BJP fields Ex-MLA Sengar’s wife Sangeeta from Unnao

LUCKNOW: BJP has fielded Sangeeta Sengar, wife of expelled MLA Kuldeep Sengar, as its candidate from an Unnao zila panchayat member’s seat. She had won the zila panchayat chairman election in 2016 as an independent candidate.
Kuldeep was expelled from BJP one and a half years ago after being convicted in a rape case. Sangeeta will contest from Fatehpur Chaurasi-3 ward in Unnao zila panchayat.Sources said she was fielded since the Sengar family still wields influence in Unnao. Her candidature was approved by senior state leaders, including party chief Swatantra Dev Singh and state general secretary (organisation) Sunil Bansal, at a meeting recently.
Sengar, sentenced to life, was disqualified as the MLA in February last year. His brother Atul Senger is facing the accusation of beating the rape survivor’s father who later died in police custody.