Ramdaras Chauhan (Nighasan), Yashwant Singh (Bhatparrani), Bihari Dharkar (Dudhi), Ramkrit Biyar (Chunar), Sunila Rawat (Biswa), Premlata Pandey (Deoria Sadar), Hansraj Kol (Bara), Harish Chandra Jaiswal (Siswa), Rajesh Sahani (Maniram), Ramnaval Singh (Ghosi), Jai Prakash Narayan (Azamgarh Sadar), Ramji Rajbhar (Dildarnagar), R K Rajput (Moradabad rural), Balmukund Dhuria (Akbarpur), Santosh Keteharia (Orai), Bhola Kol Majhawa), Nanhulal (Barkhera), Surendra Kumar (Palia), Kamrul Huda Kaish (Padrauna), Subedar Yadav (Mirzapur), Ramdular Kharwar (Robertsganj), Mahesh Singh (Colonelganj), Raghunath Prasad (Mohana), Jamal Ansari (Ballia), Santosh Patel (Satawa), Bhibudesh Yadav (Bangarmau), Mohd Abid (Afzalgarh) and Babu Lal Kol (Chanbey).

Mr Jitendra Kol will be the party candidate for the Robertsganj Lok Sabha bypoll.

UNI