NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Occasion (SP) on Wednesday launched the names of six candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh meeting bypolls with out discussing with the INDIA bloc, which was constituted by the rival political events of the BJP to current an alternate entrance within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
“Samajwadi Occasion has not mentioned with INDIA alliance Coordination Committee nor have been we taken into confidence (earlier than releasing the names),” UP Congress in-charge Avinash Pandey informed information company ANI.
On the SP’s choice to launch the listing, celebration chief Ravidas Mehrotra stated the six candidates have higher possibilities of defeating BJP within the upcoming UP bypolls. Mehrotra additional stated that talks are below manner with the Congress on the remaining 4 seats.
“In all of the 6 seats, Samajwadi Occasion has been forward of BJP in defeating them. On the remaining 4 seats, talks are underway with the Congress celebration and we’re hopeful that we’ll type an alliance…If Congress had an alliance with SP and AAP in Haryana, then at this time INDIA alliance would have been in energy in Haryana. Congress didn’t give a single seat to Samajwadi Occasion however gave your complete state to BJP. We wish to defeat BJP within the by-elections in UP, so now we have introduced the listing of 6 candidates,” he informed information company ANI.
The celebration has nominated Tej Pratap Yadav to contest from Karhal, the meeting seat vacated by Akhilesh Yadav after his election as an MP from Kannauj.
By-elections are scheduled later this yr for 10 meeting seats in Uttar Pradesh, together with Katehari (Ambedkar Nagar), Karhal (Mainpuri), Milkipur (Ayodhya), Meerapur (Muzaffarnagar), Ghaziabad, Majhawan (Mirzapur), Sisamau (Kanpur metropolis), Khair (Aligarh), Phulpur (Prayagraj), and Kundarki (Moradabad).
9 of those seats, excluding Sisamau, grew to become vacant after their MLAs have been elected to the Lok Sabha.
Ajit Prasad from Milkipur (Ayodhya): For the Milkipur seat, which was vacated by sitting Ayodhya MP Awadesh Prasad, the celebration has chosen his son, Ajit Prasad, as their candidate.
Mustafa Siddiqui from Phulpur (Prayagraj): The celebration has nominated Mustufa Siddiqui as their candidate from Phulpur, a seat that was beforehand considered reserved for the Congress, an INDIA bloc accomplice.
Naseem Solanki from Sisamau: The bypoll in Sisamau is being held after MLA Irfan Solanki’s disqualification after his conviction in a felony case. SP has nominated MLA Irfan Solanki’s spouse Naseem from this seat.
The celebration has fielded Shobhawai Verma and Jyodi Bind from the Katehari and Majhwan seats, respectively.
Apparently, the event comes a day after the Congress, one of many outstanding events within the INDIA bloc, confronted a large setback within the Haryana meeting polls because it secured solely 37 seats within the 90-member Home, falling 9 seats wanting the bulk mark.
