Lucknow, October 20 (IANS). Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad claimed NDA’s victory in the by-elections to be held on nine seats of Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
Sanjay Nishad said that our workers intend that Nishad Party should contest elections on its symbol. Even if the candidate is from BJP, the symbol will be ours. We have told this to the state leadership of BJP. Now we will put this issue before the central leadership. NDA candidates will achieve a big victory in the elections to be held on all the assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh. We have staked our claim on both Manjhwa and Kathari seats. I believe that Nishad Party’s right to these two seats is legitimate.
He said that we are ready to win all the 9 seats. For this we are working on the ground. We have full confidence that we will be successful in registering victory and getting the blessings of the public. We have worked on the ground in the public interest, the benefits of which we will see in the upcoming by-elections.
10 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh are currently vacant, but the Election Commission has announced the dates of by-elections for only nine seats. Elections will not be held on Milkipur seat of Ayodhya, on which the entire state was eyeing.
The nine seats in the state where by-elections are to be held include Sisamau in Kanpur, Phulpur in Prayagraj, Karhal in Mainpuri, Majhwan in Mirzapur, Katehari in Ambedkar Nagar, Ghaziabad Sadar, Khair in Aligarh, Kundarki in Moradabad and Meerapur seat in Muzaffarnagar.
The election notification was issued on 18 October. The last date for nomination will be 25th October. Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on October 28. The last date for withdrawal of nominations will be October 30. Voting will take place on November 13 and counting of votes will take place on November 23.
–IANS
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