UP by-election: Congress now has only these 3 options, SP is not ready to give more than 2 seats

Lucknow: The deadlock between Congress and Samajwadi Party continues regarding the assembly by-elections in Uttar Pradesh. SP is not ready to give more than two seats to Congress. Samajwadi Party is giving Ghaziabad Sadar and Khair seats in Congress. However, Congress is also demanding Phulpur, Manjhwa, and Meerapur seats from SP apart from Ghaziabad Sadar and Khair. According to sources, the Samajwadi Party says that Congress will not be given more than two seats. Now the decision has to be taken by Congress. 

SP had won these seats in 2022

Congress says that out of the nine seats on which by-elections are being held, four – Karhal, Sisamau, Katehari, and Kundarki – were won by the Samajwadi Party in the 2022 assembly elections. SP should field its candidate there and give the remaining five seats to Congress.

Sources of Samajwadi Party and Congress say that now Congress has three options-

1.  Contested by-elections on two seats in the alliance.
2.  Support SP on all ten seats.
3.  Congress should break away from the alliance and field candidates in the by-elections on ten seats.

SP has announced the name of the candidate on these seats

Samajwadi Party has announced the names of its candidates in Karhal, Phulpur, Katehari, Sisamau, Manjhwa, and Meerapur. SP candidates are also filing their nominations. SP says that it is strong on these seats and hence is fielding its candidates.

Congress is demanding these five seats

1. Ghaziabad Sadar
2. well
3. Phulpur
4. Mirpur 
5. Manjhwa.

Tej Pratap filed his nomination from Karhal.

SP candidate Tej Pratap Yadav filed his nomination on Monday. On this occasion, Akhilesh Yadav said that his party would create a new history of success in the by-election to be held on the Karhal assembly seat. After filing the nomination of party candidate Tej Pratap Yadav from Karhal, the SP chief told reporters that the people of Karhal and Mainpuri have always supported the SP and its founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and this election will also not be different. He said that Karhal has always given a historic victory to the Samajwadi Party. This time our candidate will win by an even bigger margin and the party will create a new history of success.

 Karhal seat has been a stronghold of SP since 1993 but in the 2002 assembly elections, this seat went to BJP’s Sobran Singh Yadav. Let us tell you that voting will be held on 13 November for 9 seats in UP and the results will be declared on 23 November.