The Samajwadi Party has not tasted electoral success in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh elections, but that hasn’t stopped the party from setting its eyes on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Sources told CNN-News18 that SP president Akhilesh Yadav and veteran Azam Khan are likely to resign as MLAs of the new state assembly to continue as members of the Lok Sabha, given that it has just 5 MPs. The party is not ready to take the risk. – Elections to the Lok Sabha.
While Akhilesh Yadav won from Karhal, Azam Khan won from Rampur. Akhilesh Yadav is also the MP from Azamgarh.
Though an official announcement is yet to be made, sources say that top party leaders are of the view that going for bypolls to the state assembly is strategically better than attending parliamentary bypolls.
The issue reportedly surfaced during Akhilesh Yadav’s meeting with alliance partner Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar and Mahan Dal president Keshav Dev Maurya and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party – Lohia (PSP-L) president Shivpal Yadav who retained Jaswantnagar assembly seat contesting on SP symbol.
Several media reports said that the names of former Mainpuri MP Tej Pratap Yadav and former Badaun MP Dharmendra Yadav have been looted by the workers of Yadav belt to replace Akhilesh in Karhal. The likely candidate in Rampur could be Azam Khan’s wife Tajin Fatima.
The SP has called a meeting of all its newly elected MLAs on March 21, where the issue is likely to be discussed.
The BJP returned to power with 255 seats in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly. The SP got 111 seats, which is a significant improvement compared to 2017 when it had secured only 47 seats.
Despite the BJP wave, Akhilesh Yadav won the Karhal seat by defeating SP Singh Baghel of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a margin of 67,504 votes. On the other hand, Azam Khan defeated Akash Saxena of BJP by a margin of 55,141 votes in Rampur seat.
According to sources, Akhilesh Yadav’s uncle and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Singh Yadav may be given the responsibility of the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, as the incumbent LOP Ram Govind, who was contesting from the Bansidh seat, is likely to be given the responsibility. were lost. BJP’s Ketki Singh by a margin of 21,352 votes.
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