Lucknow. Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and Congress had jointly fielded their candidates in UP during the Lok Sabha elections this year. Both of them benefited from this. Where 37 MPs were elected from Samajwadi Party. At the same time, Congress also captured 6 Lok Sabha seats of UP, but there is no coordination between Akhilesh Yadav and Congress in the by-elections of 9 assembly seats in UP. Even Akhilesh Yadav announced that candidates will contest on all the 9 seats on Samajwadi Party’s cycle symbol only. He has also written about Congress that with the coming together of its workers and central leadership, the strength of Samajwadi Party has increased manifold.
‘It is not a matter of seat but victory’ Under this strategy, the joint candidates of ‘India Alliance’ will contest elections on all the 9 seats on the symbol of Samajwadi Party ‘Cycle’.
Congress and Samajwadi Party are standing together, shoulder to shoulder, united for a big victory. India alliance is…
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) October 23, 2024
Now after this latest announcement from Akhilesh Yadav, the discussion has started that what will be the next step of Congress in the matter of UP by-elections? Will she support Akhilesh Yadav or will she take the ‘ekla chalo’ route and field her candidates on some seats? Actually, earlier news was coming that Congress had asked for some seats including Phulpur and Meerapur from Akhilesh Yadav, but Samajwadi Party was giving only Ghaziabad Sadar and Khair assembly seats to Congress. Congress sources had then said that if it does not get the desired seat, the party will not contest the by-elections in UP. Now everyone’s eyes are on what kind of reaction Congress will give to this by-election after Akhilesh Yadav’s announcement. Because Akhilesh Yadav has also made it clear in his statement that ‘it is not about winning the seat’.
By-elections are to be held in Phulpur, Katehari, Karhal, Sisamau, Majhwan, Ghaziabad Sadar, Khair, Kundarki and Meerapur assembly seats in UP. In the 2022 UP Assembly elections, out of these, Samajwadi Party won 4 seats, BJP won 3 seats, RLD won 1 seat and Nishad Party won 1 seat. RLD was with Samajwadi Party at that time. This time there is news that on behalf of the ruling alliance in UP, BJP is going to contest elections on 8 seats and RLD on 1 seat. At the same time, Sanjay Nishad, president of BJP’s ally Nishad Party and minister in the Yogi Adityanath government, is pressing for 2 seats.